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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 23, 2017
Lava flowing toward the emergency road along the Puna Coast is shown in this photo by the USGS, which explains inits weekly Volcano Watch (see below) how scientists measure remotely the temperature of...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Friday,Feb. 24, 2018
Pacific Biodiesel's plant in Kea`u. The company has been planting test plots on the Big Island and looking for land togrow sunflower and safflower for food and utility oils. It blessed a sunflower farm...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017
Calm waters, no wind and an overcast sky made for perfect whale counting at Ka Lae on Saturday where 23 breaches were seen in 15 minutes during the second of this season's Ocean Counts for humpback...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017
Ka`u Farm School held its second session on Sunday at Earth Matters Farm at the corner of South Point and Kama`oa Roads.See story below. Photo by Raina WhitingGOVERNORS WHO ARE REPUBLICANS AND...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 27, 2017
Bolo, who is known for his annual presence at the Ka`u Coffee Festival, and Kahikina Ching drum up support for theannual Feed-A-Thon, which raised over 73,000 lbs in edibles. Photo from Food...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017
Janiece McNichols, Chief Financial Officer for East Hawai`i Region; Sherrie Bazin, Director of Nursing for Ka`u Hospital; Barry Taniguchi, East Hawai`i Regional Board member; and Dan Brinkman, Chief...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, March 1, 2017
New interpretive signage for the famed Ka`u footprints shows the area well traveled in the 1700's by Hawaiian families trading and visiting. While walking through Ka`u, wet ash rained down and their...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, March 2, 2017
Hawai`i's Midway Island, now a war memorial and wildlife refuge, was mentioned by Pres. Donald Trump on Thursday, when hepraised the aircraft carriers and the crew that fought there during World War...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, March 3, 2017
Hawai`i State Teachers Association is calling for a Day of Action next Tuesday. Photo from HSTAHAWAI`I STATE TEACHERS ASSOCIATION has called for A Day of Action next Tuesday, March 7. The public...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, March 4, 2017
Ka`u Rural Health Community Association is asking Ka`u residents to sign up for its annual meeting by next Friday, March 10.Photo from KRHCAA CALL TO ACTION CAMPAIGN CONCERNING THE IMPACT OF DRUGS,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, March 5, 2017
Big lava, small people above the pressurized magma system that let off a swarmof earthquakes on Sunday. USGS Photo MORE THAN 30 EARTHQUAKES lightly shook Ka`u and Volcano on Sunday, with a 2.9 temblor...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, March 6, 2017
The distinctive horn of this quirky-looking reef fish inspired its common name, the unicornfish. Known as kala in Hawaiian, unicornfish can live for more than 50 years. Kala are popular among fishermen...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Teachers at Ka`u High School, hold signs Tuesday morning on the March 7 Day of Action in support of all public school teachers in Hawai`i who are asking for fair pay in their negotiations with the...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Wednesday, March 8, 2017
Visitors observe the erupting volcano from the safe overlook in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. NPS PhotoBUSTED, SNEAKING INTO THE ERUPTING VOLCANO's closed area at Halema'uma'u - A tour guide based...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, March 9, 2017
Peter Anderson captured this sunset on March 7 at South Point where fishermen traditionally lifted their catch on a hoist afterbringing their boats close to the Ka Lae cliffs.DISMANTLING THE AFFORDABLE...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, March 10, 2017
NOAA and Sea Grant work with University of Hawai`i to provide scientific information anddevelop programs regarding climate, natural disasters and environment. Sea Grant faces eliminationand NOAA faces...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, March 11, 2017
The public visited the hula heiau between Pahala and Na`alehu in May of 2016 and is invitedto learn about the recent archaeolgical inentory on April 1. Photo by Jasmine CroninA PRESERVATION PLAN FOR...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, March 12, 2017
A flag from the Hawaiian Kingdom will be auctioned in France in April.Photo from Auguttes auction houseRARE HAWAIIAN ARTIFACTS, reputed to be the biggest collection outside the Bishop Museum, will be...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, March 13, 2017
Na`alehu Theatre as featured on a website called Abandoned USA. See story below.See http://www.abandoned-usa.info/abandoned-naalehu-theatre-hawaii.phpTHE KAWA DRAFT RESOURCES MANAGEMENT PLAN will be...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday March 14, 2017
The mouth of Hilea Stream at Kawa beach. Photo by Julia NealTHE DRAFT COUNTY PLAN FOR Kāwā, which goes to a public meeting on Wednesday, March 15 at Na`alehu Community Center at 7 p.m., covers a lot...
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