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🌱 Weekly Get Pono Sound Bath and 10 more events
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- West Hawaii Area Service at West Hawaiʻi Civic Center
- Weekly Get Pono Sound Bath at Around The Kava Bowl
Today's riddle: What do you call a one-legged Big Foot? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Tuesday: Partly sunny, a few showers, with a high of 81 and low of 70 degrees.
- Wednesday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 81, low: 71.
- Thursday: Heavy afternoon showers, with a high of 80 and low of 70 degrees.
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- West Hawaii Area Service →
West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy, Kailua-Kona
11:00 am
Sunday October 4
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Other local events
- Weekly Get Pono Sound Bath →
Around The Kava Bowl, 81-6250 Mamalahoa Highway, Captain Cook
5:30 pm
Friday October 2
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Photo Retake Day
Kona Pacific PCS Kealakekua, HI 96750 - Kealakekua Coffee With a Cop →
Caffe Florian, 81-6637 Hawaii Belt Road, Kealakekua
8:00 am - Kahu MÄlama Kula-Custodian Appreciation Day
Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino Kealakekua, HI 96750 - End First quarter 1/2 day
Kona Pacific PCS Kealakekua, HI 96750 - LÄ KĹŤpuna
Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino Kealakekua, HI 96750 - Lanikai at Kahaluʻu, Kona - Oct 2 →
Lanikai at Kahaluʻu Lūʻau, 78-6741 Aliʻi Dr, Kailua-Kona
4:45 pm - Football Away
Honokaa High and Intermediate School, 45-527 Pakalana St, Honok
6:00 pm - Hips & Healing Afrofeteness Experience Big Island of Hawaii →
Kona Dance and Performing Arts, 81-973 Halekii Street, Kealakekua - Fall Break
Kona Pacific PCS Kealakekua, HI 96750 - WÄ Hoâomaha
Ke Kula O Ehunuikaimalino Kealakekua, HI 96750
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
Friday October 2
Sunday October 4
Monday October 5
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- For those living in Kona Paradise.
Which cellphone carrier has the best coverage and service in your opinion? Especially those living "down the hill" Mahalo (Nextdoor Kukuiopae) - PSPS update as of 5 p.
m. on Sept 27, 2026: Power was restored around 4:30 p.m. to all customers in the Pukalani, Upcountry Maui area who were impacted by a PSPS outage… (Nextdoor )
- USA Compression Partners, LP posted a job opening for Lead Cashier/Sales Associate Captain Cook Store $21 to $22/hr (doe), FT, quarterly bonus up to $100, Sign on bonus up to $1,000* (doe) in Captain Cook. Apply here.
- McDonald's posted a job opening for Team Member in Kealakekua. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Captain Cook here.
🗞 Nearby News
Waimea
- $81,000 grant will expand access to low-cost dental services for North Hawaiʻi residents : Big Island Now (bigislandnow.com)
- Menehune special teams shine during KIF football (thegardenisland.com)
- Happy Camper for Monday, September 28, 2026 (thegardenisland.com)
Volcano
- UPDATE 5: High wind advisory canceled for Kohala, high surf advisory canceled : Big Island Now (bigislandnow.com)
- Photo Essay: Hurricane Nolo Spares Hawaiʻi The Worst Of Its Wrath (civilbeat.org)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Hop Squatch! (Thank you Terri R. for sending it in!)
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