Community

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.

Kona Aquatic Center is back to competing standards with the recent installment of eight new starting blocks at the county pool to replace the ones that were “condemned.”

Sixty-one children were selected for this year’s event at Target Kona.

The Hilo Family Court hosted its fifth annual Adoption Day celebration earlier this month.

Hawai‘i Police Department Detective Anson Caceres was named the Kona Crime Prevention Committee’s Officer of the Month for December.

The 42 men and women of recruit class 22-01 collected more than 80 new toys, books and games for the annual toy drive.

The second Waikōloa Holiday Food Drive resulted in the collection of enough food to fill Santa’s sleigh and $4,500 in additional monetary donations to support The Food Basket, Hawaiʻi Island’s Food Bank. 

The Kona and Puna Action Committees are responsible for implementing resident-driven solutions from the development plans that positively transform their communities in partnership with a network of businesses, non-profits and community leaders.