Join Kohala Watershed Partnership for a fun day in DOFAW’s Koaia Tree Sanctuary.  This 13-acre preserve on the leeward side of Kohala Mountain is home to some of the last remaining examples of dry forest trees on Kohala. Work on a variety of tasks: clearning invasive lantana, planting native trees, and building steps on [...]

To move forward the leadership transition at Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School, interested community members, families, faculty, staff and students of WMS are being invited by the Local School Board Ho’okako’o Corp. (HC) to participate in a facilitated work group planning session from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Sat., March 31, 2012 in the [...]

  Paniolo Preservation Society is inviting serious horseback riders on a half-day escorted trail ride exploring extraordinary pre-contact sites and features of the Waimea Field System as documented by historian Abraham Fornander in the mid 1800s, renowned Hawa’i historian Marion Kelly in the early 1970s, and more recently, by Ross Cordy in his respected book, [...]

Appointments are now being made for this free service provided by the AARP Foundation in conjunction with the IRS.  The service will open Feb. 3 and run every Friday and Monday from 9 a.m. To 1 p.m. throughout tax season (except Mon., Feb. 20, Presidents’ Day and Friday, Feb. 24), ending April 16, 2012 at [...]

It promises to be an inspiring glimpse of the life and pa’ahana (hard, industrious work) of  “treasures in our own backyard on Hawaiian homestead farms and ranches” as Waimea Middle Public Conversion Charter School (WMPCCS) family members and community friends come together for a series of four free after-school classes from 3:45 to 5 p.m. [...]

Several Waimea businesses and churches are hosting “giving trees” to invite customers, friends and employees to support this in-gathering of “absolute necessities” so no one is forgotten this holiday season.  Suggested donations are “the basics” – baby diapers, toilet paper, toothpaste, toothbrushes, bath soap, laundry detergent, feminine products, rice, non-perishable foods (especially proteins such as [...]

  Kamuela Liquor Store, which just celebrated its 65th anniversary, is joining several other Waimea businesses and restaurants including Hawaiian Style Cafe and Blockbuster in sponsoring a “Giving Tree” to encourage customers and friends to contribute “absolute necessities” to support working families who cannot afford “the basics” this holiday season.  Suggested donations include canned spam and [...]

Click this link to see the August/September 2011 edition of the South Kohala Neighborhood Watch News.

Featuring the chamber music of “Tropix”  with proceeds benefiting a new Instrumental Music Program at Parker School.  “Tropix” features Brazilian violinist Manoela Wunder and guitarist Philip Simmons, resident conductor of the Orchestra.  Info and reservations: 808-315-0885.