Pahoa News

Puna Community Policing, in conjunction with the Hawaiian Beaches Action Team, Ken's Towing and The Salvation Army, will be conducting a DUI Awareness sign waving project on Friday, November 6, 2009 beginning at 10:00 a.m., fronting the Malama Market in Pahoa.

Mobi PCS activated a new cellular site on the Big Island that will enhance its 3G network in the Orchidland area.

A Puna man has been charged with unlawful imprisonment for a confrontation with a 16-year-old girl.

Authorities yesterday charged a 30-year-old Pearl City man who was arrested Thursday after he showed up at a King Street address allegedly to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Police yesterday charged a 22-year-old Puna man who allegedly tried to kidnap a 16-year-old girl in Pahoa.

Mobi PCS has enhanced its 3G network with the activation of a new cell site in Orchidland on the Big Island.

The closing of Kulani Correctional Facility in Hilo presents many disturbing questions about what's driving this administration's decisions.

ADAMS -- Mary Tancheff of Pahoa, Hawaii, died Aug. 4 at Queens Medical Center in Honolulu.

Two Big Island separate events will be broadcast via streaming video on the worldwide web in joint Peace Day music cooperative concerts happening around the world.

HILO - A Pahoa woman who grazed a police officer with a Toyota sedan has been sentenced to 15 years in prison.

The U.S. Geological Survey's 35-year-old maps of lava danger zones in this southern corner of the Big Island are a tableau of earthy colors and odd shapes originally meant for scientific and planning purposes.

Nearly four months after a Hilo fisherman was apparently swept out to sea, Big Island police said they are holding out hope that he survived, and that someone has seen him.

Hurricane Guillermo made slow progress toward the Big Island yesterday but remained on track to pass well north of the islands.

The man who was found dead Aug. 6 at the city's H-Power plant has been identified as Matthew Carothers, 31, of Mililani.

PAHOA - After decades of promises and delays, Pahoa High and Intermediate has broken ground on a new gym - the first the school has ever had.

The Hawaii Department of Education on Monday afternoon announced it will keep all public schools open on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Felicia prepares to reach the islands.

The Hawaii Department of Education on Monday afternoon announced it will keep all public schools open on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Felicia prepares to reach the islands.

The Hawaii Department of Education on Monday afternoon announced it will keep all public schools open on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Felicia prepares to reach the islands.

Tropical Storm Felicia is expected to cause some localized flooding from the rain, wind and high surf that will kick up tonight on the Big Island and Maui before Felicia marches on to O'ahu tomorrow morning and Kaua'i tomorrow night.

HILO, Hawai'i - An advocate for crime victims who herself became a crime victim has died on the Mainland.