Today’s deaths were the sixth and seventh traffic fatalities on Hawaii island this year, compared with four at the same time last year. Read more ...

The National Park Service as a whole served a record number of visits in 2024, but some parks may not openly share their visitation numbers.

The National Park Service has reportedly been instructed not to draw attention to the record attendance amid staffing cuts across the agency.

Life threatening waves are pounding the north and west shorelines of most islands. Filtered sunshine, widespread haze with ...

According to the lawsuit, the plant discharges about 1.7 million gallons of treated sewage from two pipes into a natural disposal pit located “in a lava field upslope from Honokohau Harbor.” ...

A citizen’s group told a Honolulu federal judge in a letter Wednesday it has reached a conditional settlement with Hawaii County in a lawsuit over sewage discharged into Honokohau Harbor in North Kona ...

Hawaii Island police are investigating a possible drowning involving an 81-year-old Waimea man that occurred Friday afternoon at a South Kohala beach park. At 3:45 p.m., South Kohala patrol officers ...

A married couple from Waimea were killed in a two-vehicle accident early Tuesday on Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway in North Kona, authorities said. Police officials said the Kia attempted to pass ...

Twelve hours into my first trip to Hawaiʻi Island, I’m confronted with an unexpected quandary at Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park. Is my sunscreen reef-safe or harmful to coral reefs and ...

Much is left up to the imagination when you watch koholā (humpback whales) from shore on Hawaiʻi Island. You will see plenty of blows in the distance, as well as tail and pectoral flipper slaps. You ...

On Nov. 20, the state Commission on Water Resource Management unanimously approved recommendations for ML&P to upgrade a damaged Honokohau Stream intake and other fixes meant to prevent water wasting.