Pahoa News

Bay Clinic Inc. announces that pediatrician Dr. Richard W. Penland is now taking appointments at the Pahoa Women's Health Center located at 15-2866 Pahoa Village Road.

If resiliency spoke of a group of people, the Japanese population of the then-Territory of Hawaii during World War II claims the description.

The state Department of Education is scaling back a move to provide extra learning time for students at struggling schools.

Hawaii is scaling back a move to provide extra learning time for struggling schools.

Despite a tight economic year that could require tax hikes to pay for basic services, the Hawaii County Council's budget includes an extra $900,000 so each council member can have $100,000 to spread around his or her district.

Police charged a 27-year-old former resident of Pahoa with several offenses stemming from incidents that reportedly occurred in the Puna District last weekend.

More Big Island high schoolers are taking Advanced Placement exams, but they're not scoring as high as in previous years.

Hawaii island authorities on Monday charged a 27-year-old man, formerly of Pahoa, with second-degree robbery and other offenses in a crime spree that started with an attempted carjacking in Puna last weekend.

In its third year, the festival will feature more than 100 local performers throughout the week.

U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard is visiting low-income, low-performing Hawaii schools targeted for education reforms under a $75 million federal grant.

A fire on Hawaii island destroyed a room that had been added on to a home on Nenue Street in Pahoa early this morning.

Police have filed charges against the non-custodial father and paternal grandmother of a 2-year-old Lanai boy for allegedly failing to return the toddler to his mother, who has sole custody of the toddler.