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Fundraisers aim to help Big Island families impacted by 2 accidents that killed 2 teens
GoFundMe pages so far have raised more than $64,000 for medical expenses and a funeral service for the families of two Hawaiʻi Island teens who were involved in two accidents within a week.
Storm surge of aloha sweeps across social media as Big Island communities step up to help neighbors in Hone’s aftermath
It was a wave of “braddahs and sistahs coming together to help out each other” with food, appliances, rides, repairs, spiritual needs or even just getting people in touch with others who could help.
Family set up GoFundMe for funeral expenses for 17-year-old who died spearfishing in Kona
In just the first 15 hours, 304 people donated more than $40,000, double the goal of $20,000, to help the family of Yohan Choi, who tragically died on July 24 in a spearfishing accident at only age 17.
Funeral services set for 20-year-old from Kona killed in 4th of July fireworks accident
Described as a carefree spirit and “your Mr. Aloha,” family and friends are mourning the loss of the 20-year-old from Kona who died in a tragic fireworks accident.
Longtime Kona paddler Dave Yamagata needs life-saving bone marrow transplant
A GoFundMe medical campaign for Kona resident Dave Yamagata, who has myelodysplastic syndrome — a bone marrow disorder that prevents his body from making red blood cells.
Hawai‘i County Council pays tribute to fallen Maui firefighter with Big Island connection
Tre Evans-Dumaran is a 2016 graduate of Kamehameha Schools Hawai‘i in Kea‘au. He died Saturday after spending more than a week in the intensive care unit at a Maui hospital after being sucked into a storm drain and washed out to sea on Jan. 27 while responding to an emergency call during flash flooding in Kīhei.
Big Island community helping police officer’s family after fire damages home, kills 3 pets
The fire at the family’s home in ʻĀinaloa happened during the early evening of Dec. 30. Fortunately, no one was home at the time, but the blaze caused $250,000 in damage and killed three of the family’s five dogs.
Waikōloa teacher raising funds for trip to Bishop Museum for 14 Global Scholar students
“For 90% of my students, this will be the first time they ever experience going to a museum, as there are none on our island, and for some, it is the first time off-island,” Waikōloa Middle School teacher Sylvie Bright said.
Big Island prosecutors reviewing case of horse killed by hunter targeting wild pigs in Honomū
The Hawai’i Police Department has referred a mid-September case involving a momma horse shot at night by a hunter targeting wild pigs on private property in Honomu to the prosecutor’s office.
Hunter targeting wild pigs at night instead kills momma horse still nursing her foal
A Honomu resident asked a friend who was a hunter to shoot wild pigs on his property at night, but the hunter instead shot his neighbor’s horse Onyx who had a nursing foal.
Big Island Woman Bouncing Back Following Brush With Death on Mauna Kea
A Big Island woman critically injured in a body boarding accident on the snowy slopes of Mauna Kea in late January is recovering slowly but surely.
Anger Around Tragedy Transforms Into Aloha
Community despair and disillusion, however, have inspired fundraising efforts to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars.
