Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013
Sunset at South Point, Kalae, last night, captured by Ka`u photographer Peter Anderson.SHARK SIGHTING - KEEP OUT signs are posted at turtle laden Punalu`u Beach today following a tiger shark biting a...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013
Hundreds of keiki and adults enjoyed a free Christmas dinner and gifts for the kids at the annual Hana Hou Christmas gatheringlast night in Na`alehu. Photo by Julia Neal LORETTA FUDDY, DIRECTOR OF...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, Dec. 13, 2013
Ka`u High & Pahala Elementary School is one of five Big Island schools where students are unable to access campus libraries during school hours, unless accompanied by a teacher, because there is no...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013
Tutu & Me goes on holiday Dec. 19 and reopens Jan. 6, but not before celebrating Christmas in such events as the Pahala Christmas Parade this week. Photo by Julia NealDEC. 23 IS THE DEADLINE FOR...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013
Santa arrived in a classic car at Ocean View Community Association's Keiki Christmas Party and feast. Photo by Melissa TveterTOMORROW IS THE DEADLINE FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE LATEST draft document for...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Monday, Dec. 16, 2013
Praising the lord through dance, Thy Word Ministries' Dexlyn Navarro is the leader at Christmas in Ka`u. Photo by Julia NealFOLLOWING A TIGER SHARK BITING a bodyboarder at Ninole near Punalu`u last...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2013
Clyde Silva, in red, is president of the Ka`u ILWU Pensioners Club which celebrated the holidays Sunday. To his right is his dad, retired sugar worker Albert Silva. His mother, at the head of the...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Dec. 18, 2013
Mrs. Claus comes to Island Market in Na`alehu every year and gives out free Christmas goodies recipes and samples. Photo from Island MarketKA`U LANDOWNER ED OLSON is a major investor in the Naniloa...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013
Kilauea Military Camp's Holiday Challenge continues through New Year's Eve. The public can vote for their favorite decorated cottageat KMC front desk. Park entrance fees apply. Photo by Dave BerryA...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, Dec. 20, 2013
Little fire ants may have come to Ka`u, and the state Department of Agriculture is trying to bait them with help from The Nature Conservancy. Photo from Hawai`i Department of AgricultureLITTLE FIRE...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013
Teachers and students could see reindeer racing across the sun-drenched clouds from the Ka`u High School campus before Christmas break began. Photo by Julie WilliamsPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS ENDORSED...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013
Ka`u's Hawai`i County Council member Brenda Ford, shown at the recent Pahala Christmas Parade, said this morning that she will not seek the state House of Representatives seat vacated by Denny Coffman....
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Monday, Dec. 23, 2013
Hannah's Makana `Ohana halau shared hula with Ka`u School of the Arts at Ocean View Community Center, wrapping a Christmas concert series at Pahala Plantation House yesterday. Photo by Julia NealKA`U...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013
Christmas decorations light up Kilauea Military Camp's front row of cottages throughout the month, with Ka`u residents invited to vote for their favorite. Photo by Dave BerryHEAVY COMPETITION FOR...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013
Near the site of the proposed `Aina Koa Pono refinery on the edge of Wood Valley is the proclamation in stone declaring Malama Aina,where the Edmund C. Olson Trust plans diversified agriculture and has...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013
Country road between Na`alehu and Pahala leads to coffee farms, pastures and the Pacific Quest farm for youth. `Aina Koa Pono, turned down this week by the state Public Utilities Commission, would have...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, Dec. 27, 2013
`Aina Koa Pono says it plans to forge ahead with its project which called for cutting trees, brush and grasses between Pahala and Na`alehu. Photo by Julia Neal`AINA KOA PONO PLANS TO MOVE FORWARD with...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013
A guided hike tomorrow at Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park explores the area's human history.Photo by Jay RobinsonTHREE NAMES SELECTED LAST NIGHT are on their way to Gov. Neil...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, Dec. 29, 2013
Turtle digestive systems can become clogged with plastic shopping bags. Hawai`i Island merchants will no longer offer the plastic bag option as of Jan. 17. Photo from theage.comKA`U’S STATE SEN. JOSH...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Monday, Dec. 30, 2013
Ed Olson said this morning that he sees coffee, food cops and ecotourism in the future of his lands, following rejection of the AKP contract by the state Public Utilities Commission. Here he joined the...
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