In less than two weeks, the Ironman World Championship will return to the Big Island in a big way – with a two-day format to accommodate the backlog of athletes who qualified for the race in 2020, ...

After a three-year absence, triathletes will return to Kona, Hawaii this October for the 2022 Ironman World Championship--but, unlike in previous years, the event will be spread out over two days: ...

On Sunday, September 8, 2024, it was reported that a sewage spill had occurred at the Kailua Kona Pier. Officials state that an unknown amount of sewage had spilled from a restroom and onto the pier, ...

The 33,411-square-foot pie-shaped parcel at 75-5663 Palani Road is on resort-zoned land across from the leasehold Courtyard by Marriott King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel, which Blackstone acquired in ...

The Department of Land and Natural Resources announced today that the largest cruise ship to ever make a port call to Kailua-Kona will anchor in Kailua Bay on Sunday. Royal Caribbean’s Ovation of the ...

KAILUA-KONA Pier 1 Imports stores across the state including two locations on the Big Island will close their doors early next year. The home goods retailer’s first Big Island store opened in June ...

HONOLULU -- The state of Hawaii is spending $23.6 million on security and infrastructure repairs to its cruise ship piers in Honolulu, Nawiliwili on Kauai, Hilo and Kona on the Big Island and at ...

The Department of Land and Natural Resources say the closure is temporary, and will be in effect fro 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. daily. The state says it’s in responding to community complaints about illegal ...

A 54-year-old Kailua-Kona man who allegedly wreaked havoc early Monday morning at Kailua Pier will receive a court-appointed mental examination. Taniyama ordered Ibanez to return to court at 1 p.m.