Community

There are many forms of love and the shopping center is highlighting them all this February.

The club is offering a total of $15,000 this year to support women on the Big Island in their chosen fields of study or work.

The consequences of armed conflict — and how they weave themselves into our lives — provide the backdrop for the center’s latest exhibit.

Parker School broke ground a new 21,000-square-foot multi-use facility last week that will include classroom space, a gym and a robotics lab.

Hawai’i County Planning Director Zendo Kern will speak at the upcoming Waimea Community Association on various topics including community development plans and the ever-evolving online application process for building permits, EPIC. The meeting will take place on Feb. 2 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Kern will discuss his department’s vision, priorities and problem solving efforts […]

The Department of Water Supply will be conducting a fire hydrant flow test on Kea‘au-Pahoa Road (Highway 130) between the hours of 1 and 2 a.m. on Jan. 31, 2023.

The first in-person sale since before the COVID-19 pandemic will feature succulents, perennial edibles, natives, seed starts from the University of Hawai‘i, ornamentals, pollinator plants, seeds and more.

Guests aboard a vessel with the touring company Hawaiian Adventures Kona watched the wildlife encounter on Tuesday during the morning whale watch tour.

Puna Geothermal Venture will host its first community meeting in 2023 on Jan. 31 at 4 p.m. at the Pāhoa Neighborhood Facility.

Information collected from the survey will help the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation dedicate resources to communities that are greatly impacted by either traffic safety concerns or need additional resources.

Hawai‘i Community College in HIlo announced the 206 students who made the Dean’s List for the fall 2022 semester by achieving a grade point average of B+ or better.

To meet the need, Hawaiʻi County needs 13,303 additional housing units by 2025.

About 100 Kaiser Permanente physicians, providers, nurses, staff and their family members volunteered at two Big Island sites as part of the organization’s Annual Day of Service on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Hawai’i County Council members Ashley Kierkiewicz and Heather Kimball, and the Hawaii County Department of Planning will hold a second information session on Jan. 20 about the draft transient accommodation rental proposal.

The band is a community and civic band comprised of about 20 musicians from all walks of life.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources is seeking comments on a proposal to protect nearly 100 unencumbered state land parcels across Hawai’i as part of the State Forest Reserves, Natural Area Reserves and Wildlife Sanctuaries systems. 

Gov. Josh Green’s new administration, shifting priorities throughout the state, serious cost-of-living issues, big funding requests and possibly having even more money to spend will all contribute to what is sure to be a must-watch 2023 state legislative session.

At her 28-acre ranch along Stainback Highway in the hills of Mountain View, Hoku Kaʻawaloa-Eiflander teaches keiki on the Big Island how to ride and care for horses.

During the months of January through March 2023, a portion of all sales at all Big Island Ohana Fuels locations will be donated to the nonprofit, Family Support Hawaiʻi.

The Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ Iwi Kūpuna Repatriation and Reinterment Program is providing $50,000 over two years to The Hawaiian Church of Hawaiʻi Nei for a series of workshops.