But Waipio lies low and exposed on the island’s wet, storm-vulnerable side, and the valley was torn apart by tsunamis in 1946 and 1960 and flooding in the late 1970s.

Waipio Valley is the story of modern Hawaii in reverse. While the islands’ population explodes elsewhere, the number of people in Waipio Valley, on the northeast side of the Big Island of Hawaii ...

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.

Waipio Valley, a popular Big Island visitor destination, is off-limits indefinitely to anyone but valley residents, farmers and property owners. Hawaii County Mayor, Mitchell Roth, ...

WAIPIO VALLEY, BIG ISLAND (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hawaii County Civil Defense has closed Waipio Valley to the public due to the dengue fever outbreak on the Big Island. Civil Defense Administrator ...

BIG ISLAND, Hawaii (KITV4) -- Waipio Valley Road on the Big Island is now closed, except for limited access by Waipio Valley residents, farmers, property owners and leaseholders.

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 ...

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.

Now in her 28th year as a bed-and-breakfast operator, self-described “Silicon Valley escapee” Jacqueline Horne is starting to think about the next phase for Waipio Wayside Inn, her six-bedroom ...