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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, December 29, 2019
Former Gov. Neil Abercrombie, shown with Boys & Girls Club members in Dec. 2010 at Pāhala Plantation House,is co-chairing the bid by Kai Kahele to become the next Congressman representing Kaʻū and...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, December 30, 2019
Funding to support Kaʻū and Kona Hema preserves of The Nature Conservancy has totaled almost $500,000 from The Karasik Family Foundation. It helps conserve some 12,000 acres of native forest onthe...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, December 31, 2019
Healthy coral environments supports all kinds of marine life. Read what the Legacy Reef Foundation is doing - and what the public can do - to help support corals. Photo from legacyreeffoundation.orgAN...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, January 1, 2020
The native wiliwili tree, Erythrina sandwicensis, also known as the Hawaiian Coral Tree, is in danger from a wasp pest. One wasp species was already brought to Hawaiʻi to help control the pest, but...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, January 2, 2020
Kāwala ahupuaʻa in Kaʻū Moku (district) is preserved for agricultural and cultural uses. Photo from Trust for Public LandCONSERVING SCENIC AGRICULTURAL LAND ABOVE THE KAʻŪ COAST has been achieved at...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, January 3, 2020
The endemic ʻio, Hawaiian Hawk, is no longer on the federal endangered species list. Learn about what the removal means, and the future of the iconic bird of prey. See more below. Photo from Wildlife...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, January 4, 2020
Electricity production by Tawhiri Pakini Nui windmills at South Point could be reduced under Hawaiian Electric'splan to use more geothermal. See more below. Photo by Peter AndersonHAWAIIAN ELECTRIC...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, January 5, 2020
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Scientist-in-Charge Tina Neal gives an update on Kīlauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes, and theplanned new observatory, this Tuesday at After Dark in the Park. See details below....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, January 6, 2020
Nothocestrum breviflorum is an endangered plant in Kaʻū that could be assisted by the Pacific IslandsPlant Conservation Fund that is now before the U.S. Senate for approval. Photo from...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, January 7, 2020
Captain Kiko Johnston-Kitazawa (left) and James Akau (right) on The Golden Rule, after sailing her fromKauaʻi to Honolulu before her peace mission to the Marshall Islands and on to Japan for the 75th...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Employees of the Federal Highway Administration and National Park Service plan repairs to the road leading to Kīlauea Overlook. NPS photoREPAIRS TO INFRASTRUCTURE TORN APART BY 2018 EARTHQUAKES in...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, January 9, 2020
As rain moved in to Kaʻū offsetting the drying winds, these rainbows colored skies above Pāhala Preschool. Read the weather update, below. Photo by Kirk SlackA WAR POWERS RESOLUTION passed today in the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, January 10, 2020
Community work days at Nā Mamo o Kāwā help restore and maintain the preserved area. Tomorrow's event is cancelled due to recent weather, but the workdays occur monthly. See story below. Photo from Nā...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, January 11, 2020
Kaʻalaiki Road, above the waterfalls, is often used by Kaʻū residents and visitors when flooding closes Hwy 11during heavy rains, like today's. See below a weather update. Photo by Julia NealOHA...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, January 12, 2020
Raging waters blocked Kaʻū Coffee farmers from crossing the ford to reach Moaʻula - Cloud Rest orchards today. Photo by John QuallsA 72-YEAR-OLD DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE RESCUED FROM KĀWĀ FLATS early...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, January 13, 2020
Feral goats roamed in huge herds in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park before control began in the 1970s.Helicopter flights tomorrow will survey for wild goats along the Kaʻū boundary of the Park. See...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Sunset and stargazing adventures are back in action on Maunakea, as the University of Hawaiʻi establishesnew rules for access and operations on the mauna. The businesses shut down in July during...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, January 15, 2020
New immediate treatment for Rat Lungworm is recommended by Hilo Medical Center.See details, below. Photo from UH-CTAHR"A TALE OF TWO EVENINGS" is the Tulsi Gabbard presidential campaign's description...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, January 16, 2020
Hōlei Sea Arch Overlook is closed pending evaluation after discovery of instability and new cracks.NPS photoHŌLEI SEA ARCH OVERLOOK IS CLOSED inside Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. It closed this...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, January 17, 2020
New and transient face of Kāwā after last weekend's storm. Stones and sand shift to new locations. Freshwater pondsand streams change. See more below. Photo by Clarissa Pua/Nā Mamo O KāwāCOST OF LIVING...
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