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Current and former councilmembers Luke Evslin and Mason Chock, as well as nonprofit director Nikki Cristobal, are in the running.

The family of an 11-year-old Hilo boy accidentally shot and killed at a Boy Scouts of America event in 2022 is now suing the national organization and a local affiliate.

Chipper and Hau‘oli Wichman have recently stepped down as president and executive assistant of the National Tropical Botanical Garden. The two have spent decades restoring the flora and culture of Hawai‘i.

For nearly three years, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Hawaiʻi State House and Senate to operate solemnly online, but Wednesday the public was back and the mood was festive.

An extensive 72-hour search for Captain Cook fisherman Mark Knittle, who fell overboard in waters off Hōnaunau Bay early Sunday, ended Wednesday evening with no signs of the 63-year-old.

The Kaua‘i Department of Public Works and contractors are constructing improvements near Kōloa Elementary.

In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands.

Jonathan Taum, 50, the officer who supervised the beating of the Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center inmate and orchestrated the conspiracy to cover it up, received the biggest sentence: 12 years.

This year, the Hawaiʻi State Capitol is open to the pubic and in-person public sessions for the first time since COVID-19 led to social distancing.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 occurred at approximately 8:06 p.m. HST in the Molucca Sea near Indonesia.

The first such event ever hosted by the Hoʻokele Coalition will include refreshments and free raffle prizes.

The program, which runs from June 5 through July 23, typically caters to students between the ages of 17 and 22.

Luke Meyers will join the Office of Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green as State Disaster Management Advisor and retired Col. James D.S. Barros was named as the new Administrator for the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency.

Observe the beginning of The Year of the Rabbit with food, refreshments and live entertainment near Poʻipū.

A single-engine Cessna 208 crashed while on approach to Molokaʻi Airport in Hoʻolehua at around 5 a.m. on Monday.

Garden Isle politicos will helm the state’s 2023 Legislative Session when it begins Jan. 18. Meanwhile, local Democrats are seeking a replacement for Kaua‘i Rep. Jimmy Tokioka, who has left his seat to join Gov. Josh Green’s administration.

Today, the nation celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr., and his legacy to fighting for equality.

The National Weather Service has extended its High Surf Advisory to 6 a.m. Tuesday.

A 12-year-old Anahola boy was admitted in serious condition to Wilcox Medical Center after he was struck by a vehicle while riding his bike Saturday afternoon.

Gov. Josh Green signed a sixth emergency proclamation to extend federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotment benefits, in keeping with ongoing federal COVID relief efforts.