Community

Families and keiki are invited to get to know their Kona Community Policing Officers over a cup of cocoa next Saturday.

This spring, the Hawaiʻi Animal Kuleana Alliance will host an all-encompassing, intensive training program for animal rescue and recovery during disasters and everyday emergencies.

The state Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation awarded a $9.2 million contract to dredge Pohoiki Bay to Goodfellows Bros., the lowest bidder on the project.

Cindi Punihaole, the longtime director of the Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center, said the large number of users “were loving the bay to death.”

The orchestra will feature 34 musicians, including high school and college students, community members, professionals and some playing in their first concert.

There are several upcoming festive events scheduled this week at island venues in celebration of the Yuletide season. Check out our top 10 things to do now!

After four years of sitting empty, the refurbishing of the iconic hotel, which will be a Hampton Inn by Hilton, will begin. On Tuesday, the hotel site will be blessed.

Looking for some music to get into the holiday mood? These choral and instrumental ensembles have upcoming concerts, including two today, that are sure to make your season more merry.

Winners of 2024 Downtown Hilo Christmas Lights Parade awards announced; grand marshal Dr. Lori Inouye-Yamashita recognized for her outstanding contributions and dedication to the community.

Hawai‘i County invites the public to the cherished weeklong annual holiday open house tradition that will feature festivities such as live hula and music, food trucks, goodies and snacks, decorations and more.

The forecast on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays through Dec. 21 and Dec. 23 at Kings’ Shops calls for a magical holiday celebration complete with falling snow choreographed to festive music and theatrical lighting with entertainment, special performances and more.

A talented, dynamic cast will bring the spirits of Christmas past, present and future to the stage this holiday season with the Hilo Community Players production of “A Christmas Carol: The Musical.”

Orchid Isle Ford and Steve Marshall Group Fill the Ford Food Drive collects more than half-ton of food, $10,000 donated to The Food Basket, Hawai’i Island’s food bank, to help end hunger, increase food security around the island.

Staff members and partners of the Hilo zoo went to great lengths to ensure the 8-year-old female Bengal tiger’s health, administering anesthetics, taking samples while she was under, hand-feeding her while she recovered and more.

The Postal Service also urges customers to plan ahead and ship as early as possible during the holiday season.

The Big Island, as always, has plenty to do now that we all might have a little more free time after the Thanskgiving holiday weekend.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is thankful this Thanksgiving holiday weekend for staff, volunteers and all of its partners who work behind the scenes — and even on holidays — to protect it from invasive, non-native introduced pests. You can get involved, too.

Mark Singletary and Cassie Hitsman leased the site of a former restaurant, but found out the hard way it had been zoned agricultural and they need to obtain a special use permit to operate as a restaurant.

The holiday extravaganza that baths downtown Hilo in the familiar hues of Christmas lights starts at 6 p.m. and officially kicks off the Christmas parade season on the Big Island.

Hilo, Pāhoa, Waimea, Pahala, Kailua-Kona and Keaʻau will host their annual Christmas parades for Hawaiʻi Island communities throughout the next three weeks.