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HONOLULU (KHON2) — A Kona animal sanctuary welcomed 11 new residents who have been adjusting to their new home. The ring-tailed lemurs have a new forever home at the Three Ring Ranch Exotic Animal Sanctuary in Kailua-Kona. They were rescued from a Puerto Rico zoo that was closed by the Department of Justice. The lemurs […]

Waikoloa Beach Resort on the Kohala Coast of the Big Island is offering discounted rates for “Junior Golfers,” or keiki between the ages of 6 and 17. Junior Golfers play for $25 per player with complimentary golf clubs. Adults (parents) play. for $50 per person and rental clubs...

Ahi Katsu - panko crusted ahi with unagi drizzle and garlic or spicy aioli. On our last day in Kona, my friends and I were in search of an eatery near the airport and found Umekes Fish Market Bar and Grill in Kailua-Kona. Headed by Chef Nakoa Pabre, Umekes features a variety of popular traditional Hawaiian food creations with a modern twist. The menu is extensive and offers fresh ahi poke bowls, veggie options, and their take on local favorites like loco moco and lau lau.

A tourist who drove her car into a Hawaii harbor while following her GPS said she mistook the sea for 'a puddle' - just one month after another motorist made the same mistake.

"Since Covid, we've struggled mostly with [hiring] for culinary and stewarding and housekeeping [positions]," Simon Amos, hotel manager at Hilton Waikoloa Village, told PBN. Join the Pacific Business News to unlock even more insights!

An initial effort to capture feral cats in Waikoloa and find homes for them has been deemed a success by the volunteers doing the work. Last month, volunteers with local rescue agencies Aloha Animal Oasis and Hawaii Animal Kuleana Alliance teamed up May 19 to May 22 to capture 64 cats from the Queens’ Marketplace in Waikoloa.

Unlimited access to premium stories for as low as $12.95 /mo. A group of citizens intends to file a civil suit against Hawaii County over the discharge of sewage into a popular local harbor in Kailua-Kona. Earthjustice, which is representing Hui Malama Honokohau — made up of Native Hawaiian cultural...

The ACLU has issued a letter to Hawaii County demanding that it stop evicting homeless encampments without providing adequate shelter space — or face legal action. In a letter sent Friday to Mayor Mitch Roth, Police Chief Benjamin Moszkowicz, Parks and Recreation Director Maurice Messina and Corporation Counsel Elizabeth Strance, Wookie Kim, legal director of the ACLU of Hawaii, criticized the county’s decision to forcibly evict nearly two dozen homeless people May 24 from the Hale Halawai beach park in Kailua-Kona.

After 30-year-old Terran Kaleiwahea Jr. of Mountain View ditched a vehicle he was driving recklessly in Kailua-Kona on Tuesday afternoon, Hawai’i Island police saw him running in the distance in thick brush. Later in the evening, police dispatch received a distress call from a man reporting that he was...

WAIKOLOA, Hawaiʻi - The new show plays every other Friday on the Centerstage at the Kings' Shops in Waikoloa Beach Resort. (BIVN) – The Kings’ Shops in Waikoloa Beach Resort is spreading the word about a new show, “Fires of Polynesia”, playing tonight and every other week on the Centerstage of the shopping center.

Hawai‘i Island police have arrested and charged 30-year-old Terran Kaleiwahea Jr., of Mountain View, with various property and drug-related offenses after fleeing from police on Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after 2 p.m., on Tuesday, May 30, 2023, Kona patrol officers responded to a report of a reckless driver traveling south...

The elderly man who died from a bicycle crash on May 21, 2023, in North Kona has been identified as 82-year-old Stuart S. Dunn of Kailua-Kona, according to Hawaiʻi Island police. Responding to a 5:18 p.m. call, police determined that a silver Dean Titanium Road bicycle was heading west...

A Mountain View man who was charged with a litany of offenses after allegedly evading Kona police in a stolen car and then calling them to request being rescued has several court dates facing him. A preliminary hearing for 30-year-old Terran Kaleiwahea Jr. was begun on Friday on charges of...

CAPTAIN COOK, Hawai‘i Island — Lack of water is hampering some efforts to provide affordable housing on Hawai‘i Island, said a leader in Mayor Mitch Roth’s administration during a town hall meeting May 30 at Yano Hall in Captain Cook. Deputy Managing Director Bobby Command said...

KOHALA, Hawaii (KHON2) — Two people were injured in a two-car crash on Tuesday, May 30 in South Kohala on the Hawaiʻi Island. Police said it happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. on Kawaihae Road. A 46-year-old Waimea resident and According to police, a car crossed the double solid yellow lines and crashed head on into […]

WAIKOLOA, Hawaii (KITV4) -- There was a lot of talk, a lot of bickering on social media, and general discord between Team Cat and Team Nene. But through all the noise, a collective effort emerged to try to get the cats of Queen's Marketplace adopted and into homes. Two organizations...