Partial access will be restored to the popular Big Island destination Waipio Valley beginning Sept. 19. It had been closed earlier this year due to hazardous road conditions. Pedestrian access is ...

HONOLULU — Over 150 people convened at the entrance of Hawaii Island's Waipio Valley access road Monday to peacefully gather in opposition to the "disheartening" partial reopening of the road to tour ...

WAIPIO VALLEY, Hawaii (KITV4) -- All Big Island residents, county-permitted tour company operators, and those seeking to practice their Native Hawaiian traditional rights will be allowed in to Waipio ...

Mayor Mitch Roth got an earful Friday from Waipio Valley residents during a legally required public meeting held online to discuss amendments to his emergency rules which, as of Monday, will allow ...

WAIPIO VALLEY (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hundreds of Big Island resident turned out today for a rally at the Waipio Valley Lookout, urging the county to ensure access to the valley and its nearby coastlines.

HAWAII COUNTY, HAWAII (KITV4) - A Big Island resident, Valerie Goo told KITV4 she was harassed by an aggressive group of people as she was driving down to Waipio Valley this weekend. She said it was ...

Visitors paused at the information board near Waipio Valley last month. Perhaps the long-term solution to the conflicts over Waipio Valley could be in creating another opportunity to see and ...

WAIPIO VALLEY (HawaiiNewsNow) - Ten days after the mayor reopened Waipio Valley Road on a limited basis, no one seems to be happy about how it’s working. A group that sued to reopen the road to Waipio ...

For decades, residents and visitors have traversed a steep, largely unpaved incline to the Big Island’s Waipio Valley, one of Hawaii’s most beautiful and sacred spaces. But in February, Hawaii County ...

Waipio Valley residents are grateful for a county emergency proclamation closing the Waipio Valley Access Road to nonlocal traffic. “It’s a matter of life and death,” Roth said. “We’re trying to get ...