HAWI The air smelled of smoke as drivers entered Hawi town Thursday. Just hours earlier, the community suffered a devastating loss at its town center when a historic building went up in flames.

Even in paradise, the tiny town of Hawi is a singular gem. Perched on the spectacular northern tip of Hawaii’s Big Island, Hawi is the commercial center—if a handful of restaurants and boutiques ...

Fifteen guests were evacuated from the Kohala Village Inn in Hawi town on Hawaii island’s north shore late Wednesday night as a fire caused $1 million in damage to an adjacent historic building and ...

TIBURON CA – APRIL 19: From left to right, attorney Charles Bonner addresses the media as Yema store owners Hawi Awash and her husband Yema Khalif with attorney David C. Anderson listen outside Yema ...