A proposal for statewide free transit died last week at the Legislature, but supporters still have hope for a proposal to make transit free for youth.

Lawmakers want a hotel built at Hilo’s airport to meet the housing needs of the Merrie Monarch festival while longer-term efforts to revitalize the once-thriving tourist district continue.

The county subsidized rentals in an office building 30 feet away on the same property, but overlooked illegal units in the adjacent poi factory.

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.