A bill would expand where vacation rentals are allowed and lengthen the rental period considered short-term to 180 days.

The fire commission voted 5-1 to hire the chief after receiving more than 30 applications.

The Hawai‘i County mayor made a deal to buy the nearly 7-acre property owned by Eva Liu.

Recent climate change-fueled disasters have hit the southern part of Hawaiʻi island hard, rising to the top of local candidates’ priorities.

Giant data centers have become the latest bogeyman for residents across the nation wary of industrial development. So far, none are based in Hawaiʻi.

An impact report led the council to demand an audit of how $30 million had been spent. Now they are worried about starving crucial programs.

What is taken for granted in other communities is needed in Puna: paved roads, public gathering spaces and alternative evacuation routes.

With parts of the Big Island still trying to recover from Lala, Nolo meanders away from the state, but brings rain, surf, high winds — and a sense of relief.

Residents from the southern tip of Hawaiʻi island, in Ka’ū and Nāʻālehu, prepare and worry as Hurricane Nolo approaches.