A 54-year-old Hilo man is dead after possibly drowning last weekend in an area known as “Mermaid Pond” in Puna. No foul play is suspected; however, Hawai‘i Police Department initiated a coroner’s ...

A 56-year-old Puna man left his Hawaiian Beaches home a month ago and has yet to return. Police are now asking the public to help find him. John Lilly was last seen wearing an unknown colored tank top ...

View the full update here. HILO (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii Island police searched for a man who allegedly shot and killed a 25-year-old woman in Puna Tuesday morning. Police called the suspect ...

Hawaii County officials are still trying to salvage the Puna Alternate Route Study after critical state funding quietly ...

According to HPD Capt. Rio Amon-Wilkins of the East Hawaii Criminal Investigation Division, Griffin was “staying with relatives somewhere in Puna” and was apprehended without incident.

Some relief might be coming for Puna residents struggling to afford insurance, even as possible state solutions to the crisis have once again fizzled out. However, HPIA’s insurance premiums are ...

Areas like Kau, Puna, Waimea, or Pahoa (mostly in the interior ... the eastern capital city of Hilo. Beaches in Kona on the Kohala Coast are particularly popular, but there are also a few coveted ...