Hawaii Island Living + Design Show continues today
KAILUA-KONA — Moseying among the booths and tables at the 13th annual Hawaii Island Living + Design Show, those who call Hawaii Island home browsed for inspiration while local business owners connected with potential new clients.
Hawaii a destination for adventure — safety be darned — yet officials continue to push for precaution in a daunting fight
KA LAE — For a moment, Marek Zak was flying.
Rebuilding connections
WAIKOLOA — Everyone Kealaka‘i Knoche has ever brought out to the dry forest has always come away with an appreciation for the unique ecosystem, just by letting the forest do the talking.
Proposal aims to have abandoned vehicles removed quicker — but some officials point to problems with the plan
KAILUA-KONA — A bill aimed at getting abandoned vehicles off public roads quicker in Hawaii passed a state Senate committee this week with overwhelming support.
Surf school bid deadline postponed
KAILUA-KONA — After two meetings left local business owners with more questions than answers about the proposed surf school regulations, the county has postponed a looming deadline to bid on doing business at Kahaluu Bay.
Putting course proposed in Waikoloa
KAILUA-KONA — The county planning director has recommended that a proposal to build a roughly 5,800-square-foot 18-hole golf putting course next to Kings’ Shops in Waikoloa be approved.
Showers expected to continue
2 dead after South Kona crash
Cherry blossom festival puts nature, heritage on display
WAIMEA — As residents and visitors alike wandered throughout Waimea, taking in the sounds of taiko drummers amid the splashes of pink of the cherry blossoms along Church Row, one thing was apparent: There isn’t anything like the Waimea Cherry Blossom Heritage Festival.
Fee increase proposed for park
HONAUNAU — More than 420,000 people visited Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park in 2016, according to the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism.
Wave of questions: County, nonprofit field concerns to surf school proposal
New classrooms coming to Waikoloa
Surf school management proposal raises concerns
A network for life
KAILUA-KONA — In 2016, 30 cases of human trafficking in Hawaii were reported to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, five more than just a year prior and 11 more than were reported in 2012, according to that organization.
Waikoloa resort proposal withdrawn
KAILUA-KONA — A request made to the Leeward Planning Commission to rezone part of a Waikoloa parcel and grant a special management area use permit to accommodate a planned 40-unit resort development has been withdrawn.
A dolphin tale
KEALAKEKUA BAY — The first time filmmaker Jonathon Kay got in the water with the dolphins at Kealakekua Bay, “it was an amazing encounter,” he said.
Landowner recounts Hawi standoff
HAWI — At the gate to the Kohala Crawfish Farm sits a sign reading, “‘a‘ole pilikia” — no problem.
Kealakehe student to represent Hawaii in Washington
Neighbors push back against resort project
KAILUA-KONA — The Leeward Planning Commission Thursday held off on approving a slate of requests from Waikoloa BC, LLC, related to a proposed 40-unit resort development.
