Fire destroys house on Stainback Highway
Fire officials said that a Monday afternoon fire destroyed an unoccupied house on Stainback Highway in Hilo.
Commitee OKs review of archaic ‘dance hall’ codes
A county council committee voted in support of repealing an archaic part of the county code regulating dance halls.
Isle remembers fallen firefighter
The Kamehameha Schools Hawaii campus and alumni community are grieving the untimely passing of one of their own, a 24-year-old Maui firefighter who died Saturday after being swept into a storm drain and out to sea during a flash flood in late January.
Soldiers help prep Camp Kilohana for Girl Scouts
Lightning Support Soldiers assigned to 25th Division Support Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, recently helped prepare the Girl Scouts of Hawaii for summer camps on the Big Island.
Johnny Nicholas and band to tour with Honoka‘a Dragon Jazz Band
Honokaa music hero Gary Washburn and the Dragon Jazz Band will team up with Texas blues legend Johnny Nicholas and his band Hell Bent for a circle-island concert tour in February. The tour picks up on February 11 at Kahilu Theatre in Waimea, concluding on February 12 at Gertrude’s Jazz Bar in Kona February 12. This is the fifth annual collaboration tour for Dragon Jazz-Hell Bent, after a two-year pandemic pause.
Ballet Folklórico from Chile to perform on Big Isle
The Ballet Folklórico will perform at the University of Hawaii at Hilo Performing Arts Center and Kahilu Theatre in Waimea during an official visit as representatives of La Serena, Chile, a Sister City of the County of Hawaii.
Free AARP tax preparation in Waimea
Waimea AARP Tax-Aide, in conjunction with IRS, will provide free tax preparation services for 2022 tax returns each Friday through April 14 at the Waimea Community Center at 65-1260 Kawaihae Road across Habitat for Humanity Restore.
