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Join local authors for the monthly Words and Wine Event 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 2, 2019, hosted by Kona Stories Book Shop. This event is free to the public and offers a chance for you to meet and greet some of Hawaii’s favorite authors and artists while you enjoy complimentary pupu and wine. April’s featured […]

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Hawaii Water Service, has entered into an agreement with Keauhou Community Services, Inc. (KCSI) to operate and maintain a wastewater collection and treatment system serving 1,500 residential, hotel, and commercial customers in Keauhou on the island of Hawaii. The system also serves the Keauhou Bay Facility and Kahaluu Beach Park and provides effluent to the […]

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All dogs and their people are invited to the Hawaii Island Humane Society’s Central Bark Dog Park Grand Opening slated for Saturday, April 28. Festivities begin at 10 am with the untying of a maile lei with refreshments served from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. A DJ will be on hand to provide a festive […]

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The Kohala Center’s Kahalu‘u Bay Education Center, in partnership with the Kona Kai Ea Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation, will kick off National Volunteer Week and Earth Day activities with a community beach cleanup and sunscreen swap at Kahalu‘u Bay and Beach Park this Saturday, April 14, from 8 to 11 a.m.

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Keauhou Canoe Club will sponsor the Seventh Annual Kauikeaouli Challenge Race for OC-6 Recreational Paddlers on Saturday, March 17. This event is expressly for non-racers as an opportunity for recreational paddlers to experience the excitement of Outrigger Canoe Racing and is held on the Saturday closest to March 17, the official birthday of Kauikeaouli, Kamehameha […]

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The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation announces that Kahalu’u Beach Park in Kailua-Kona has reopened as of the afternoon of Friday (March 10). All plumbing and maintenance repairs have been completed. The park was closed on February 24 due to a broken sewer clean-out. Parks staff worked steadily to do the repairs and […]

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Firefighters responded to a 12:03 p.m. alarm Tuesday (Dec 20) to 78-127 Holua Road in the Keauhou area of Kona for a structure fire. Crews arrived to find a two-story wooden home engulfed in flames. The roof collapsed during firefighting efforts making it difficult to put out the blaze. Firefighters had the fire under control […]

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To say mahalo to the community and visitors to Hawaii Island for their support, Fair Wind Cruises will be hosting a fun-filled day for the whole family from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Fair Wind Courtyard at Keauhou Bay.

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and its Division of Boating and Recreation (DOBOR) announced today its decision to select the “no-action” option in a Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Keauhou Bay Offshore Moorings project.

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The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Boating and Ocean Recreation (DOBOR) will hold a public informational meeting on Friday April 15 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Kealakehe High School cafeteria, to discuss the Draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed Keauhou Bay Offshore Moorings project.

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A 36-year-old man died Monday (February 8) after jumping off a cliff into waters off Kailua-Kona. He has been identified as William H. Holman of Auburn, Washington. In response to an 11:38 a.m. call, police learned that Holman jumped into the ocean at Lekeleke Bay, also known as “End of the World,” and then cried […]

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At 12:33 p.m. Saturday (Jan 16) Rescue crews responded to the ‘End of the World’ shoreline area near Alii Drive in Keauhou after two people were swept into the ocean. A group of young adults were sitting in a tidepool when a large wave enveloped the group and pulled a 19-year-old man and 19-year-old woman […]

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HawaiÊ»i Island police have initiated an attempted murder investigation in connection with a confrontation that sent a man and a woman to the hospital with third-degree burns. Kona Patrol officers responding to an 8:55 a.m. call Sunday (February 15) determined that a 53-year-old Kailua-Kona woman had confronted her 55-year-old estranged husband, who was with another […]

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Fire/rescue crews responded to an 8:55 a.m. alarm Sunday (Feb 15) to the Alii Drive fronting Kahaluu Beach Park for two people with critical burns from being on fire with gasoline. According to fire dispatch lifeguards heard people screaming and saw two people on fire on Alii Drive fronting Kahaluu Beach Park. The lifeguards were […]

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