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Annual three-day event promotes island’s growing cacao industry, adds dinner soiree

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MEDIA RELEASE Big Island Film Festival at The Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii (BIFF) will present three contemporary screenwriting and filmmaking workshops, taught by top entertainment industry professionals, May 22-24. Important topics in the art and business of film include creative financing, successful storytelling and the multi-faceted demands on today’s filmmaker. On Friday, 9:45-11 a.m., screenwriter/producer/attorney Steve […]

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KÄ«lauea’s summit lava lake level dropped rapidly in response to summit deflation. KÄ«lauea’s East Rift Zone lava flow continues to feed widespread breakouts northeast of PuÊ»u ʻŌʻō.

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Kīlauea made the news this past month with many changes, including an elevated lava lake level at the volcano’s summit. So, what exactly happened over the past month, and what does it mean?

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A Captain Cook man was charged with 20 offenses following an argument involving a handgun in a Kona parking lot. At 10:35 a.m. Tuesday (May 19), Kona Patrol officers responded to a parking lot at a retail store on the 75-1000 block of Henry Street. A witness reported hearing an argument in a Dodge Charger […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a suspected burglary and arson at a Puna business that resulted in approximately $20,000 in property damage. Puna Patrol Officers responded to a 2:15 a.m. call Thursday (May 21) reporting a structure fire at Verna’s Drive-In just off Highway 11 in the Mountain View area. Arriving officers found the front […]

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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 occurred in the Santa Cruz Islands at 12:48 p.m. HST on Wednesday, May 20, 2015. Based on all available data… there is no tsunami threat from this earthquake.

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Nearly 90 employees will be laid off and some services will be cut at Hilo Medical Center, Ka‘u Hospital and Hale Ho‘ola Hamakua because of a projected $7 million deficit in the fiscal year starting July 1, 2015

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More than 250 youths from 29 teams participated in the HI-PAL “Click It or Ticket” elementary and intermediate basketball leagues, which ran from February through April with games at Andrews Gym, Carvalho Park and Pāpaʻikou Gym. Waiākea Titans Gold and Keaʻau Green both finished the intermediate league with unblemished 8-0 records.

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During the week of May 11, 2015, through May 17, 2015, HawaiÊ»i Island police arrested 17 motorists for driving under the influence of an intoxicant. Three of the drivers were involved in traffic crashes. So far this year, there have been 372 DUI arrests compared with 485 during the same period last year, a decrease […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police are investigating a burglary at a supermarket Sunday (May 17). At approximately 1:35 a.m., two males broke into warehouse of a supermarket on the 200 block of KinoÊ»ole Street and removed alcohol and other beverages. Their images were recorded on surveillance cameras. They are described as being in their mid teens to […]

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Hawaiʻi Island police are informing the public that the enforcement period for the National “Click It or Ticket” campaign starts today (May 18) and runs through June 1. During this period, police will increase island wide enforcement of seat belt and child restraint laws.

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Average retail gasoline prices in Hawaii have risen 2.5 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $3.25/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 355 gas outlets in Hawaii. This compares with the national average that has increased 5.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.71/g, says gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.

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On Wednesday (May 13), the focus of deformation changed to the southern part of Kīlauea’s summit caldera and upper Southwest Rift Zone, where rapid and localized inflationary tilt was recorded.

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