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Cupid makes his rounds this weekend, and there is a variety of events around the Big Island to help the cherub of love hit his target so you score a bull’s-eye with your special someone. If you’re not feeling the love, don’t fret. There also are other events where Cupid’s arrow won’t necessarily fly.

An estimated 650 youth ages 6 to 14 years old participated in the two events Feb. 1 at Waiākea High School in Hilo and Kealakehe High School in Kona

Chandler ʻBingʻturong, who was named after a vote online, made his debut at the Panaʻewa Rainforest Zoo and Gardens and joined his new roommate, the beloved binturong Keoki-Anne.

Applicants must be 18 years old with current lifeguarding certification. They must also successfully have completed a swimming and skills test.

Alerts through the Everbridge notification system are issued for natural disasters, road closures and other emergency-related public service announcements.

Variety of positions were available, including sales and marketing, housekeeping, guest services, maintenance, food and beverage and more. Walk-ins were welcome.

Love is in the air on the Big Island. Several of this week’s top 10 things to do already are Valentine’s Day-related, but we’re giving you a few early date ideas in case you want to plan ahead and make reservations to surprise your sweetie. Lovers of culture and history, conservation and the environment, community and music have plenty of options, too, this week.

The public is invited to a blessing and unveiling of the new sign that warns visitors about the dangers of the water at Boiling Pots.

Resolution 61-25, introduced by Councilwoman Heather Kimball, said the intent behind the measure was to use the council meeting as a forum to create public awareness around best practices for poultry raising with respect to avian flu.

Expedition Dinosaur: Into the Deep debuts at ʻImiloa from Feb. 7 to May 4 with animatronics, fossils and interactive displays that immerse visitors in prehistoric waters.

A peaceful protest is scheduled for 5 p.m. Feb. 5 along Queen Ka‘ahumanu Highway, south of Henry Street, near The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints temple.

This is your chance to provide feedback about how Hawai‘i Police Department is doing. You can take the survey until 4 p.m. Feb. 28.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education served meals free of charge at 73 school locations and alternative learning programs on Kauaʻi, Oʻahu, Molokai, Maui and the Big Island through its Seamless Summer Option program during the summer of 2024.

The table will be installed Feb. 28 from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. During construction, there will be lane closures in both directions, state officials reported. Work is weather permitted.

The program on the Hilo campus blends academics with hands-on training in agroforestry, forest surveying, silviculture (the growing and cultivation of trees) and Geographic Information Systems.

No buses or paratransit services will run today because of Americans With Disabilities Act training for all Hawaiʻi County Mass Transit employees and contractors. Regular services will resume Monday.

The community foodshare program in Honoka‘a has made and distributed a total of more than 97,000 warm meals for community members and delivered about 450 tons of groceries to kūpuna and shut-ins during the past 6 yeras.

The winter storm that blew through the state at the end of the week fortunately didn’t blow away or wash out any of the multitude of events happening around the island, some of which are going on right now!

Potted plants from five Big Island mom and pop nurseries from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Makaeo Pavilion at Old Kona Airport State Recreation Area. 

Hawaiʻi County is on the lookout for lifeguards and opened registration for a certification courseduring spring break in March.