Thanksgiving to go: Meet and Eat serves up hundreds of turkey dinners
Hundreds of Thanksgiving meals were served up Tuesday evening during the 28th annual Meet and Eat Thanksgiving Dinner at Kealakehe Elementary School.
UH-Hilo to present virtual Great Leaps dance concert
Because of the ongoing COVID-19 safety precautions, the fall Great Leaps dance concert will be presented virtually Dec. 4-5.
Learn about the acoustics of Hawaiian forest birds
Acoustic communication is incredibly important to forest birds. It plays a major role in how they choose mates, maintain territories, find food (and each other) … and avoid being eaten!
Creative adaptations; Volcano Village Artists Hui makes changes for 34th annual sale and tour because of pandemic
The Volcano Village Artists Hui 34th annual Art Studio Tour & Sale is being adapted to fit these challenging times.
Orchids to celebrate Veterans Day
Rotary Club of Hilo Bay recently donated 44 potted orchid plants, one for each resident, along with crossword puzzle books and eight iPads for Yukio Okutsu State Veterans Home in Hilo. The club expresses its thanks to all veterans who served the nation and wants them all to stay safe and healthy.
Community celebrates native species with Hawaiʻi Nei Art Exhibition
The 12th annual Hawai‘i Nei Art Exhibition commenced with an open house celebration Nov. 6 at the Wailoa Center. Local artists of all ages entered pieces of art celebrating the native flora and fauna of Hawaii Island.
Tropical Gardening: Buy a tropical pine for Christmas and support local farmers
Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union raises nearly $49,000 for Hawaii’s most vulnerable
Hawaii Community Federal Credit Union is proving there is nothing stronger than the power of community after raising $48,924 in donations during its annual Market Day events in October.
Let’s Talk Food: Thanksgiving is this Thursday
Volcano Watch: How has topography been modeled at Hawaii’s volcanoes?
Tropical Gardening: Celebrate a safe Thanksgiving
‘Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar Festival exclusively on new Kahilu.TV
The 18th annual ‘Ukulele and Slack Key Guitar Festival will release two concerts at 7 p.m. today and Saturday.
Register for free Henry Kapono concert celebrating veterans
Henry Kapono will perform a free online concert in honor of veterans and military families at 5 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 28. The concert can be seen via a Zoom link and will be simulcast on the AARP Hawaii Facebook page.
Live-fire exercise
Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class Kalani Ignacio of Hilo fires an M4 rifle during a live-fire exercise Nov. 15 on the flight deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) in the Arabian Sea. Princeton is part of Nimitz Carrier Strike Group and is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to ensure maritime stability and security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and Pacific through the Western Indian Ocean and three critical chokepoints to the free flow of global commerce.
Big Island Press Club social media intern stages Instagram takeover
COVID-19 interrupted many students’ in-person experience, including Holly Trowbridge’s.
Public comment sought for cleanup action at former quarry firing range site
The National Park Service is seeking public comment on an engineering evaluation/cost analysis for the selection of a non-time critical cleanup action at the former quarry firing range site in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
Let’s Talk Food: Cookbooks of the past
Volcano Watch: Kilauea’s key: Using Hawaiian eruptions to understand volcanism in northern California
The U.S. Geological Survey has 5 volcano observatories tasked with monitoring low to high threat volcanoes throughout the United States.
Tropical Gardening: Tropical Vireya rhododendrons thrive in Hawaii
Hilo native named NAVFAC Hawaii 2021 Engineer of the Year
In early October, Naval Facilities Engineering Command Hawaii selected two of its most outstanding engineers for special recognition, awarding Red Hill Program Management Officer Cmdr. Darrel Frame as the 2021 Military Engineer of the Year and Supervisory Structural Engineer Guar Johnson as the 2021 Civilian Engineer of the Year at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.
