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Island Life: Far from the crowds

Oct. 28, 2020

Lake Waiau near the summit of Maunakea is seen during a hike. Social distancing at its finest! (Linda Burns/Community contributor)

About Town: October 27, 2020

Oct. 27, 2020

Kona Elks Club to host drive- through trick-or-treat event

Can you help identify this photo?

Oct. 27, 2020

Inside Kona Historical Society’s Jean Greenwell Library &Archive is the Photograph Collection, which holds more than 50,000 images depicting such subjects as ethnic culture, geography, agriculture, religion, and education in Kona between 1790 and 1994. In this collection, there are several photos of subjects unidentified and shown entirely without context.

Easy chicken dish has smoky flavor

Oct. 27, 2020

Smoked paprika is made from chili peppers that are smoked, dried and crushed. It gives a smoky flavor to this easy chicken dish. The secret to keeping the chicken breast evenly cooked and juicy is to pound the meat with a meat tenderizer or the bottom of a heavy skillet to give the chicken breast even thickness. Sesame seeds add a crunchy texture to the dish.

Shepherd’s pie packed with earthy flavor for Halloween

Oct. 27, 2020

In the fall, I postpone turning on the heat in the house as long as possible. Instead, I turn on the stove burners to boil, simmer and stew. Likewise, the heat emanating from the oven means something good is baking, braising or roasting. Kitchen heat satisfies so much more than the closed-in feeling of heated rooms.

Island Life: Saying hello

Oct. 26, 2020

A friendly manta swims in Kailua Bay. (Reiko Sekine/Community Contributor)

About Town: October 26, 2020

Oct. 26, 2020

Free COVID-19 testing today in North Kona

About Town: October 25, 2020

Oct. 25, 2020

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Educating farmers

Oct. 24, 2020

Getting the latest information about natural and sustainable farming practices and specific techniques can be challenging during our current shut down.

Fall colors abound even in the tropics

Oct. 25, 2020

Some folks living in Hawaii miss the four seasons of more temperate regions, especially if they grew up in a region that has summer, fall, winter and spring. Here we have rainy and dry seasons. This is somewhat confusing since West Hawaii is beginning its dry season as the east side of the island is beginning its rainy season! Whether rainy or dry, fall is now and we do have fall colors if we look for them.

Island Life: Green by the sea

Oct. 24, 2020

Green Sand Beach in early October, empty of tourists and kamaaina alike. (Linda Burns/Community contributor)

Monday is final day for Hoku Kea telescope input

Oct. 24, 2020

Monday, Oct. 26, marks the final day for the public to participate in a virtual University of Hawaii at Hilo open house to learn about the university’s proposed 28-inch educational telescope at Halepohaku, the mid-level facility on Maunakea. The educational telescope will be available to UH students, faculty and the community and will replace UH Hilo’s Hoku Kea telescope on the summit of Maunakea that is currently being decommissioned.

Charcoal, a game changer for understanding processes in young volcanic terranes

Oct. 24, 2020

One of the fundamental premises of geology is that the “key to understanding the future is to understand the past.” In order to forecast how a volcano will behave, geologists must map the deposits from past eruptions and determine the ages of those deposits. Radiocarbon dating is our principal tool of use.