On Tuesday morning, voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia departed from Palekai in Hilo for French Polynesia, continuing ...

Coffee crops in Kona, Hawaii, are picked by hand, primarily by immigrants from ... the distinct coffee has been a point of pride for the Big Island, and for the thousands of immigrants from ...

Download the free KHON2 app for iOS or Android to stay informed on the latest news The change would only apply to official state and federal documents, such as maps, signage and legal records.

The Hawaii Board of Geographical Names (HBGN) is debating whether to change the big island's official name from ... and federal documents and official maps. Similar to the change of the Gulf ...

Hawaii island Mayor Kimo Alameda said during the news conference that the two suspects would be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent possible. “It’s a sad day for us here on the Big ...

It takes place at the Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge on Hawaiʻi Island. Half of the refuge's field staff ... and we raced down the gravel, binoculars in hand. The bird’s song is like a little ...

HONOLULU — Tropical Storm Hone drew near Hawaii on Saturday with wind gusts and heavy rain that could cause flooding on the Big Island while raising the risk of wildfires on the islands’ drier ...

Hurricane Hone swirled closer to Hawaii’s Big Island with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, forecasters said. It is not expected to strengthen as it continues to move westward into Sunday.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck the Big Island of Hawaii on Thursday as officials tracked two rapidly developing storms in the Pacific. The temblor was reported nine miles south of Fern Forest ...

A new development on Hawaii’s Big Island is using one of the world’s biggest sports stars to try and gin up interest from prospective buyers. Shohei Ohtani, the Japanese superstar for the Los ...

it might be the Big Island, it might be Island of Hawaiʻi, it might be Moku o Keawe,” said Rep. Chris Todd, who represents Keaukaha and central Puna. The Hawaii Board on Geographic Names ...