🌱 How Pahoa’s Daggers and Kyran Canete lit up BIIF hoops

What's up Pahoa! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• How Pahoa’s Daggers and Kyran Canete lit up BIIF hoops

Also on today's calendar: Earth Day Festival @ Hawaiian Sanctuary and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

• Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 85 and low of 70 degrees.
• Saturday: Cloudy with a few showers, temps: high: 81, low: 68.
• Sunday: Cloudy with windward showers, with a high of 81 and low of 66 degrees.

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📰 News we're reading

• BIIF boys basketball: Kauka, Huihui lead All-League selections; Kapeliela, Awa named Coaches of the Year (westhawaiitoday.com subscription) — Pahoa’s boys basketball team earned BIIF Division II runner-up honors, highlighted by sophomore guard Kyran Canete’s first-team selection and huge scoring performances in league and state play. A full rundown of BIIF boys All-League picks showcases how Pahoa’s Daggers stacked up against Kohala, Honokaʻa, Konawaena, Hilo, and other Big Island programs this season.
   

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📸 Around Pahoa

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Pahoa

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day Festival at Hawaiian Sanctuary
  Hawaiian Sanctuary Retreat Center, 13-3194 Pahoa Kalapana Rd, Pāhoa
  12:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday April 18

• Earth Day Festival @ Hawaiian Sanctuary
  Hawaiian Sanctuary Retreat Center , 13-3194 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  12:00 pm

Monday April 20

• Vibrant Hawaii
  Pahoa Public Library , 15-3070 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  12:00 pm

Wednesday April 22

• Scrabble Club
  Pahoa Public Library , 15-3070 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  2:00 pm

Friday April 24

• Fantasy Roleplay Club
  Pahoa Public Library , 15-3070 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  2:00 pm

Monday April 27

• Vibrant Hawaii
  Pahoa Public Library , 15-3070 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  12:00 pm

Wednesday April 29

• Family Music Making
  Pahoa Public Library , 15-3070 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  11:00 am
• Scrabble Club
  Pahoa Public Library , 15-3070 Pahoa Kalapana Rd , Pāhoa
  2:00 pm

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📣 Pahoa Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Sunday May 3

• East Hawaii Area Service meeting
  Ainaloa Community Association , 16-303 Ainaloa Blvd , Pāhoa
  4:30 pm

Tuesday May 19

• 4 Day Lomilomi Intensive Training
  Wise Secrets of Aloha , 13-1176 Kahukai St , Pāhoa
  9:30 am

Saturday June 13

• HAUMANA (Birthing Your Power) ~ The Apprentice Transmission
  Wise Secrets of Aloha , 13-1176 Kahukai St , Pāhoa
  9:30 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• I am writing a book about my time in Hawaii.
  I have found so few people of great integrity that it compiles me to put this out there for the unaware underdogs that offer themselves freely as the… (Nextdoor Wa'a Wa'a)

• O'Reilly Automotive posted a job opening for Store Manager in Training in Pahoa. Apply here.
• McDonald's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Pahoa. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Pahoa here.

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🗞 Nearby News

Mountain View

• Puna Man Sentenced To 40-Year Prison Term For Sex Assault, Child Abuse (bigislandvideonews.com)

Hilo

• Centralized paid parking system starting at Hilo courthouse Friday (bigislandnow.com)
• Top 10 things to do on Big Island for April 17-23: Freaky Tiki, Uncle Charlie, Maisey Rika, HI-CAL DEAD, kickball, Earth Day cleanup and more (bigislandnow.com)
• County announces 2026 Summer Fun Program (hawaiitribune-herald.com)

Volcano

• Art exhibit explores Mauna Loa as more than a geological structure (bigislandnow.com)

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Ok Pahoa! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The NO-BELL prize (Thank you Gina M. for sending it in!)
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