Hawaiʻi Island

A new public library is coming to Upper Puna on Hawaiʻi Island, but the new hub is a result of merging two existing libraries in the area.

Hāmākua on the northern coast of Hawaiʻi Island has had more than 90 fires so far this year — three times higher than average. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote has more.

A Women’s Court is being newly formed in Kona. The Conversation spoke to a couple of people who are making the new court happen.

Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity officials are going door to door in Kona Palisades on Hawaiʻi Island to ask for consent from residents to treat palms on their properties.

The state Board of Land and Natural Resources has voted to let officials gather public input on a proposed set of rules that would allow commercial aquarium fishing in West Hawaiʻi.

State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura spoke with The Conversation’s Catherine Cruz about the collapse of the dredging project at Pohoiki Bay on Hawaiʻi Island.

The bill would ban food providers and permittees at County of Hawaiʻi facilities from using disposable polystyrene or plastic containers and utensils.

State Sen. Joy San Buenaventura of Hawaiʻi Island responds to the failure of the Pohoiki Boat Ramp dredging project; Louis Miller and Jon Holshue, aka The Pasta Boys, dish up homemade noodles at Proof Social Club in Chinatown

Researchers Megan Porter and Becky Chong received a grant from the National Science Foundation in 2022 to study biodiversity in Hawaiʻi Island's lava tubes. "We're still finding new species all the time," Porter said.

Just 20 years ago, Natalie Grabow was learning to swim. Now she's hailed as an inspiration after winning her age group at the famously grueling triathlon competition in Hawaiʻi.