Honomu-based Sugar Hill Farmstead wins $25k Hawaii Island Business Plan Competition
HILO Honomu-based Sugar Hill Farmstead is hoping to expand its community supported agriculture efforts, and will use a recent $25,000 prize from the Hawaii Island Business Plan Competition to do so.
Island Life: Poultry Parade
Backyard visitors in Waikoloa will probably make themselves scarce come Nov. 28… (Ann Wurden/Community contributor)
HPD renews national accreditation
KAILUA-KONA The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies has re-accredited the Hawaii Police Department through 2024.
Kahakai Elementary mom shepherds learning through volunteer garden
KAILUA-KONA Before the official school day begins at Kahakai Elementary School, class is already in session for a small group of students.
Man makes home out of cave near protesters’ camp
HILO While the borders of the Puuhonua o Puuhuluhulu are ever-changing, they do not extend to one of the more curious developments near the Maunakea Access Road: a partially-collapsed lava tube where one man has made a home.
Project EIS finds no impact: DHHL would lease 375 acres to Native Hawaiians in Honomu
HILO An environmental assessment for an agricultural homestead community planned for Honomu has found no significant environmental impact.
Bezona column: Bamboo can teach us about healing
The bamboo family is amazing with more than 1,200 species mostly from Asia. The first plant to appear after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Japan was bamboo. After spraying the forests of Vietnam with Agent Orange, bamboos and grasses were the first to recover as broad-leaved trees withered and died thus changing the ecosystems for decades to come.
Laughter Therapy 11-17-19
OK, lets get started with the LOLs ready, set, go!
Volcano Watch: Pondering the pond — what Halemaumau water chemistry tells us
HILO In the tradition of Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas Jaggars innovative field methods, HVO recently used a cutting-edge technique to sample the Halemaumau water lake deep within Kilaueas collapsed summit crater.
Letters to the editor: 11-17-19
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Obituaries 11-17-19
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AP News in Brief 11-17-19
Testimony ties president closer to pressure on Ukraine
Telescope protest inspires more Native Hawaiian activism
KAHUKU, Hawaii Flapping Hawaiian flags adorn a large canopy on the easement of a highway that winds along Oahus famed North Shore.
About Town 11-17-19
Daughters of Hawaii awarded oha
ahahui grant for Day at Hulihee palace
New anchialine habitats at Pohoiki at risk
Money flows to federal campaigns
HILO Money continues flowing into campaign coffers for Hawaiis congressional delegation, even for Senate candidates who have several years before their next election.
Hilo man pleads not guilty to sexually assaulting minor
HILO A 43-year-old Hilo man pleaded not guilty Wednesday to the alleged repeated sexual assault of a minor between September 2011 and October 2017.
FEMA deadline passes but other options still available for Kilauea eruption victims
HILO While the deadline to apply for a federal program providing individual assistance to Kilauea eruption victims has passed, other programs continue to provide support for those affected by last years disaster.
Four months into it: TMT protesters make quality-of-life adjustments as winter nears
HILO After the four-month anniversary of the creation of the camp at Maunakea Access Road, some things have changed but more have stayed the same.
Police: Flags on cars not a problem
KAILUA-KONA The Hawaii Police Department has been upfront about its law enforcement efforts around the Maunakea protests since the demonstration began in July.
