3+ hour, 42+ min ago   (461+ words) (BIVN) – The eruption at the summit of Kilauea remains paused as of Saturday morning, and a continuing deflationary trend will likely push back the forecast window for the next episode of high lava fountaining. In today’s U.S. Geological Survey…...

19+ hour, 41+ min ago   (136+ words) Meeting on Kaʻū Cesspool Closures Set for August 20 Big Island Video News (BIVN) – A semi-annual meeting on Kaʻū wastewater projects is set for Thursday, August 20th, in Nāʻālehu. The County of Hawaiʻi is inviting the public to discuss the closure of…...

18+ hour, 56+ min ago   (228+ words) (BIVN) – 25-year-old Gilberto D. Escobar of Hilo has been indicted by a Hilo grand jury in connection with a February 2025 homicide. On Friday, Escobar appeared in Hilo Circuit Court for arraignment on charges of Murder in the Second Degree (intentionally…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago   (153+ words) (BIVN) – A new bridge leading into the entrance of Nāhuku, the lava tube within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, is complete. Nāhuku and the loop trail are both open, the National Park Service announced Thursday on social media. Replacement work on…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (214+ words) (BIVN) – The man who was arrested on August 4th following a Mountain View shooting has been charged with attempted murder and other offenses. 35-year-old Kawika Ah Nee has been charged with second-degree attempted murder, carrying or use of a firearm in…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago   (109+ words) (BIVN) – A rescheduled screening of a documentary about the Hakalau Stream Bridge, as well as discussion on bridge interpretive signs, is set to take place later this month. The rescheduled event will be the second public screening of the documentary,…...

2+ day, 22+ min ago   (169+ words) (BIVN) – There has been a recent visible change at the Kilauea volcano summit vents over the last week. A new crack has opened upslope of the south vent, and has been producing intermittent large flames. The south vent itself has…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (195+ words) Five Coffee With a Cop Events Planned For West Hawai‘i in August Big Island Video News Five Coffee With a Cop Events Planned For West Hawai‘i in August KONA, Hawaiʻi - Events will be held in North and South…...

2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (169+ words) (BIVN) – The annual Blue Light Fishing Tournament was held in July at Kealoha Beach Park, also known as Four Mile, in the Keaukaha-area of Hilo. Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hilo Community Policing Section and the Hawai‘i Police Activities League…...

3+ day, 8+ min ago   (114+ words) (BIVN) – Puʻukoholā Heiau National Historic Site will hold its annual Establishment Day Hawaiian Cultural Festival on Saturday, August 15 and Sunday, August 16. This year, the Hoʻokuʻikahi i Puʻukoholā event marks 54th anniversary of the Kawaihae-area heiau as a unit of the National…...