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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, March 6, 2019
La Réunion National Park in the Indian Ocean is a sister park to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes. Students and educators from Réunion will make a presentation to the community next Monday at 7 p.m. at Kīlauea...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, March 7, 2019
Invasive Fire Trees, Morela faya, were surveyed by helicopter today in the upper region of the Kahuku Unit of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. See the schedule, below, for more air activity in the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, March 8, 2019
John Replogle, Kaʻū's Planning Commissioner, moved that the Special Management Permit for the waterbottling plant be denied. He noted public opposition to the project, holding up many pages of...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, March 9, 2019
ʻŌhiʻa lowland wet forest and grasslands are preserved with conservation easements at Honuʻpo mauka.Photo from Hawaiian Islands Land TrustHAWAIIAN ISLANDS LAND TRUST has named Laura Kaʻakua president...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, March 10, 2019
Kaʻū District Gym's electric vehicle charging station, open Mondays through Thursdays, noon to 8 p.m. and Fridays, 7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. State Sen. Russell Ruderman, who represents the district where...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, March 11, 2019
Kaʻū's Representative in Congress, Tulsi Gabbard, at a Town Hall on CNN Sunday in Austin. Image from CNNREFRAIN FROM LABELING PEOPLE AND DIVIDING THEM was one of the messages from Kaʻū's Representative...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, March 12, 2019
Kamilo Beach in Kaʻū came up in testimony to ban single use plastic bags. Kamilo catches plastics on its shores asit drifts in from far off places. Volunteers pick it up through Hawaiʻi Wildlife...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Tūtū & Me keiki learn about bees at one of their monthly excursions. See story, below. Photo from Tūtū & MeRAISING MONEY FOR ROADS, HIGHWAYS, AND BRIDGES by charging vehicle operators for miles...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, March 14, 2019
Farmers and ranchers in Kaʻū draw water under state permits, which are becoming more complicated and could be more costly and less secure. See story, below. Photo by Julia NealTHE COUNTY COUNCIL HIKED...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, March 15, 2019
Nāʻālehu Elementary got STEAMy last week with the E1 EXPLORE! Fair. See story, below. Photo from Sheilah OkimotoREDUCING TIME KEIKI AND TEENS SPEND ON CELL PHONES, TABLETS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC SCREENS...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, March 16, 2019
Kaʻū High National Honor Society welcomed ten new members this week. See story, below. Photo from David Brooks/Harry McIntoshWHITE NATIONALIST TERRORISM in New Zealand on Friday drew action from Sen....
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, March 17, 2019
USGS HVO's summit webcam provides a view into Halema‘uma‘u. In story below, read about a recent rockfall that revealed sulfur deposits. USGS HVO photoTESTIMONY TO FUND A CARDIAC CATH LAB at Hilo...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, March 18, 2019
Home of the new Electric Vehicle fast chargers is Punaluʻu Bakehop in Nāʻālehu, with General Manager Connie Koi; Hawaiʻi Electric Light and Maui Electric President Sharon Suzuki; Gary and Paula Miller,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Waikapuna, in escrow for preservation with funds partially from the 2% Land Fund, will be part of over 6,400 acres conserved - most of it in Kaʻū. Kaʻū residents are urged to attend upcoming Charter...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Volcano Rain Forest Runs are finished, reports founder Sharon Pfaff, unless another group would liketo take over the event that ran for nine years in the Volcano community. See story below.Photo from...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, March 21, 2019
Storybook Theatre Hawaiʻi returns to the PāhalaSchool campus for marine education for children. This year, Storybook founder Mark Jeffers brings an inflatable whale, which opens up for the children to...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, March 22, 2019
A front-end loader drops a bucket-load of rock into a crusher that will reduce the size of the rocks to be used as a base for the new temporary transfer station in Ocean View. Photo by Annie BostedSITE...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, March 23, 2019
Lava approaching Puna Geothermal Venture during last year's eruption. See what PGV and Ormat, its parent company, plan to do with the plant, and what they're offering Puna residents, below. Photo from...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, March 24, 2019
A roller used by Loeffler Construction in the repaving of the OceanViewTownCenter parking lot. Two phases are complete, and two more are planned. The roller is parked on the new paving, while the...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, March 25, 2019
Free vision screenings will be offered at Nāʻālehu Elementary, Tuesday, April 9, and Volcano School of the Arts &Sciences on Thursday, April 11. Above, free eye exams and reading and sunglasses...
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