Big Island residents have faced considerable heartbreak in recent weeks with consecutive cases of people missing at sea, and ...

Security cameras at the Outrigger Kona Resort & Spa captured the unmanned kayak drifting south at 9:04 a.m. Sunday, with ...

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for a fisherman who went missing off the Kona Coast on Sunday. Jared Willeford, 42, ...

Native Hawaiian and environmental leaders are raising the alarm after President Trump signed an executive order aimed at ...

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The U.S. Coast Guard has suspend its search for a missing kayaker off West Hawaii Wednesday. The Coast Guard said the ...

Willeford is the second fisherman from Kona to go missing this month. On April 10, the Coast Guard began its search for Earl Kekuanaoa “Oa” Hind after he was reported missing off of South Point. That ...

The U.S. Coast Guard this morning continued its search for Jared Willeford, 42, whose unmanned kayak was found drifting south ...

RONIT FAHL /SPECIAL TO STAR-ADVERTISER Jared Willeford survived a great white shark attack while surfing at Banyan’s Beach in Kailua-Kona in December 2021. He is seen in a January 2022 photo. RONIT ...

The last day to purchase tickets for the Child & Family Center’s biggest fundraiser of the year, the 36th Annual Taste of the ...

A kayak found empty about 400 yards offshore in Hawaii has led to a search for the missing owner, the U.S. Coast Guard ...