KAILUA-KONA Alika Ho omana has a story as unique as his tattoos. “That’s the gist,” Ho’omana — stout, lean and strong — said after explaining a crash-course version on what his head-to-toe art means.

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Two years into its operation, the Ho‘omana Thrift Store across from the Coco Palms Resort in Wailua is ready to step up social services for its target group — the young to old with emotional, ...