#Downtown Hilo

Hale Kanikapila breathes new life into downtown Hilo, transforming the former site of Hilo Town Tavern into a vibrant hub for music, food, and community gatherings

24-year-old Keikilani Hauoli-Kuoha was located Thursday (March 5) in good health; Hawaiʻi Island police thank the public for its cooperation.

Free, full-day communitywide cultural and educational gathering centered on the coconut — often referred to as the ‘tree of life’ — slated for Sunday (Feb. 22) at Palace Theater

The show — with a raw honesty and contemporary relevance — explores themes of loneliness, truth, mental health and the universal desire to be seen and understood; it opens Friday (Feb. 13) at East Hawaiʻi Cultural Center in downtown Hilo.

Free communitywide cultural and educational gathering planned for Feb. 22 in downtown Hilo.

Enjoy worship, testimony, connection and community from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today (Feb. 1) at Moʻoheau Bandstand in beautiful downtown Hilo along the shore of Hilo Bay.

Hawaiian Electric will replace two power poles on Kīlauea Avenue near Aupuni Street in downtown Hilo, resulting in lane closures.

The free, family-friendly festival Saturday night (Jan. 17) features four stages, more than 20 bands and more than 40 food and craft vendors; among highlights of this year will be the first KWXX Hoʻolauleʻa performance by High Watah and return of legendary duo Ho‘onu‘a.

“This is a reminder that tomorrow is never promised and to tell your loved ones that you love them because we never know what may happen and in a blink of an eye everything can be taken from you.” — Raquela Benevides

Officers from Hawai‘i Police Department Area I Crime Reduction Unit and Hilo Community Policing Section as well as Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources executed a search warrant Friday morning (Nov. 14) at the former hotel on Kino‘ole Street, directly across from Kalākaua Park.

An additional 25 beds are now available at the Hilo Temple Corps in downtown for those in need — which has been open for a year — with the shelter ready to serve up to 50 overnight guests on a first-come-first-served basis.

Project Hawaiʻi is calling for urgent support as their summer camps and teen mentoring workshops offer crucial lifelines in the form of hot meals, mentorship, and enriching activities to homeless children across the island.

Hot Rides Expo and Hilo Bay Blast once again offer full day of events, including live music, food trucks, keiki activities and vintage, classic and futuristic vehicles rolling into bayfront, plus a fantastic fireworks show accompanied by live music. Meanwhile, the annual Independence Day Parade and Independence Day Extravaganza fireworks exhibition return to downton Kailua-Kona for everyone’s 4th of July evening enjoyment.

Hawai‘i Island police identified the man as Terry Lytle. The investigation into the incident in which Lytle was injured also has been reclassified from a negligent injury to a negligent homicide.

40-year-old John Juan-Malak Taliauli faces charges including first-degree terroristic threatening, place to keep: pistols or revolvers, third-degree promotion of a dangerous drug (fentanyl), plus others. He remains in custody and was ordered to appear May 15 for a preliminary hearing in the case.

A team of 12 ‘Āina Keepers joined several Hilo Community Policing officers April 17, restoring the appearance of two heavily graffitied locations along Keawe and Haili streets in the Big Island community.

Be on the look out for for a giant egg with a QR code as you’re cruising the aisle at any of the 7 participating KTA Super Stores and KTA Express locations through April 20 as part of the grocer’s family-friendly annual Easter Egg Hunt tradition.

The historic Federal Building that houses the office on Waiānuenue Avenue is among 440 federal properties deemed not core to federal government operations that are on the president’s and Elon Musk’s DOGE chopping block.

Downtown Hilo officers on Wednesday will discuss their work and policing efforts in the downtown area. More importantly, they will listen to ideas and suggestions about how they can work together with the community to make downtown Hilo a safer and more enjoyable environment for all.

If ever there was a week when “variety” best fit the top 10 things happening around the Big Island, this would be it. From an hour of volcano stand-up comedy to the return of the KWXX Hoʻolauleʻa, there definitely is something for everyone. Check em out today!