The victim of an early Saturday morning shooting in Pepeekeo told police he and the alleged shooter’s girlfriend had engaged in “sexual activities” at the makai cul-de-sac on Sugar Mill Road and were leaving when the woman’s boyfriend rolled up and shot him, according to court documents.

Cyanotech has doubled-down on its commitment to renewable energy with the recent addition of two new solar systems to power operations at its 96-acre aquaculture farm in Kailua-Kona.

It took more than four years, but the county has finally implemented a whistleblower hotline, one of the recommendations of a scathing 2017 audit that found questionable hiring practices in county government.

After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Kona Brewers Festival returned Saturday albeit on a smaller-than-normal scale with just a quarter of the attendees, breweries and restaurants.

The prolonged dry spell during what is usually the rainiest time of year continued to plague Hawaii Island in February.

While the wiliwili may not have been in bloom Saturday, the community was blooming with excitement and cheer at the 11th annual Wiliwili Festival in Waikoloa Village.

Work on the long-awaited next phase of the Hilo Bayfront Trails project should be complete by the end of the year, a county official said.

A bill that would establish a state-managed retirement fund program for employees might be dead on arrival unless proponents make fundamental changes to how it operates.

An array of promised community benefits was enough Tuesday to propel a Waikoloa Beach Resort timeshare project out of a County Council committee with a positive recommendation.