MEDIA RELEASE

“This Week with Mayor Billy Kenoi,” a new 30-minute program on Na Leo O Hawaii community television, will highlight the Mayor’s many public activities where he meets with residents to address island issues and concerns as he travels around Hawaii Island.

The program will be broadcast twice each week beginning Thursday, Oct. 7, on Na Leo O Hawaii community television channel 53.

This week’s show features the Mayor’s introduction to the new program, scenes from his recent visits and discussions with Kona residents, his closing speech from the Mayor’s Hawaii County Health Conference, and a video titled “Healing Our Island,” which documents the anti-ice initiative that successfully provided grants to non-profit organizations for community events and programs that helped combat the devastating effects of ice on our island.

A new 30-minute weekly program will be broadcast at 6 p.m. each Thursday, beginning Oct. 7, and will be repeated at 7 p.m. each Sunday, on Na Leo O Hawaii channel 53.

For more information, call the Office of the Mayor at 961-8211.