HILO — West Hawaii’s four main agricultural areas constitute 37.2 percent of the 42,700 acres in crop production on the entire island, but the majority of the crops grown here do not contribute to the island’s food supply.

North Hawaii Community Hospital began limiting on Friday who can register to give birth at the Waimea facility.

North Hawaii Community Hospital began limiting on Friday who can register to give birth at the Waimea facility.

HILO — The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is preparing to issue a timber license for the Waiakea Timber Management Area, after a decade-long effort with Tradewinds Forest Products failed to bear fruit.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources is preparing to issue a timber license for the Waiakea Timber Management Area, after a decade-long effort with Tradewinds Forest Products failed to bear fruit.

HILO — The pilot of a plane that crash-landed April 19 in an Ookala corn field told an inspector that the engine had a 75 percent loss of power shortly before the plane went down.

The pilot of a plane that crash-landed April 19 in an Ookala corn field told an inspector that the engine had a 75 percent loss of power shortly before the plane went down.