The coconut industry at the Coast is on its knees thanks to ageing East African Tall (EAT) varieties, pests and diseases, poor market linkages, and vagaries of climate change.

In addition, only about 40% of people with coconut allergy had a prescription for epinephrine to rescue them from anaphylaxis should they accidentally ingest coconut.

Hawaiʻi County, in coordination with Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture, is issuing a 3-month voluntary compliance order for parts of West Hawaiʻi — effective July 1 through Sept. 30 — to ...

The Coki Point coconut seller who allegedly lost his cool, shouting down a police officer before spraying the officer with fresh coconut water, was released on $50 bail Monday, according to court ...