Hilo News

Elsworth Fontes of the Rock & Roll Motorcycle Club, left, poses with Sergeant Regino Saludares and Officer John Stewart at the South Hilo police station, one of eight Police Department donation points for Toys for Tots.

Hawai'i-Hilo won the major PacWest Conference volleyball postseason awards. Senior middle Fabiane Seben was named Player of the Year and coach Bruce Atkinson was named Coach of the Year.

U.S. District Judge J. Michael Seabright ruled Tuesday that the search by federal Transportation Security Administration officers went beyond the scope of their duties to find weapons and explosives.

A federal judge in Hawaii on Tuesday threw out all the evidence against a man caught with child pornography at Hilo Airport.

It may not be here, but it's out there. Bad weather in bunches is circling Hawaii this morning.

A pair of rescued sailors and their dogs are on their way to Hawaii on a cruise ship.

HILO >> The administration of Big Island Mayor Billy Kenoi is checking each of Hawaii County's 2,910 positions to see which can be eliminated.

HILO, Hawai'i - A Kea'au man convicted in 2007 of habitual drunken driving faces the same charge again.

The state Department of Transportation is warning Big Island motorists that Bayfront Highway has been temporarily closed in both directions near Hilo Bay from Waianuenue Avenue to Pauahi Street because of high-surf conditions.

Mental Health Kokua has received a $5,000 grant from Bank of Hawaii for repairs to group homes in Hilo and Kona.

A man who set up an orphanage in Nepal and travels the world offering "drum therapy" is in prison in Hawaii, charged with making his own child pornography.

George Naope died of cancer on October 26, but lives on in the hearts and hula of his friends and students.

Our own Malika Dudley is from Hilo, a town that has recently been going back to its roots.

HILO, Hawaii - A letter sent Tuesday to parents of Keaau High School students says "more suspensions and/or arrests are expected to occur this week" in connection with multiple fights on Oct.

Meghan Olcott has been missing in Hilo, HI. since the overnight hours of Sunday night into Monday morning 11/1/2009. She is described as Caucasian, 5-foot-5, about 128 pounds with blue eyes and red or auburn hair.

Bello , who was one of the original members of the Ice Task Force in 2003, is assigned to the Police Department's Vice Section in Hilo .

A tsunami evacuation in Hilo was just an exercise on Monday. At the sound of the Civil Defense warning sirens, community volunteers and Hawaii County Police officers escorted about 800 people out of the low-lying coastal area of Keaukaha.

HILO - A Hilo man was sentenced yesterday to a year in jail for his 14th drunken driving conviction.

The University of Hawaii at Hilo hired a former Honolulu Police Department deputy chief and former corporate director of security for Outrigger Hotels as director of campus security at UH-Hilo. Warren J. Ferreira has more than 40 years of law enforcement and security expertise, the university said in a news release.

Big Island police are searching for an 18-year-old Hilo woman reported missing since early Sunday morning.