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Is it a weaponized nerve agent sitting on a boat in Hilo Bay? A nuclear weapon? Some radiological threat? By 9 a.m. today members of the Hawaii County Fire Department and the Hawaii and California National ...

The charges of fraud and theft brought against the daughter of a Hawaii County councilwoman were dismissed Monday with an apology from the prosecution.

An incentive program designed to reduce the high number of job vacancies in Hawaii County's government has been in place for two months, but departments have yet to take advantage of it.

Proposals on what technology could be used to replace Hilo's landfill may be coming forward sooner than expected.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

HILO Major landowner W. H. Shipman Ltd. acknowledges it placed boulders across a historic public roadway along the Puna Coast south of Hilo, preventing vehicle access.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

The $24.77 million, three-year renovation of Hawaii County's main office building is expected to be finished a year from now.

TOKUUKE Three sabani, or wooden fishing boats, were crafted in Nago City, Okinawa, and donated to Hilo for the Haari Boat Festival, reflecting the cultural ties between the two cities.

He's unable to seek re-election because of term limits. The field includes County Council members Angel Pilago of North Kona and Stacy Higa of Hilo.

A proposal to ban certain plastic shopping bags on the Big Island would face no legal hurdles, Corporation Counsel Lincoln Ashida reported Monday.

Hawaii County will keep a ban on living in tents or shacks after County Council members rejected a proposal to make an exception.

The Big Island's 2008 primary election stage is set. Now that the Tuesday filing deadline for Hawaii County's political hopefuls has passed, voters have a clear view of the candidates they will be able choose ...

He's unable to seek re-election because of term limits. The field includes County Council members Angel Pilago of North Kona and Stacy Higa of Hilo.

Money Hawaii County collects from developers for the impacts their projects have on infrastructure will no longer be placed in the county's general fund under a proposed bill before the County Council.

Hawaii County has been offered $100,000 for a curbside trash collection and recycling study targeting two Hilo communities.

Convicted in 1995 of brutally killing his wife, former Hawaii County police sergeant Kenneth Mathison will have a new minimum sentence hearing Wednesday due to a procedural error.

It turns out Hawaii County built not one but two illegal structures at its Hilo baseyard, and will bring them up to standards rather than demolishing them.

Hawaii County may solicit proposals on what to do with roughly 3,400 acres of county land in Hamakua.

Lava traces incandescent arcs during explosions at the Waikupanaha ocean entry early Wednesday morning.

Next generation Concentrator Photovoltaic Technology planned for NELHA site KAILUA-KONA, July 17 KAILUA-KONA , /PRNewswire/ -- A Hawaiian-style blessing of a solar array precisely tilted to take full advantage ...

Whew, I am still really busy getting ready to move on Saturday, but for now I'll throw you readers a bone with this West Hawaii Today article about a guy who claims to be the pied piper of coqui frogs.

HILO Lava destroyed an unoccupied house in a remnant portion of Royal Gardens subdivision before sundown Sunday, said resident Dean Schneider.

Jul 14 - Huge amounts of lava continue to flow from world's most active volcano in Hawaii, damaging an unoccupied home.

But Hawaii County isn't interested. Mark Munekata is a former biological technician with the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Scientists said a huge fountain of lava jetting into the air from a Kilauea Volcano flow is not like anything they have seen in more than a year.

Kilauea Volcano has undergone yet another personality change. Scientists said yesterday that Sunday's new lava breakout has apparently diverted lava from the tube feeding the Waikupanaha ocean entry point.

COURTESY HAWAII COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT Fire accelerant sniffing dog Kaimi, above, and his partner Robert Perreira from the Hawaii County Fire Department are seen during a break in training in Maine.

Been a long time coming, but the Hawaii County Council finally went into Executive Session to hear from the County Attorney about the EEOC complaint that is casting a cloud over Stacy Higa's campaign.

This is weird stuff. The West Hawaii Today reports that Councilmember Higa is asking for a new trial.

Human remains with what appear to be shark bites have been discovered on the big island of Hawaii.