Priorities, alliances and leadership could change with four open seats this election.

Dr. Andrew Choy is one of few pediatric dentists in the Hilo area accepting Medicaid. Parents who say he’s traumatized their kids now drive four hours round trip to visit someone else.

If Hawaiʻi County’s general plan finally passes this week it could set in motion an effort to improve public transit, make urban areas denser, and add paths for pedestrians and bicycles.

Prosecutors say Alan Rudo, a former housing specialist on the Big Island, pocketed “the lion’s share” of proceeds from an affordable housing credit scheme.

Attorneys say TROs are granted in a majority of cases. But that wasn’t the case for the man who allegedly killed three men.

An intense manhunt ended in a shirtless and emaciated Jacob Baker being led from the woods in handcuffs.

After three men were found dead on the Big Island, apprehending the 36-year-old suspect became the police department’s No. 1 priority.

In Kona’s coffee belt, up to 500 farmers and others have lost their primary sources of water — and will be relying on trips to county spigots for the foreseeable future.

Although city rules currently allow council pay to be docked for unexcused absences, there is no definition for what that means.

Council chair flexes to keep a more aggressive proposal off the agenda.