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Community members are encouraged to join the virtual event at 4 p.m. via Zoom to learn more about the commission and speak with some of its members.

Wendy Hensel will take questions from the public during a campus forum from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the UH-Hilo Performing Arts Center. Community members can attend in person or via Zoom. Finalist Julian Vasquez Heilig will do the same next Tuesday.

It might be an eclectic bunch of events and activities happening around the island during the next week, but we’re sure there’s still something that will pique everyone’s interest.

The Keʻāmuku Solar + Storage project is a proposed 86 megawatt alternating current solar photo-voltaic array and 344 megawatt hour battery energy storage system that would be located on land owned by AES Hawai‘i adjacent to Waikōloa Road and Māmalahoa Highway.

The plan is a blueprint for communities receiving federal U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development assistance.

The SCHHA Hawai‘i Island & Kaua‘i Mokupuni Meeting is hosted every fourth Tuesday the month at 6 p.m.

This month’s speaker is Dr. Colby Miyose on the topic “Understanding & Empathizing with Differing Conflict Styles.” 

In this talk, participants will dive into dispute resolution solutions that can keep those involved in housing conflicts safe.

In case you’re seeking something else, there’s also a health care talk story event featuring “Seniors in Paradise” host Derek Kurisu, the Celebrate ‘Ohana Festival in Kona, Cherry Poppin’ Daddies live in Hilo and more.

The talk will begin at 10 a.m. and is aimed at providing guidance to caregivers and loved ones of those living with dementia and Alzheimer’s.

AARP Hawai‘i and the Hawai‘i Public Health Institute created the Kūpuna Digital Resource Directory as part of a larger effort to bridge the digital divide and help more kūpuna go online.

The Hawai‘i Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation is proposing dredging and excavating most of the volcanic debris from the 2018 Kilauea eruption that landlocked the boat ramp, severely curtailing fishing, emergency services and other commercial, recreational and food subsistence activities that previously relied on ocean access there.

The state is hosting an online public meeting Wednesday to discuss the draft environmental assessment for the project that would reopen ocean access at the boat ramp in Puna.

The public may join the Monday, April 17, meeting through several in-person and distance options.

Hoʻōla Farms is hosting a free webinar, “How to Apply for the Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship,” Feb. 7 online via Zoom.

State Rep. Nicole Lowen invites residents of West Hawaiʻi to an online talk story event with special guests state Sen. Dru Kanuha and state House Finance Committee Chairwoman Sylvia Luke.

Sustainable Energy Hawai‘i, formerly Big Island Community Coalition, is offering a free webinar about geothermal power options in Hawai’i.

The Waimea community is invited to have Coffee with a Cop at the end of this month.

The kids in the KHS choir wouldn’t let COVID stop them from coming together in a virtual format to perform “Over My Head.”