Community

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.

Thanksgiving meals are available for those in need in Hilo and Kona.

Located in Hilo, the Honomū and Makuʻu homestead lots range in size from one to five acres.

Twelve young people are more prepared for adulthood after continued education, skill development and career support from the new Hawaiʻi National Guard Job Challenge Academy in Hilo.

The road was closed due to a traffic incident.

Shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child are being collected from now until Nov. 25. Dropoff locations are located islandwide.

Thanksgiving is almost here. Before you sit down with the family for that tasty turkey dinner, celebrate with some pre-Turkey Day events and more. Don’t miss this week’s top 10 things to do on the island!

Free annual Surfers Healing camp scheduled this weekend at Richardson Ocean Park in Hilo, giving keiki with autism and other disabilities the unique experience of catching some waves with professionals.

Hawai’i County Parks and Recreation offering several day camps during winter school break for elementary and middle school keiki. Register today!

On Friday, 250 people showed up to talk about solutions, which included reducing the hourly rate, providing a shuttle parking service for employees in the village and creating an annual parking pass.

Hawaiian Adventures Kona were surprised to encounter their first humpback whale of the upcoming humpback season on Saturday.

The state also reports that all temporary warning signs have been removed.