Pahoa News

Lopaka: In hard times like these, private businesses have to cut back, and the Big Island has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state.

A Big Island resident is recovering at an area hospital after flames tore through the victim's home Wednesday.

Big Island police are investigating the apparent assault of a 6-month-old boy with internal injuries.

Firefighters rescued an elderly person from a burning home in Pahoa yesterday, according to a Hawaii County Fire Department news release.

Some Pahoa residents aren't happy about a proposed new mall. Image: Alan Mcnarie It's already happened to thousands of small towns across the country: A highway bypass is built around a town, ostensibly to speed up traffic.

Hawaii Island if full of dangers from earthquakes, to eruptions. But it is another hazard that takes the breath away of many Big Island residents.

HILO, Hawaici - County fire chiefs maintain that public safety won't be jeopardized even though fire inspections will be reduced dramatically under a bill Gov.

Motorcycle fatalities in Hawaii are three times higher than they were at this time last year.

On May 18, my 12-year-old daughter came home from school excited about a dance she was practicing for the sixth-grade class graduation hoolaulea at Keonepoko Elementary School, in Pahoa.

John was unable to sell his brand-new custom-built Hawaiian home, so he decided to try thinking a little outside the box.

A 36-year-old Big Island motorcyclist and his 7-year-old son were killed when their motorcycle was struck by a sedan in Pahoa Sunday night on Ainaloa Boulevard.

After conferring with prosecutors, police released Bobby K. Jimenez from police custody Monday morning pending further investigation of a fatal car/motorcycle crash.

Pahoa resident Thomas G. Reimer was a thoughtful, supportive man who always could be counted on, family members and friends say.

A motorcycle crash killed a father and son Sunday in Pahoa. At about 7:33 p.m., car hit Thomas G. Reimar, 57, and his son, Thomas G. Reimar Jr., 7, as they traveled south on Keeau Pahoa Road on a motorcycle.

The state is spending $1 million to begin a project to relieve traffic congestion at one of Oahu's worst bottlenecks: the Middle Street merge on the H-1 freeway.

Pahoa High and Intermediate School on the Big Island will ban electronic devices from campus starting next year.

Hilo, Hawai'i Big Island smoking cessation provider Kick-the-Nic! will be holding a free Drumming Out the Nic! event at Lincoln Park on Saturday, May 30 from 9-11 a.m. Open to the public, this smoke-free event is co-sponsored by the Hawai'i Tobacco Quitline and is being held in celebration of World No Tobacco Day which is on Sunday, May 31.

Akaka Falls Lions Club member, Dr. Alan Garson, was elected as the 74th District Governor for the Lions of Hawaii at its statewide convention in Honolulu on May 9, 2009.

Hawaii already designates April 8 as Buddha Day and March 21 as Baha'i New Year's Day.

PAHOA - When Graham McCumber was able to speak again in early April, he thought he had been in the hospital for just three days.