Hilo News

HILO, Hawaii -- A company that's delinquent on its landfill tipping fees is one of four companies that recently won trash-hauling contracts with Hawaii County.

Salary cuts for a couple dozen executives are on the table as the University of Hawaii at Hilo grapples with an unprecedented $4 million budget cut out of the $33 million in yearly funding it receives from the state.

A 64-year-old man was found in waters off Puna on Wednesday, police said. Police identified the man as Hamilton Manley, of Kurtistown.

A 64-year-old man died after he was pulled unconscious from waters off Kapoho Vacationland on the Big Island this morning.

The new owner of Hilo Hattie has submitted an amended Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization plan that would pay unsecured creditors 1 percent of what they are owed per year for five years, but not before the fall of 2010.

The Hawai'i Police Department has received a $25,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to enhance and expand the Police Department's Bicycle Patrol.

Featuring a steam house and hot tub along with a lush backyard, a womens' only bed and breakfast near Hilo, Hawaii impressed one recent traveler as well.

Honolulu's Stephanie Kono defeated Emily Powers of Quincy, Ill., 4 and 3, yesterday in the first round of match play at the U.S. Women's Amateur Public Links in Devens, Mass.

Firefighters rescued an elderly person from a burning home in Pahoa yesterday, according to a Hawaii County Fire Department news release.

Big Island police are investigating the apparent assault of a 6-month-old boy with internal injuries.

A fourth Hawai'i Target store is expected to open in Hilo in about two years as part of a land lease deal with the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands that also includes development of a Safeway store.

A Big Island lawsuit asks for unspecified punitive damages against a Puna man who allegedly used a combat knife to attack his pregnant wife and kill his teenage son.

This little town on the Big Island of Hawai'i can easily claim to be ahead of the times with its long-term fascination and support of one of the most sought after plants in the world, the orchid.

KHNL News 8 and K5 News travel to the Big Island to present a special series of reports on the hazardous effects of "vog" to our island state.

HILO, Hawaici - County fire chiefs maintain that public safety won't be jeopardized even though fire inspections will be reduced dramatically under a bill Gov.

HILO, Hawaii - Administrators at the University of Hawaii-Hilo are considering cutting $4 million from its $50 million annual budget in order to comply with Gov.

Governor Paterson has directed flags on state buildings to be flown at half-staff on Monday to honor a Fort Drum soldier who died in Nerkh, Afghanistan on June 1. Sgt.

Jobs would also be created during the construction phase of the project, which would be expected to take up to eight years.

Hawai'i Police Department South Hilo Patrol Acting Sergeant Aubrey Auna Phone: 961-2213 June 5, 2009 Report No.

Sgt. Jasper K. Obakrairur Army identified three Fort Drum casualties The military has identified the fourth of four Fort Drum soldiers who were killed Monday in Afghanistan.