Police search for two men

KAILUA-KONA — Charges in a 2-year-old drug case have been dropped because of officer misconduct, a judge ruled.

HILO — A ban on the county’s use of herbicides isn’t a sure thing quite yet.

HILO — The Big Island’s shortage of affordable housing is reaching the crisis stage, says a County Council member sponsoring a nonbinding resolution pushing for the creation of an affordable housing fund.

HILO — The family of a Hilo soldier, whose long-lost World War II dog tag was found on a French battlefield, has been located.

HONOLULU — An event described as the Super Bowl of astronomy kicks off today in Honolulu as thousands of scientists descend on the Hawaii Convention Center for the biggest meeting of the year for American astronomers.

KAWAIHAE — Kawaihae Harbor-North is closed indefinitely following damage caused by high surf that battered west-facing shores over the New Year’s holiday.

KAILUA-KONA — Proceedings have resumed in the case of two Puna women accused of murder in the 2018 death of a 6-year-old boy at a Kealakehe apartment complex.

HONOLULU — With sightseers hoping to get a bird’s-eye view of flowing lava, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park in 2018 was the most popular site in the country for commercial air tours of national parks.

Hawaii officials want to deploy a wasp throughout the state to combat another type of wasp that threatens a species of native trees.