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

Kealakekua Bay is best known as the spot where Capt. James Cook met his demise.

Observatory leaders have assured local emergency officials their public service will continue, but questions linger about how and where that work will happen.

Police chief says enforcing immigration law is not his department’s role.

The MOUs have existed for years but in the new Trump era they are red flags for immigrants and their advocates, especially after Kona raids last week.