Health officials are considering a 12-bed inpatient facility at the old Kona courthouse in an effort to help address mental health and substance abuse issues in the community.

Back to da future? > The courthouse was the original home to Kona Hospital until 1975, when Kona Community Hospital opened just mauka of the facility. It served as a courthouse for more than three decades until the new Keahuolu Courthouse opened in Kailua-Kona.