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Kaʻū News Briefs March 30 , 2024
Halau Hula O Leionalani, under Kumu Debbie Ryder, opened Merrie Monarch week on Sunday. Photo by Tim WrightDancers from Halau Hula O Leionalani will perform Wednesday and Saturday during Merrie Monarch...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 1 , 2024
Kaʻū Coffee farmers are urged to ask the state legislators to pass truth in labeling laws to keep foreign beans out of Hawaiian coffee bags. Local coffee growers have built their reputation on 100...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 2, 2024
Trojan Volleyball started this season with five wins and one loss. Left to right are Head Coadh Joshua Ortega, senior Chaz La'a Kajiwara-Ke, freshman Emil Soriano, sophomore Cy Zeiah Silva-Kamei,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 3, 2024
Royal Court takes the stage at the Merrie Monarch Festival Ho'ike on Wednesday night. Photo by Tracey NimeThe official poster of the 2024 Merrie MonarchFestival by Eddy Y. See merriemonarch.comKAʻŪ...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 4, 2024
Chefzone aims to teach the skills for using Hawai'i-grown, raised or caught ingredients to create food businesses. Applications are available to participate. Photo form HACACHEFZONE: FROM COTTAGE...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 5, 2024
Monk seals and seabirds are under threat with loss of habitat and new threats of disease,Photo from Environment Hawai'i RISING SEAS, INCREASING DISEASE THREATS AND CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS IN TOP PREDATORS...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 6, 2024
Kaʻū Pā'u riding team represented O'ahu in Merrie Monarch Parade on Saturday. The team is comprised of Pages Jesse Lorenzo and Ikaika Grace, Outrider Frank Lorenzo Jr., Princess Lorilee Lorenzo, Pooper...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 7, 2024
Kumu Hula ui Rick San Nicolas demonstrates Hawaiian featherwork as it was accomplished in ancient times. Photo from Rick San NicolasTHE ART OF HAWAIIAN FEATHERWORK will come to After Dark in the Park...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 8, 2024
A virtual field trip brings the world of Hawai'i's forest birds into classrooms. A VIRTUAL FIELD TRIP ABOUT ENDANGERED FOREST BIRDS is available to students across the state, courtesy of state...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 9, 2024
Mayor Mitch Roth frequently talks about aiming for more sustainability on this island where keiki"can thrive and succeed" and families can remain here at home without moving for housing andto find...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 10, 2024
Kaunāmano stewardship is the subject of a public input meeting at Kahuku Ranch Cabinson Saturday, April 20. RSVP at tinyurl.com/kaunamano. Photo from Ala Kahaki Trail AssociationIN ADVANCE OF ATTENDING...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 11, 2024
Site selection is completed for the new sewage treatment plant in Pahala to replace the old plantation days gang cesspools.Final comments are due this coming Monday. Image from County of Hawai'iTHE NEW...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 12, 2024
THE THIRD HAWAI'I SUSTAINABILITY SUMMIT WILL BE HELD on Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 2 - 4 at the Outrigger Kona Resort & Spa. A statement from Hawai'i County says the event is about...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 13, 2024
Nine kāhuli, Hawaiian land snails, have been named official land snails for specific Hawaiian Islands.Photo from DLNRNINE OF THE 750 NATIVE HAWAIIAN LAND SNAIL SPECIES have become the official snails...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 14, 2024
Journey to the Summit begins this Saturday at Kīlauea Visitor Center. Photo by Janice WeiNATIONAL PARK WEEK BEGINS THIS SATURDAY, April 20 and runs through April 29. It begins with a fee-free day and...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 15, 2024
Schools in Kaʻū and beyond can become Ocean Guardian Schools, with funding from NOAA.Photo from NOAAFUNDING FOR HAWAI'I SCHOOLS THAT COMMIT TO BE OCEAN GUARDIAN SCHOOLS is available with a deadline to...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 16, 2024
More than a week of events will fill the Kaʻū Coffee Festival June 1-8, including farm tours. Photo from Kaʻū Coffee Festival THE FOURTEENTH KAʻŪ COFFEE FESTIVAL EVENTS ARE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED. They...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 17, 2024
Buck Spenser won the art contest for the game bird stamp. He featured the Melanastic blue pheasant.WINNERS OF THE THE GAME BIRD AND HAWAI'I WILDLIFE CONSERVATION STAMP ART CONTEST are announced for...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 18, 2024
Kaunāmano between Honua'apo and Nāʻālehu was seen in this real estate listing for $11.5 million in 2015 but has been conserved and is the subject of a community input stewardship meeting this Saturday...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 19, 2024
A USGS team visited a webcam at Kīlauea Crater to maintain it on Thursday. Photo by K. Anderson/USGSNEW TECHNOLOGY FOR OLD QUESTIONS is the focus of this week's Volcano Watch— Magnetics, magma, and...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 20, 2024
Local residents were invited to Kamehameha School's Kahuku Ranch on Saturday to participate in communityinput for a stewardship plan for the 1,368 acres at Kaunāmano on the Kaʻū Coast. Photo by Julia...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 21, 2024
The plan by Black Sand Beach, LLC for Punalu'u as published in SFGate on Sunday.THE UPCOMING HEARING ON THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT AT PUNALU'U DREW A STORY IN SFGATE on Sunday.The story in the San...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 22, 2024
April is Tsunami Awareness Month. In November 1975, Hawai`i's largest locally generated tsunami in the 20th and 21st centuries hit the Kaʻū Coast, wrecking this house at Punalu`u. USGS Photo by David...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 23, 2024
THE STORY OF BERTA MIRANDA'S ESCAPE FROM THE EL SALVADOR CIVIL WAR to Kaʻū and the creation of the successful family Miranda's Kaʻū Coffee farms is the subject of a new film. It is called Massacres to...
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Kaʻū News Briefs April 24, 2024
Science and nature taught in the Hawaiian language are the focus of new teaching tools developedby University of Hawai'i Hale Kuamo'o Hawaiian Language Center and Hawai'i Conservation Alliance.Photo...
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