PACT’s Head Start program helping kids get jump start in school By Elizabeth Pitts West Hawaii Today epitts@westhawaiitoday.com
HOLUALOA — Elden Gomes is one step away from the great, big kid world of kindergarten. As he prepares to...
Year: 2019
Sunrise ceremony commemorates 200th anniversary of King Kamehameha I’s death By Elizabeth Pitts West Hawaii Today epitts@westhawaiitoday.com
KAILUA-KONA — As light started to flood the grounds of Ahuena Heiau on Wednesday morning, the only sounds heard were...
Kohala Obituary 4/30/2019
Reynold Wesley Jerome Jr., 78, of Kurtistown died April 30 at the Hawaii Care Choices Pohai Malama Care Center in...
Kona college student awarded $1,000 scholarship for penning essay in memory of Dana Ireland
KAILUA-KONA — “Through compassion and understanding comes unity and love, it is this by which I live.” CHELSEA JENSEN/West Hawaii...
Upcoming Events
N2 Dance invites the community to its new musical “Anianiokala” (a.k.a. “Annie”) at the historic Palace Theater in Hilo. The...
Wet April, dry year
Most of Hawaii Island received above average rainfall in April, but the majority of the island’s year-to-date rain totals remain...
Big Island Dairy closure ahead of schedule
Five months after the owners of Big Island Dairy announced they would cease operations at the Ookala facility, by the...
Tourism officials shift marketing strategy
Hawaii’s volcanoes are no longer the Big Island’s chief selling point for tourism marketing after the Kilauea eruption. During a...
Hawaii senators target robocalls
At least three bills have been introduced in the U.S. Senate to hopefully stem the tide of robocalls and increase...
Council advances $180K bailout for Hilo Muni
Low attendance and higher than anticipated costs forced a $180,000 taxpayer bailout of the island’s only municipal golf course. The...
New lawyer for Hawaiian heiress in fight over her millions
A judge is allowing a 93-year-old Native Hawaiian heiress to switch lawyers in a legal fight over control of her...
FIRST NESTING BEHAVIOR OF RELEASED ʻALALĀ, ALMOST TWO YEARS POST-RELEASE
(Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve, Hawai‘i) – Two ‘Alalā in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve have reached a new...
PROTOTYPE MICRO-PLASTICS BEACH CLEANING MACHINE UNDERGOES HAWAI‘I TESTING
PROTOTYPE MICRO-PLASTICS BEACH CLEANING MACHINE UNDERGOES HAWAI‘I TESTING Positive Results from Kamilo Point in the Ka‘ū Forest Reserve (Hilo) –...
‘Modern Family’ actor Ed O’Neill nabs a scenic slice of Hawaii for $6.25 million
‘Modern Family’ actor Ed O’Neill nabs a scenic slice of Hawaii for $6.25 million By JACK FLEMMING Fronted by gates and...
Thousands Of People Donate Hand-Knitted Bird Nests To Rescue Group In Need Of Help
Thousands Of People Donate Hand-Knitted Bird Nests To Rescue Group In Need Of Help When the Carolina Waterfowl Rescue group...
Kamehameha Schools, partners to develop farm By Andrew Gomes
Kamehameha Schools has partnered with a pair of Oregon agriculture investment and management firms to establish a more than 200-acre...
Hawaiian Airlines plans to revive Fukuoka service amid overall drop in passenger counts By Allison Schaefers
Hawaiian Airlines, which in 2014 suspended its service to Fukuoka, Japan amid declining passenger counts, announced today that it intends...
Hotels urge Ige to veto vacation rental taxation bill By Allison Schaefers
The American Hotel & Lodging Association along with heads of more than 10 Hawaii hotel companies are urging Gov. David...
Federal investigations of Hawaii institutions ‘unprecedented’ By Rob Perez
These are extraordinary times. The number and breadth of current federal investigations into alleged corruption at Hawaii’s public institutions is...
