Big Island

Big Island resident Cheryl Brost was named Fittest Woman on Earth earlier this month when she won the Women’s 50-54 division of the 2023 CrossFit Games. It’s the 10th time she’s competed in the Games.

25-year-old Kaʻōnohi Boteilho is an aviation student with Mauna Loa Helicopters and has spent the last couple of weeks transporting donated items from Hawaiʻi Island to Maui communities impacted by the Lāhainā wildfires.

Law enforcement has seen the number of fentanyl cases grow in the islands over the past five years. This morning, The Conversation talked to Gary Yabuta, who is the executive director of the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area's program.

The National Weather Service warns of flash floods and the possibility of landslides on Kauaʻi. Hanalei River flooding has closed the only bridge connecting a remote part of the island to more populated towns on the north shore.

The Chief of Maternal-Fetal Medicine at University Health Partners of Hawaii, details COVID's effects when contracted by pregnant women; Honolulu Civil Beat on tech problems leading to an undercount of Hawaii coronavirus cases; the Visitor Aloha Society of Hawaii on an uptick of tourists being targets of crime; the Waimea Hawaiian Homestead Association talks about community response and recovery efforts due to the Mana Road fire; and HPR's Ku'uwehi Hiraishi reviews Governor Ige's recent nominee to the Intermediate Court of Appeals.

The Conversation begins the week with State Parks Assistant Administrator Alan Carpenter on the demand for camping permits at the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park, film director Heather O'Neill on how her documentary "No Ordinary Life" came together, and author Carolyn Gross on managing stress during the pandemic.

Overcrowding at a Big Island jail may be cause for concern after more than 150 inmates and staff test positive for COVID-19.

Hundreds of Pacific Islanders on the Big Island received the COVID-19 vaccine over the weekend, in a first-of-its-kind mass vaccination clinic in Kona…

The doctor shortage on the Big Island has grown nearly 40 percent since 2007. That’s according to research on Hawai?i Island’s health workforce over the…

HONOLULU — Lava spattered and flowed over the weekend inside the crater of a Hawaii volcano that began erupting in December.The Hawaiian Volcano…