A developer has come up with enough money to satisfy a $3.4 million debt and resolve a mortgage default, surprising those who had other plans for the area.

Lineal descendants of Punaluʻu and conservationists devise plans to permanently protect the land on Hawaiʻi island and its unique cultural and ecological features.

Big Island groups worked with state agencies to open the cherished waters of Kealakekua Bay to spearfishing invasive fish.

The Legislature funded minor workforce development initiatives but did not invest much in diversifying the local economy.

The state watchdog could get behind a more modest increase if public utility regulators investigate the interisland shipper’s relationship with its parent company.

President Trump has said he wants to deport hardened criminals. But on Hawaiʻi, agents are snaring undocumented children and their adult relatives.

A lot of people know each other on the Big Island, and thatʻs all the more reason to be above reproach, a council member says.

Staff turnover at Hawaiʻi County has stalled the use of new measures meant to penalize property owners with illegal junkyards and derelict cars.

The battle over a single Kona well site shows the tension between development and protected Indigenous water rights.

The council added language that the agreements don’t authorize local officers to enforce immigration laws