One of the Big Island’s foremost palm specialists, Jeff Marcus, is giving a lecture on new palms for local gardens. The lecture starts 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday (Jan. 14) at the Mountain View Public library and is a great opportunity to access rare palms.

The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is responsible for monitoring active volcanoes in Hawaii, which involves assessing hazards and communicating with interagency partners and the public. Our mission also includes advancing our knowledge of volcanic processes through scientific research.

The Tribune-Herald each Saturday is publishing a photo from the Lyman Museum’s John Howard Pierce Photography Collection. The Kona Historical Society generously donated the collection in 2007. The museum is seeking help identifying the people and places in the pictures, most of which are from the 1960s and ’70s. Those with information about the subjects in the photos can contact the museum at 935-5021 or archives@lymanmuseum.org. See identified photographs on Facebook at tinyurl.com/piercephotoid. THIS PHOTO (NO. 17665) was captured April 27, 1964.

Applications are now being accepted for Kamehameha Schools Hawaii summer academies offered through Halau Kupukupu and Halau Mauli Ola programs.

The Honpa Hongwanji Hilo Betsuin BWA113th Shinnen Enkai (new year’s party) and general membership meeting and luncheon will be held at 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Sangha Hall in Hilo.

KAILUA-KONA — He was the master of mahi-mahi, the man many in the aquaculture community knew as the go-to when it came to rearing any impossible-to-raise fish.

The holidays may be over, but the Volcano Art Center is just beginning to celebrate the roaring 2020s.

As the cost of a college education continues to climb, traditional and nontraditional college students alike are experiencing sticker shock.

East Hawaii and North Hawaii have been named Certified Blue Zones Communities, joining only 18 other communities with this well-deserved designation across the country.

Rapid ohia death appears to be a relatively new fungus disease in Hawaii and is killing trees all over the Islands. But with heavy rains and unusually warm weather in West Hawaii, we are seeing a new disease attacking our ohia. This fungus attacks the leaves and causes premature leaf drop. It is similar to the disease that killed most Rose Apple trees in East Hawaii. This is a close relative of the ohia and guava. If the weather continues to warm, it is likely we will see more diseases in the normally cool areas of the islands. For example in Kaloko Mauka, we are seeing fungus diseases attacking palms like the Howea forsteriana that did quite well until the recent warming trend.