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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, January 25, 2019
ʻO Kaʻū Kākou invites local residents to attend and speak up at a meeting about the proposed senior housing projectplanned for the site of the former Nāʻālehu Fruit Stand, at Nāʻālehu Community Center...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, January 26, 2019
Sanctuary Humpback Whale Count drew volunteers to Kaʻū Coast and beyond, today. See story below. Photo from NOAATESTIMONY IS DUE MONDAY FOR FUNDING TO IMPROVE HEART ATTACK OUTCOMES WITH A...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, January 27, 2019
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National park will welcome visitors to more areas, with the funding of the National Park Service, after35 days of the partial government shutdown, reversed on Friday night. Friends of...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, January 28, 2019
Ranger Jessica leads a hike up Pu‘u o Lokuana in Kahuku Unit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, which reopens Wednesday, Jan. 30, following 35 days of federal government shutdown. Photo from...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Miss Kaʻū Coffee Pageant 2018, held for the first time at Kaʻū District Gym. The pageant is looking for young wahine, age three to 24, to enter the annual scholarship pageant. See details, below. Photo...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, January 30, 2019
A volunteer in communications for Midway Atoll is sought by Friends of Midway Atoll and the U.S. Fish & WildlifeService. The stint could be six months to a year for the right person, who would live...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, January 31, 2019
Experience Volcano Hawaiʻi reaches out to visitors and locals to draw them to culture, art, and nature experiences in and around Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Photo from Experience VolcanoEXPERIENCE...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, February 1, 2019
Puʻu ʻŌʻō, from north rim, this morning. The weekly column Volcano Watch, back from hiatus during the government shutdown, says the seven month quiet period "heralds the end of an era." See story,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, February 2, 2019
Kaʻū's Representative in the U.S. Congress officially announced her bid for the U.S. Presidency today. "We must stand up," was her most spoken phrase, taking on war, big pharma, Wall Street, polluters,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, February 3, 2019
A bill to protect eagle rays - like the spotted variation above - manta rays, sting rays, and all shark species in Hawaiʻilast week passed the Senate Committee on Water and Land, chaired by Kai Kahele....
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, February 4, 2019
Mayor Harry Kim traveled to Honolulu to ask the legislature for flexibility in spending the .25 percent sales taxhike that was allowed for Hawai`i County this year. Today he asked the County Council...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 5, 2019
Janice Wei will lead a Chinese New Year hike tomorrow at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes. See story, below. NPS Photo/Stephen Geiger"IT RANG HOLLOW," said Hawaiʻi Sen. Mazie Hirono, following Pres. Donald Trump's...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 6, 2019
"Dr. Thomas A. Jaggar," portrayed by Ka‘ū actor-director Dick Hershberger, explains his studies of Kīlaueain the early 1900s to visitors at Hawai‘i VolcanoesNational Park. Join a free Walk into the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, February 7, 2019
The many breadfruits of Polynesia, including ʻUlu of Hawaiʻi, are the subject of the creation of teachingprograms in the schools. See story below. Image from National Tropical Botanical GardensPROJECT...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, February 8, 2019
Strong language for a strong storm headed into Hawaiʻi, as pictured above from satellite imagery. See story below.Image from NOAA"DON'T BE AFRAID. BE OPTIMISTIC," is Sen. Brian Schatz's message for...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, February 9, 2019
The killing of a False Killer Whale and serious injury of another means that the longline tuna fishing fleet in Hawaiʻiwill be banned from some 112,575 square nautical miles of ocean, called the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, February 10, 2019
Rare fresh water near the shore at Kāwā, preserved on the Kaʻū Coast through the PONC Fund.Photo by Julia NealPONC FUND IS SAFE – for now. On Friday, the Hawaiʻi County Charter Commission, including...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, February 11, 2019
White-trailed tropicbirds lived at Halemaʻumaʻu throughout last summer's eruption, with deep meaning forPark Ranger Dean Gallagher who witnessed the quakes and the falling walls of the volcano. See...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Taiko drummers encouraged Wayne Kawachi as he spent the first few days of 2018 walking from Honoka‘a to Nā‘ālehu to raise money for senior housing. Find out how to help, below. Photo from OKKSENIOR...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 13, 2019
OKK's 11th Annual Keiki Fishing Tournament is this Satturday, Feb. 16, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m, at Punalu‘u. It's free and open to keiki 1-14 years. Photo by Peter AndersonIMPORTANT HAWAIʻI PRIORITIES will be...
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