Kailua Kona News

The Coast Guard cutter Galveston Island is escorting a 41-foot sailboat back to Kailua-Kona Harbor after five people spent the night aboard, tossed in rough seas about 50 miles west of the Big Island.

Admission is free and all proceeds go toward preserving the Queen Emma Summer Palace and Hulihea e Palace in Kailua-Kona. Queen Emma Summer Palace, 2913 Pali Hwy., Fri 11/6, 3pm-4pm, free, [ www.daughtersofhawaii.org ].

Ali'i Health Center in Kailua Kona, Hawaii, is completing implementation of integrated practice management and electronic health records software funded in part through a program of the state's Blue Cross and Blue Shield plan.

The 2009 Kona Coffee Cultural Festival will open this Friday, November 6, 2009 and run through Sunday, November 15, 2009.

Big Island police are seeking witnesses to a sexual assault early Sunday morning in Kailua-Kona. Police say a woman was waiting for a ride on Kuakini Highway around 1 a.m. when four men in their early 20s attacked her, injuring her face and neck.

Kailua, Kona-based Kona Blue Water Farms announced today that it has secured funding and is proceeding with development of a second mariculture farm in Mexico's Sea of Cortez.

'Huge cuts' will be required to balance the Hawaii County Police Department's budget next fiscal year, though police and county officials were shy of details Friday.

A 27-year-old Kona man driving a moped died early today in a crash involving three vehicles and the drivers of two of the vehicles were arrested on charges of neglgent homicide, Big Island police said.

A landmark church in Kailua-Kona that was severely shaken by the 2006 earthquake will be demolished next month to make way for a new $6 million church complex.

Most people tend to think about Oahu and Maui when they consider a trip to Hawaii.

The Big Island of Hawaii is vastly underrated. If it's nightlife you're after, go to Maui for a couple of nights before landing here-in many non-resort towns, restaurants close by 9 p.m., which is indicative of the early to bed, early to rise and surf local lifestyle.

KAILUA, KONA - As the second day of searching for Tomoko Ioh closed yesterday, officials still haven't found any sign of a 41-year-old mother of two whose vehicle was located unattended Sunday at Wawaloli beach park.

Catholic churches around the state will hold special masses, healing services and even parades to celebrate a relic of St.

Big Island police today asked for the public's help in finding a 23-year-old Kailua-Kona who is wanted for allegedly choking his girlfriend.

MAKAPU'U - Two brothers were killed early yesterday morning at Makapuu when their car plowed up an embankment, became airborne, clipped the top of a chain-link fence, overturned, slammed into an Oceanic Institute building and landed upside-down in a crash that may have involved racing, police said.

Hawaii County police have charged an Arizona man in connection with an attempted robbery Wednesday along Alii Drive in Kailua, Kona.

A Micronesian sailor who was killed Saturday night in a fire on a commercial fishing boat had been drinking and cooking, then fell asleep, the boat's captain said yesterday.

Authorities yesterday charged a 30-year-old Pearl City man who was arrested Thursday after he showed up at a King Street address allegedly to have sex with a 14-year-old girl.

Hawai'i Police Department Juvenile Aid Section, Area II Lieutenant Glenn Uehana Phone: 326-4646- Ext.

Police are asking for help in identifying three male suspects involved Sunday in burglaries at three Waipio stores.