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Kaʻū News Briefs Dec. 30, 2024
At the corner of Lehua and Palm in Ocean View, the Houvener family continues to light up theholiday nights with their Christmas display, ongoing for two decades. Photo by Victoria BunetaA detail of the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Dec. 31, 2024
A USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory geologist uses a laser rangefinder to collect fountain height measurements from the eruption within Halema‘uma‘u crater at the summit of Kīlauea volcano. Fountain...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 1, 2025
Aerial fireworks light up the smokey skies each New Years Eve in Kaʻū. Photo by Julia NealAerial and many other fireworks are popular throughout Hawai'i, including in Kaʻū. Photo by Julia NealSEVERE...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 2, 2025
Passing showers on the morning of December 29 at Kīlauea summit produced a rainbow (known in Hawaiian as an "Ānuenue") visible near the active lava fountaining in the southwest part of the caldera....
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 3, 2025
Vice Pres. Kamala Harris, on Friday, conducted the swearing in of Sen. Mazie Hirono to serve her third six-year term representing Hawai'i in the U.S. Senate. Photo from HironoELECTED CONGRESSIONAL...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 4, 2025
THE VOLCANO TURNED OFF HER LAVA FAUCET FRIDAY night, but particulates and S02 in the air remained high in Pahala until the wind shifted and blew both to Ocean View, Kona and Waikoloa. USGS reported...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 5, 2025
Artist Stan Rillon's depiction of the tsunami in 1868 which wiped out Hawaiian villages up and down the coast, including Punalu'u and Honu'apo. The M7.1 earthquake, with epicenter in Keaiwa, buried...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 6, 2025
Half-ton Treasured Steinway Comes to Pāhala for School & Concerts A nine-foot 1000 lb. Steinway & Sons piano, built more than a century ago, arrived in Pāhala last Friday.A...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 7, 2025
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SEWER LINES IN PĀHALA STREETS will start soon. A public meeting will be held next Monday, Jan. 13 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Herkes Kaʻū District Gym Annex. The public...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 8, 2025
Kaʻū Trojan rises from the floor to help the team overcome Waiākea 59-53.Photo by Thea CalumpitKAʻŪ HIGH BEAT BIG SCHOOL WAIĀKEA Wednesday night on home court Herkes Kaʻū District Gym in Pāhala. The...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 9, 2025
University of Hawai'i nursing school helps with youth vaccinations, which are required for attending school starting in seventh grade. DOH reports vaccination rates have fallen. Photo from U.H....
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 10, 2025
Traditional Hawaiian Lua, fighting, will be explained on Friday, Jan. 31 at Nāʻālehu Community Center. Photo from kuialuaopuna.com.LEARN ABOUT INDIGENOUS PRACTICES OF LUA - HAWAIIAN FIGHTING ARTS on...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 11, 2025
Ground tilt and eruptive episodes associated with Kīlauea summit eruption Dec. 23, 2024until Jan. 10, 2025. Eruptive episodesare highlighted in red. Fountain Episode 1 (E1) began at 2:20 a.m. HST...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 12, 2025
Location of the future $31 million wastewater treatment plant and collection lines near corner of Maile St. and Hwy 11.A MEETING ON TRAFFIC CHANGES IN PAHALA FOR BUILDING NEW SEWER LINES is set for the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 13, 2025
GOODFELLOW BROS WILL BEGIN STAGING CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND MANPOWER by the end of this month to begin installation of new wastewater collection lines and a sewer plant for Pāhala....
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 14, 2025
HAWAIIAN IMMERSION SCHOOL ORGANIZERS IN WAI'ŌHINU kicked off their Kū Hāweo ProjectConch blows for Kū Hāweo ProjectPhoto by Raylene Auli'i Fujikawa Moses recently with a workshop for 14 keiki ages 0-5,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan.15, 2025
Madame Pele is Back with her FountainsEpisode 4 of the ongoing Kīlauea summit eruption began Wednesday morning, Jan. 15. Lava fountains resumed erupting from the two vents that have been active in the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 16, 2025
On Thursday, Jan. 16, the south fountain (left) during the ongoing Kīlauea eruption's fourth eruptive episode, had an average height of about 40 meters (131 feet). The north fountain (right) ranged in...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 17, 2025
High Lava Fountains, Some Unhealthy AirView from the southwest rim of Kaluapele, the summit caldera of Kīlauea, where the temporary S2 webcam is located. This view looks down on the active north and...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 18, 2025
Keanakākoʻi viewing area pre-dawn on Friday, Jan. 17. Park visitors are silhouetted as they watch side-by-side volcanic cones eject fountains of hot orange lava and plumes of gas and water vapor....
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 19, 2025
Land maps show numerous Hawaiian names and some families are filing court claims.CLAIMING FAMILY HAWAIIAN LANDS in the courts can lead families to gaining access to the properties that were assumed...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Jan. 20, 2025
GOV. JOSH GREEN POSTED QUOTES FROM MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. on Pres. Donald Trump's inauguration day, which fell on Monday, the MLK holiday. One of the quotes is "Darkness cannot drive out darkness,...
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A Tribute to Julia Neal: Share Your Words of Love and Support
For over 20 years, The Ka‘ū Calendar has faithfully reported on events important to the community of Ka‘ū. Julia Neal started the Pāhala-based newspaper in 2002, followed by the online Ka‘ū News Briefs...
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Celebration of Life for Julia Neal
Please join family and friends in celebrating Julia Neal's life. The service will be held on Saturday, February 8th, 9 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Pāhala Plantation House (96-3209 Maile St., Pāhala,...
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Tribute issue for Julia
Thank you to everyone for your submissions and messages for Julia. The final issue of The Ka‘ū Calendar is now online here.
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