The settlement in a houseless Hawaiʻi County man's free speech case requires the county make revisions to several ordinances now found to be unconstitutional.

OHA leaders emphasize the need to address unresolved legal matters while the TMT construction moratorium remains in place.

Workers will receive a raise and increased healthcare funding from the hotel.

Two highly pervasive invasives are destroying iconic Big Island crops; the state legislature is working on bills that would fund new efforts to combat the pests.