With the recent detection of H5 avian influenza in a wastewater sample on the Big Island, the Pana‘ewa Rainforest Zoo & Gardens in Hilo is taking precautions to protect its nearly 300 animals that ...

Kaʻū Hospital was built in 1971 and replaced the last of this island’s sugar plantation hospitals. The 21-bed hospital ...

Hawaiʻi health officials announced Friday the first influenza-related death of a Hawaiʻi resident younger than 18 years old ...

A Hilo man faces a 10-year prison term in relation to a narcotics and firearms search warrant executed on a Keaukaha property ...

“Volcano Watch” is a weekly article and activity update written by U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory ...

A 41-year-old Puna man was arrested and charged earlier this week after he allegedly killed a dog with a hammer and hit the animal’s owner with the same tool when she tried to intervene. His bail was ...

Next, instructors from Colorado will provide field training. They will cover basic rescue skills, first aid for animals, how ...

Update at 3:56 p.m. Dec. 12: The National Weather Service in Honolulu has canceled the red flag warning for leeward sections ...

Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green on Wednesday evening signed an emergency proclamation in response to the red flag warning issued ...

Update at 6:54 a.m. Dec. 12: The National Weather Service in Honolulu has extended the wind advisory in effect for North and South Kohala, Kaʻū and the interior of the Big Island until 6 p.m. today as ...

It would be an amazing accomplishment of its own to be able to eat enough for yourself to have enough energy to take a 3,000 ...

The combination of strong winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels can contribute to extreme fire behavior. While a red flag warning does not predict new fire starts, if any blazes develop, they ...