Kailua Kona News

Hawaii-based air freight carrier Aloha Air Cargo has broken ground for its new 115,000 square feet air cargo facility and hangar with an investment of $12 million at the Honolulu International Airport , as part of a four-year, $739 million modernization project.

Hawaii County police made a routine traffic stop Saturday that eventually led to the arrest of three suspects in two separate cases.

A routine traffic stop in Kona has led to the arrests of three people in two separate cars, police said Tuesday.

Editor's note: This is a log of disciplinary actions taken against Hawaii Island individuals and entities with state professional and vocational licenses.

Editor's note: This log of driving under the influence convictions is a regular feature of West Hawaii Today and is compiled using Hawaii District Court and Hawaii Police Department records.

Funding for the Kona Judiciary Complex and the Hawaii Community College at Palamanui top two West Hawaii legislators' lists of capital improvement project successes this session.

The Kona Crime Prevention Committee recognized community police officer Tyler Prokopec as Hawaii County "Officer of the Month" for May in a luncheon ceremony Wednesday in Kailua-Kona. Prokopec was honored for his response to community complaints about a suspected drug house in the Seaview Circle subdivision.

A group of Hawaii fishermen is asking the federal government to remove northern Pacific humpback whales from the endangered species list, saying the population has steadily grown since the international community banned commercial whaling nearly 50 years ago.

Aloha Air Cargo, Hawaii's largest air freight carrier, held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new air cargo facility Thursday, which will consolidate existing cargo operations, aircraft maintenance, loading docks, support offices, and customer service operations into an integrated facility on the west side of the airport near the end of Elliott ... (more)

A 66-year old worker was taken to the hospital in critical condition Wednesday after a trench on a Kailua-Kona street caved in on him.

Two rock walls unearthed during excavation work at St. Michael The Archangel Church in Kailua-Kona are shown.

What started as a science project at West Hawaii Explorations Academy has blossomed into a unique partnership with a local restaurant.

Big Island police have charged a second man in connection with an April 5 burglary on Queen Kalama Avenue in Kailua-Kona. Ammon K. Kamohai, 22, of Kailua-Kona was arrested Monday on two warrants for revoking probation in a drug case and on suspicion of promoting a dangerous drug, according to the Hawaii Police Department.

Nohea Gene Heinicke is being sought on a bench warrant on drug charges and two arrest warrants are for violating terms of release on bail and for bail jumping.

This is the great Hualailai Volcano as seen from Waimea, Kona . This volcano has been active up to a few hundred years ago and shadows Kailua-Kona, the population center and hub of tourism on the Big Island of Hawaii.

The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water after a personal watercraft was found adrift near Kailua-Kona today.