Hilo Grantee – Pacific Tsunami Museum
Pacific Tsunami Museum Anchors Hilo Waterfront The Pacific Tsunami Museum in Hilo has a refreshed outlook after a major project was completed in Spring 2023. “Restoration of the Pacific Tsunami Museum building generates community pride. Staff members, visitors, residents, and nearby business owners have positively commented on the building's [...]
Comfort Station Reopened, Heiau Signage Being Installed at Pōka‘ī Bay
Historically significant Kū‘īlioloa Heiau located in the park’s Kāne‘īlio Point Re-published from the City and County of Honolulu Staff Reporter, Nate Serota. Following completion of renovations to security features and bathroom fixtures within the Pōka‘ī Bay Beach Park comfort station, the highly-utilized facility is now open to the public. [...]
Daifukuji Soto Mission Refreshes the 110-Year-Old Campus
The sounds of taiko drumming, Baika chanting, and ukulele come from the newly painted Daifukuji Soto Mission in Kealakekua on Hawai‘i Island. Daifukuji means “The Temple of Great Happiness.” Besides being a center for Buddhist study and practice, this landmark site provides a place of peace and wholesome [...]
Four Properties Added to the Hawai‘i & National Registers of Historic Places
The Hawai‘i Historic Places Review Board added three properties to the Hawai‘i Register of Historic Places in November 2022. Learn more about their history, characteristics and significance. Properties are eligible for inclusion in the register if they meet one or more criteria of historic significance: A) association with broad [...]
Hanapēpē Bridge Replacement Includes Park Signage
A new display in Hanapēpē Community Park memorializes the history of the former Hanapēpē River Bridge on Kaumuali‘i Highway on Kaua‘i. The Federal Highway Administration and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation moved forward with a bridge replacement project starting in 2016 after finding that the original timber piles had [...]
Library restoration to result in new Kohala Heritage Center
By Linsey Dower, June 19, 2023 - Honolulu Star-Advertiser (Reprinted with permission.) A small group of volunteers in Kohala is working to raise funds to restore the town's nearly century-old Bond Memorial Library. The group is called the Bond Library Restoration Project, and they have been restoring the building [...]