A recent trip to the remote refuge shows that environmental restoration is possible with commitment from policymakers and the public.

The Pāhoa Aquatic Center remains closed and communities are still cleaning up.

Homelessness is a shifting set of responses to distance, scarcity, and history — shaped as much by geography as by policy.

The mayors decided against asking the Legislature for a 20-year extension of the general excise tax surcharge for rail and other transportation projects to allow time for more due diligence.

State lawmakers are taking up a bill this week that would create a low-interest loan program.

Gary Zamber is the first of the four defendants to be sentenced for conspiring to take advantage of loopholes in the Big Island’s system for handing out affordable housing credits to developers.

The 28-year veteran cop was born and raised on the Big Island.

Planning commissioners are debating new rules to tighten up attendance requirements despite some pushback.

Hawaiʻi island residents have been tracking coconut rhinoceros beetles’ destruction throughout the islands. Fearing the same for their home, they’re urging the state to move faster.

The Hawaiʻi County Fire Commission has appointed a temporary replacement but filling Todd’s shoes within the State Fire Council presents a bigger challenge.