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Help put a smile on a child’s face this year by donating to the annual KBIG-FM Toy Drive, which supports several organizations around the Big Island.

There’s enough celebrations that everyone alive and even the living dead should be able to find something to do. Check out the Halloween event listings for Oct. 30 and 31.

The students from ʻAhahui ʻŌpio Aloha ʻĀina replanted red tī, tiare, gardenia and pua kenikeni trees around the Hale Hālāwai building.

From March 1 through April 14, keiki can submit a hand-drawn graphic illustration that visualizes the theme at any KTA Super Stores customer service center.

A total of 19 teams participated in the two-day tournament Jan. 27-28 at Kawananakoa Gym in the Keaukaha community of Hilo, with the Lincoln Wreckers Gold clinching first place and the West Side Hammers scoring second.

The Summer Fun Program is a day camp offered at recreation sites islandwide.

All children should feel the magic of Christmas during the holidays, and no family should have to choose between paying the bills or paying for meals – especially during the happiest time of the year.

All children should feel the magic of Christmas during the holidays, and no family should have to choose between paying the bills or paying for meals – especially during the happiest time of the year.

South Kona farmer 71-year-old Clarence Medeiros Jr. has pulled up some large kalo before, but he — and it turns out the rest of the world — had never seen a taro corm that big until it came out of one of his parcels.

The Keiki Fishing Derby took place on Sept. 16 at Laupāhoehoe Point Beach Park in Laupāhoehoe. About 80 keiki from the Hāmākua district, ranging in age from 3 to 17, sought to catch the heaviest fish.

“Yer Boy O” is emceeing the event. Attendees will enjoy the sweet sounds of Vaughn Valentino and Ku Ma’ema’e, followed by crowd favorite Alexander the Amazing Magician.

The Hilo Hawaiian Music Festival tops our Top 20 list of things to do this week, with a lineup of musicians that includes Mark Yamanaka, Ben Kaili, Sonny Lim and Kevin Brown. Find our comprehensive listing HERE.

Parents can now apply for the State of Hawaiʻi’s free, high-quality pre-kindergarten programs that are available to all 3- and 4-year-old children on the Big Island.

Hawaiʻi Police Department’s South Kohala Community Policing section is hosting a free Keiki Fishing Derby on July 15 for North and South Kohala residents aged 5 to 18.

The Hawai‘i Police Department is teaming up with various organizations to hold a free child safety seat clinic in Hilo on April 22.

The Department of Health has been able to identify those with known exposure to the case.

The legislative priorities of the Keiki Caucus for 2023 include a bill introduced by Big Island state Rep. Jeanné Kapela.

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

The event, co-sponsored by the Hawai‘i Police Department’s Hilo Community Policing Section and the Hawai‘i County Parks and Recreation Department, included slides prepared by the Ka‘apuni ‘ohana, games and jumping castles.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has placed orders to supply participating health care providers with updated bivalent vaccines for children ages 6 months to 5 years old.