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Neighbors try to stop construction of 1,400 mailboxes near Native Hawaiian burial cave
After ancestral bones were found at the site of a new mailbox park being developed in Hawaiian Paradise Park, there has been ongoing, contentious debate between community members on whether the project should continue in the same location.
$1.29M grant awarded to UH to study lava tube biodiversity in Hawaiʻi
A four-year, $1.29-million grant from the National Science Foundation was awarded to the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa for the study of subterranean biodiversity associated with lava tubes in Hawaiʻi.
Big Island Man Falls to Death in his Yard
An elderly Hilo man was found dead about 20 feet down a lava tube in his yard on Monday.
Maui Girl Wins People’s Choice in Dream Car Art Contest
Toyota Hawaiʻi announced the winners of the 6th Annual Toyota Hawaiʻi Dream Car Art Contest, where students conjured up their versions of the cars of the future. For the eight to 11 year old category, 9-year-old Hiʻilei Kaina of Hāna Elementary School on Maui won the People’s Choice for her drawing, “Lava Tube.” She was the lone […]