07/09/11 WHT STAFF REPORTS For three years at Konawaena, Lia Galdeira and Dawnyelle Awa flourished against Hawaii's best, guiding the Wildcats to two Hawaii High School Athletic Association state titles in three years. Now the seniors are showing they can hold their own against some of the nation's best.
07/08/11 WHT STAFF REPORTS The same run-and-gun style of basketball that led to four Hawaii High School Athletic Association state championships for Konawaena has produced similar results on the mainland.
07/08/11 WHT STAFF REPORTS The same run-and-gun style of basketball that led to four Hawaii High School Athletic Association state championships for Konawaena has produced similar results on the mainland.
07/05/11 Click the image to view gallery BY CAROLYN LUCAS-ZENK | WEST HAWAII TODAY More than 7,000 ducks landed Monday in Kings' Lake at Waikoloa Beach Resort. The flock of Anas elastica wasn't related to the well-known mallard or muscovy breeds. Not often seen in the wild, these bright yellow ducks tend to prefer the enclosed porcelain ponds, especially those with warm water and bubbles. Still, they ...
06/26/11 BY JOE FERRARO | WEST HAWAII TODAY Von Yamaguchi got over what his manager called a case of the butterflies, and Logan Canda gave himself the best birthday present ever Saturday afternoon at Old Kona Airport Park.
06/23/11 BY CHELSEA JENSEN | WEST HAWAII TODAY A Washington state man charged with murder in connection with the beating death of his girlfriend at a South Kohala resort could face life in prison if convicted. Philip Howard Zimmerman, 46, of Bellevue, Wash., was indicted June 13 by a Big Island grand jury on one count of second-degree murder with the determination that Zimmerman "committed the murder of ...
06/23/11 PROGRAM WILL BEGIN IN THE FALL BY JOE FERRARO | WEST HAWAII TODAY The desire to develop young football players who are too heavy to play Pop Warner fueled an interest in the new program. But Hawaii County Department of Parks and Recreation officials want to assist all young children who struggle with weight issues, and that means going beyond bigger, faster and stronger in athletics. Parks and ...
03/14/11 At a Konawaena football fundraising golf tournament Aaron Nagata helped start in 2007, news of Nagata's resignation as Konawaena's football coach became public.
03/14/11 William Aila Jr., chairman of the Department of Land and Natural Resources, listed his top three priorities for West Hawaii Sunday, foremost of which was repairing damages at state parks, harbors and facilities caused by powerful tsunami surges that have pounded the Kona and South Kohala coastlines.
03/13/11 HONOLULU - Crews were busy over the weekend cleaning up and assessing damage, while American Red Cross volunteers were helping people after tsunami waves battered Hawaii early Friday.
03/02/11 Karin Stanton In this photo taken Wednesday Feb. 23, 2011, Kona coffee farmer Tommy Greenwell checks a trap hanging from a coffee tree on his farm in Captain Cook, Hawaii.
03/02/11 Kona coffee farmer Tommy Greenwell checks a beetle trap hanging from a coffee tree on his farm in Captain Cook, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Karin Stanton) KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) - A beetle smaller than a sesame seed is boring its way into Kona coffee beans and threatening the nation's only coffee-growing region's premiere crop.
03/01/11 Parks and Recreation archery class The Department of Parks and Recreation in Kailua-Kona will offer free beginner/intermediate archery classes for children ages 9-14 in March.
02/28/11 A project in New Jersey that trains developmentally disabled workers to grow pristine hydroponic produce has national ambitions.
02/22/11 RBI softball meetings in Kailua-Kona, Hilo Nobu Yamauchi RBI Girls Softball will conduct informational meetings for its upcoming summer season at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Hale Halawai in Kailua-Kona and at 3:30 p.m. Sunday at the Hilo Boys & Girls Club's PONY field.
02/21/11 The Big Island's underwater world fascinates me. From our Kona coast resort, my wife and I initially explore adjacent Kahalu'u Beach Park where a reef encloses a sublime bay.
02/16/11 A 3rd Circuit Court judge Tuesday postponed ruling on a West Hawaii foreclosure case in order to give a family more time to prove declarations related to their home's foreclosure were not only defective, but also signed by a professed robo-signer.
02/10/11 KEALAKEKUA -- It didn't matter who had the ball Wednesday at Onizuka Gymnasium. The game plan was simple for anyone wearing white jerseys and green shorts: Attack. Attack. Attack.
02/09/11 HONOLULU -- Jessica Hanato was a part of the drought-busting title, playing on a Konawaena basketball team that beat Kahuku 51-41 for the Big Island's first girls basketball state championship in 18 years.
02/09/11 Lanihau Center hosting cruise night Lanihau Center will debut the first of what could be five monthly "Full Moon" cruise nights from 6 to 9 p.m. Feb. 19. There will be more than 60 stalls in front of Longs Drugs reserved for classic cars, hot rods, Volkswagens, muscle cars, bikes and trucks. If successful there will be further cruise events in March, April, May and June. | 
