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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, February 14, 2019
Panaʻewa Stampede happens this weekend just outside of Hilo, Feb. 16 through 18, Saturday through Monday, with rodeo competitors from Kaʻū and around the island joined by rodeo clowns and other...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, February 15, 2019
Keiki fishing tournament and canned food drive, organized by ‘O Ka‘ū Kākou, happens tomorrow. See details, and video, below. Photo by Jana KanihoFEDERAL FUNDING INCREASES are on their way to Hawaiʻi,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, February 16, 2019
Over 350 keiki participated in today's 11th annual OKK Fishing Tournament. See story below.Photo by Geneveve FyvieBILLS TO FUND THE CARDIAC CATH LAB at Hilo Medical Center will be heard next week in...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, February 17, 2019
Hundreds of keiki and their families, along with dozens of volunteers, took over Punaluʻu Beach Park yesterday for the11th annual ʻO Kaʻū Kākou Keiki Fishing Tournament. See more below. Photos from...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, February 18, 2019
This Saturday, join volunteers at Punaluʻu, Kalae, in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, Miloliʻi, and all over the state for the second of three Sanctuary Whale Count events of 2019. Details in the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Honuʻea: The Endangered Hawksbill Turtle of Hawaiʻi Island is the subject of this year's first Coffee Talk at Kahuku on Friday, Feb. 22, 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Kahuku Unit's Visitor Center. See...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Derek Higashi took third place for Largest Hinale‘a at last Saturday's 11th annual ‘O Ka‘ū Kākou Keiki Fishing Tournament. See the winners of all five categories, below. Photo by Lee McIntoshBILLS TO...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, February 21, 2019
The fire today was fatal and destroyed the home of a man on oxygen in Ocean View. Photo by Annie BostedA FIRE IN UPPER OCEAN VIEW killed a man and destroyed a home today. The exact cause of the fire on...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, February 22, 2019
ʻO Kaʻū Kākou volunteers finished a carport for the multi-passenger shuttle van of Kaʻū Hospital in Pāhala. See story below. OKK photoTHE NEED FOR A NEW RUBBISH TRANSFER STATION IN OCEAN VIEW is...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, February 23, 2019
Kaʻū Coast hosted volunteers scanning the big blue to gather info for the second of three Sanctuary HumpbackWhale Counts. See story below. Photo from NOAA"OUR WHOLE COMMUNITY DEPENDS UPON PEOPLE BEING...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, February 24, 2019
Kaʻū's Dylan Rush (right) beat Don "Iron Fist" Auau for the Super Heavyweight title at Saturday's Pops MemorialToughman Hawaiʻi competition at Hilo Civic Auditorium. See story below. Photo by Tim...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, February 25, 2019
The 27th annual Hawai‘i Horse Owners Pana‘ewa Stampede Rodeo on Feb. 17, 18, and 19 saw Lenaia Andrade, of Nāʻālehu, in red, take All Around Cowgirl, and Kircia Derasin, of Kaʻū, far right, crowned...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 26, 2019
A Marshallese family takes time out while working in a Kaʻū Coffee farm. Photo by Julia NealRESTORING MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY FOR MARSHALESE, MICRONESIAN, AND PALAUAN CITIZENS was the focus of Sen. Mazie...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 27, 2019
The endemic Hawaiian Hoary Bat depends on dryland forests for survival. Read about the upcoming Nahelehele Dryland Forest Symposium, below. Photo from drylandforest.orgTHE PROPOSED NĀʻĀLEHU WASTEWATER...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, February 28, 2019
Southwest Airlines will start booking flights from California airports to Kona soon. Image from southwest.comSOUTHWEST EARNED THE OK TO FLY TO HAWAIʻI on Feb. 27. A series of test flights earlier this...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, March 1, 2019
Lava approaching Puna Geothermal last year. The owners hope to reopen it by the end of this year,with new water well, road, and electric substation. Photo by Kai KaheleTHE ABSENCE OF GEOTHERMAL...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, March 2, 2019
Stained Glass Cottage Hawaiʻi is affiliated with Experience Volcano, which took its concerns to apublic hearing Friday regarding proposed Short Term Vacation Rental rules. Testifiers talked about...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, March 3, 2019
Muriel Hughes and her husband operate a five-bedroom vacation rental in Volcano, which, she says, provides affordable accommodations for people who want to take children to the living laboratory of...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, March 4, 2019
Win for One, Won for All at Friday's Spring Volleyball kickoff game, with ʻO Kaʻū Kākou's Serve for Cash awarding Kaʻū Athletics $250 for each Serve in Da Basket. Celebrating are Kaʻū Athletics...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, March 5, 2019
Free eye exams and reading glasses drew residents of Pāhala on Tuesday to the campus of River of Life Church in Pāhala. Among them were Tutu & Me families. Next: free screenings at the Pāhala...
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