
Fern Forest Car Pile (Photos by Melissa Fletcher)
The county Department of Environmental Management transfer station schedule is expected to change, come Dec. 1, with hours of operation reduced to a few days per week in the more rural areas around [...]

The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival Lei Contest was held Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Kailua-Kona. Ross Wilson of Current Events contributed the photos that offer a glimpse of the event held at the Old Kona Airport Makeo Pavilion.
Fanny Au [...]

The Kona Coffee Cultural Festival parade was held in Kailua-Kona on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009. Ross Wilson of Current Events contributed the photos that capture the occasion.
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Photos courtesy of Ross Wilson, Current Events
For the Kona Coffee Label & Website Competition, the Big Island Chronicle has chosen Woodrose Kona Coffee’s label and packaging designed by Ron and Leslie Brinkman. If you squint you can read the comment below the entry: “I really [...]

Gevalia Kona Coffee Classic Cupping Competition and the Gevalia Crown Competition Photos courtesy of Ross Wilson, Current Events
(Media release) — The Gevalia Kona Coffee Classic Cupping Competition and the Gevalia Crown Competition are blind tastings of Kona’s finest coffee. Entries are assigned a random number to assure [...]
Today's New York Times (Which we buy for the book reviews, honest, nothing else) featured a piece on Bruce Davidson, a photographer I've admired for many years. So here's one of his photos I've always liked -
Norman Sakata picks coffee. Photos by Ross Wilson, Current Events.
Weighing the coffee
More judging
Marilyn Sakata's basket
Keiki ready to pick
(as always, click on photos for larger view)SPOILER ALERT: The first “LOST” location shoots of the month were staged in familiar territory. Today’s reports are brief, but hopefully worth sharing on this rainy Monday. Also: Photos!
This morning, “LOST” was spotted at Hawaii Medical Center East on Liliha St., otherwise known as St. Sebastian Hospital. [...]

There was a little grumbling at the State Capitol yesterday as hundreds of parents, teachers, and students gathered for a rally in support of education on Lingle’s first Furlough Friday.
Union leaders weren’t invited to speak to the crowd. Muted behind the scenes grumbling [...]

Flickr user Misch69 uploaded a great photostream of Big Island photos.
Includes photos of lava, Mauna Kea, eager lava boat tours, sea turtles and more!

Photos courtesy of Melissa Fletcher, Yurts of Hawaii
“What’s a yurt?”
That is probably the most frequently asked question we have heard in almost 5 years of business on the Big Island. These days, it is a question that we’re hearing [...]