Kealakekua News

Lifetime Hawaii Island resident Dru Mamo Kanuha has announced he will run for the newly-created County Council District 7, representing downtown Kailua Village and the Kona area from roughly Kainaliu north to Kona's Old Airport.

Special to West Hawaii Today Joanne Brubaker created this quilt titled AfA'ulu,AfA' which will be featured in the trees of Hawaii exhibit at the Society for KonaAfA*s Education and Art.

"In her job, my aunty got to know a guest so well that she was invited to go with him to the Grammies," the 16-year-old Kealakekua resident said.

Five Big Island men were arrested and charged for allegedly soliciting prostitution in a sting operation earlier this week in Kailua-Kona. They are: Dennis Fontany, 68, of Kailua-Kona; Taavili Tapu Taylor, 44, of Waikoloa; Christopher John Chipley, 38, of Kailua-Kona; Jason L. Hickman, 32, of Kealakekua; and Vincent Daniel Rice, 49, of Hilo.

Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a fire that burned the former Kona Bakery building in Kealakekua Sunday night.

A health fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the Kona Seventh-day Adventist Church in Captain Cook.

Regency at Hualalai is looking for foxtrot and ballroom dancers for its Valentine's Day party to dance for and with its kupuna residents.