Tough win: Kealakehe boys defeat Honokaa 61-51
KAILUA-KONA Before entering a week-long stretch without a game scheduled, the Kealakehe boys basketball team had one final challenge to end their grueling week.
Team building: HPA girls soccer team wins tournament in Arizona
KAILUA-KONA Hawaii Prep soccer has started the new year off on a high note.
Cub stewards with a cause: Konawaena High School Leo Club partnering up to raise soil conservation awareness
KEALAKEKUA Climate change, invasive species, water pollution, chemical herbicides and soil degradation all threaten to change the environment of the west side of the Big Island.
Biannual soccer tournament For Kona From Kona raises money for scholarships
KAILUA-KONA The biannual For Kona From Kona soccer tournament has college players and lifelong lovers of the game gathered together this weekend to compete at the hockey rink at Old Kona Airport Park.
Norman Sakata, Lions Club celebrate Sight is Beautiful contest’s 40 years
KAILUA-KONA Forty years ago, Norman Sakata took a Kauai-based art program for elementary school students and expanded it into an annual, statewide tradition to promote awareness of blindness and vision impairment.
Salazar-Harrell nets 33 for Konawaena in blowout win over Kohala
KEALAKEKUA After a season-opening 54-42 win over Division I opponent Hilo, Konawaena wasnt about to lay low for its home opener against the Kohala Cowgirls.
HPA’s Kukila Lincoln signs to play football at Montana
KAILUA-KONA Kukila Lincoln has big plans for his football career, and on Wednesday he took one step closer to playing the sport professionally.
Island’s small businesses seeing influx of spending in short holiday season
KAILUA-KONA A late Thanksgiving this year means a shorter holiday shopping period for many.
Learning at Kealakehe High School means constructing classroom outdoors
KAILUA-KONA The front lawn of the STEM building at Kealakehe High School has transformed from a blank canvas into a special place for learning.
Actor Rob Huebel on island plugging new Netflix show ‘Medical Police’
KAILUA-KONA Rob Huebel isnt a doctor, but he does play one on TV.
Cancer Coalition awards Sayre nonprofit founders, survivors for service after diagnosis
KAILUA-KONA Frank Sayre and Laura Mallery-Sayre are known on the Big Island for helping save lives through the Daniel R. Sayre Memorial Foundation.
State to suspend Business Action Center Kona Resource Days
KAILUA-KONA The state Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Business Registration Division will be suspending its Business Action Center (BAC) Kona Resource Days at the end of the year.
Fish and Wildlife Service downgrade nene from endangered to threatened
KAILUA-KONA Hawaiis state bird is no longer on the edge of extinction.
Founder of anti-human trafficking organization to speak about prevention on Hawaii Island
KAILUA-KONA Human trafficking is a problem that persists in every corner of the world, even in a place described as paradise.
Team effort: Jackie Rey’s Ohana Grill feeds hundreds a free Thanksgiving meal
KAILUA-KONA A Thanksgiving meal at Jackie Reys Ohana Grill has become an important holiday tradition for many on the Big Island.
Best feast forward: Volunteers serve up Thanksgiving meal at annual Meet and Eat event
KAILUA-KONA Feeding the community a Thanksgiving feast isnt always an easy task, but every year, the Kona Task Force on Feeding the Hungry steps up to the plate.
Toasting and roasting Mr. Tracy: Colleagues pay respects to departing Aloha director
KAINALIU Jerry Tracy has survived, literally, everything that has been thrown at him in his 28 years at the Aloha Theatre.
Still solution-less: Forum focuses on next steps after recycling change
KAILUA-KONA The recent changes to the countys recycling program have left many with the question: what now?
Island’s fourth graders learn Hawaiian culture at park’s annual festival
KAILUA-KONA Diana Delgado and Alex Perez were quick to show off the new bracelets on their arms to each other, seconds after completing them in a lauhala weaving class.
Woman in critical condition following crash
KAILUA-KONA A 28-year-old woman suffered severe injuries following a two-vehicle collision Tuesday night on Highway 190 and is still in critical condition at North Hawaii Community Hospital.