Waves pound the beach at Pololu Valley, as seen from the trail at road’s end on Hawaii’s Big Island. (PHOTOS BY BRIAN J. CANTWELL/THE SEATTLE TIMES)

TRAVEL: Music, arts blossom in Hawaii’s North Kohala

HAWI, Hawaii — You don’t get to North Kohala unless you mean to, or you’ve made a wrong turn.

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Published November 25th, 2012 - 12:05AM
CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Although I was not able to take the family to a foreign country this time around, Coral Gables, just southwest of Miami, proved itself a fair substitute.
Published November 18th, 2012 - 12:05AM
LONDON – The Regent’s Canal towpath is a tough trail.
Published November 11th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Land. Sea. Land. Sea.
Published November 7th, 2012 - 12:24PM
A new storm bearing down on the Northeast today forced the cancellation of two flights from Sea-Tac Airport to two New York-area airports.
Published November 3rd, 2012 - 11:05PM
While there is little debate that the Mayans had an amazing knowledge of numbers and astronomy, many of us hope their calculations regarding December 2012 being the end of the world are a bit off. However, if there is only a little time left, we should pay our respects to the civilization that gave us the “heads up.”
Published October 31st, 2012 - 1:28PM
Only four flights from Sea-Tac Airport to the East Coast were canceled today as airports in the storm-wracked Eastern seaboard return to near-normal operations.
Published October 31st, 2012 - 7:06AM
Airlines canceled 15 flights to major airports in the East and Midwest on Tuesday from Sea-Tac Airport in the wake of megastorm Sandy, but most afternoon and evening flights to those airports returned to normal.
Published October 29th, 2012 - 9:51AM
Airlines have cancelled 21 Sea-Tac departures to the East Coast today as Hurricane Sandy makes its landfall in the Northeast.
Published October 28th, 2012 - 1:48PM
This third annual event will showcase hard-to-find artisanal wines and microbrews from small Washington producers.
Published October 28th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Paco is a miniature Sicilian donkey – one of many endearing souls guests encounter when staying overnight at Leaping Lamb Farm in Alsea, Ore.
Published October 21st, 2012 - 8:13AM
Visitors can embrace autumn at the Cama Beach State Park harvest festival. Family activities include pumpkin and mask decorating, nature design T-shirt painting, fall foliage fabric designing, education about animals that live on the beach and games.
Published October 21st, 2012 - 12:05AM
LAS VEGAS — For years, Las Vegas was considered a value destination, the home of 99-cent shrimp cocktails and super-cheap hotel rooms. The desert city forged a not-so-secret agreement with visitors: Take your chances at the casinos and we’ll take care of the rest.
Published October 12th, 2012 - 12:05AM
Birds head south when the sun begins to slide low across the sky. The rest of us can just flock to south Thurston County. There’s something about the rolling grasslands and gnarly oak trees of that area that make me feel like I’ve hopped right over Oregon and landed in central California.
Published October 12th, 2012 - 12:00AM
Features writer Craig Sailor takes you on a day trip through the farms, small towns, art spaces and natural areas of South Thurston County that are so peaceful, you might not want to return home.

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