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Goodwill Hawaiʻi is getting a new home in Hilo. The organization will move in once its recently acquired headquarters are renovated. Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier has more.
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Police on Hawaiʻi Island said they are aware of the growing community concern about a recent rash of violence allegedly caused by a group of teenagers calling themselves the “Score Gang.” The Conversation's Russell Subiono spoke to a police captain about the incidents.
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Hilo residents Caseyleigh Sabate-Hauanio and Brandy Fontes say their children were threatened by the gang. The Conversation’s Russell Subiono caught up with them at a cafe in Hilo to talk about their experience.
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After the Merrie Monarch Hula Festival’s pandemic-induced two-year hiatus, local businesses are taking advantage of crowds eager to do some Merrie Monarch-related shopping. HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.
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The new Hilo Story Maps on the Historic Hawaiʻi Foundation website intertwines stories, archival pictures, history and topographical information to deepen our aloha for Hilo town. Lokelani Brandt is a senior archeologist with ASM Affiliates based in Hilo. She shared more about the project.
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In today's Aloha Friday Conversation, we're looking at the intersections on politics and culture in the islands in the 1970s. Plus, a new story map of Hilo Bay!
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Eleven inmates at the Hilo jail have asked a judge to release them early for public health reasons amid a COVID-19 outbreak. The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota granted five of the motions but denied or postponed the rest.
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Police are continuing an investigation into an officer-involved fatal shooting in Hilo.
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The Yukio Okutsu State Veteran’s Home on the Big Island is officially under new management. This comes just months after a COVID-19 outbreak at the Hilo…
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Events are being held across the country today in honor of those who have served in the U.S. military. Veterans Day celebrations in Hilo will be…