Pahoa News

The developer of Woodlawn Center in Pahoa has filed a pair of lawsuits against the franchisee of the KFC and Burger King restaurants in the shopping area, seeking more than $312,000 in total.

Works by 11 Big Island potters will be featured at the 4th annual Volcano Pottery Sale from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 9-10, at Hale Ho'omana, the education building at the Volcano Art Center Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.

County Council members debated the merits of a community relief shelter in the middle of Puna's Leilani Estates subdivision before sending it back for further refinement.

Hawaii County police have charged a 27-year-old Hawaiian Beaches man in connection with a stabbing and a domestic argument in Puna on Friday.

Property owners in just two West Hawaii County Council districts - North Kona's District 8 and Kohala's District 9 - pay more than half the property taxes that will be collected from the entire county this coming fiscal year, according to a West Hawaii Today analysis of the property assessments used to determine the coming year's budget.

Hawaii County police have charged a Pahoa man in connection with three robberies in which the victims were approached in parking areas.

The 2012 Hawaii High School County Council - nine students elected from four Hawaii Island private and public schools - convenes at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Hawaii County Council chambers in Hilo, said County Clerk Jamae Kawauchi, whose office implemented the pilot project.

Frances Masue Abe April 9, 2012 Frances Masue Abe, 91, of Honolulu, a self-employed Realtor and broker doing business as Frances M. Abe Realty, former employee at Mike McCormack Realty and former owner of Lincoln Bakery, died in Pali Momi Medical Center.

A 44-year-old Pahoa man apparently drowned Sunday morning while diving in the ocean off Kalapana, according to the Hawaii Police Department.

Aa Sman who died in an apparent drowning off Hawaii island Sunday has been identified by police as Henry Kaawako, 44, of Pahoa.