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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, February 7, 2020
A USGS HVO geologist measures the height of the growing tephra cone around fissure 8 during Kīlauea Volcano's 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption. See Volcano Watch below. USGS photo by A. KleshA WATER...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, February 8, 2020
Starting early, keiki strolls a baby through the volleyball scene at Kaʻū District Gym on Saturday as players from five to16 years compete in their age groups through Sunday. Miloliʻi-Kaʻū Volleyball...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, February 9, 2020
Former Stampede Queen, Lorilee Lorenzo of Kaʻū, is expected to compete during this year's Panaʻewa Stampede Rodeo. See details below. Photo by Chuck McKeandTRANSFERRING STATE PASTURE LANDS from the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, February 10, 2020
A bill to ensure that milk products are labeled to prevent sellers from indicating they are produced inHawaiʻi instead ofthe mainland go to public hearing tomorrow. Above is a photo of Lani Moo, the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 11, 2020
NOAA's Hiʻialakai was the busiest ocean dive platform among all NOAA research ships. It is out of commission butwill be replaced by Oceanographer, a state of the art research vessel with a homeport in...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 12, 2020
The Great Crack with Mauna Loa in view. NPS Photo/Janice WeiTHE FUTURE USE OF THE GREAT CRACK in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park, between Pāhala and Volcano, will be the subject of a talk story meeting...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, February 13, 2020
A 1988 Classic Tiffany Coupe was among the exotic entries in the Ocean View Classic Car Show last year thatraised money for Ocean View Community Association. Owner Ted Wakeman said it's one of...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, February 14, 2020
The critically endangered Portulaca sclerocarpa, ‛Ihi mākole. See more below. Photo by David EikhoffILLICIT DRUGS, WEAPONS, AND AMMUNITION were confiscated from a property off of Coconut Drivein...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, February 15, 2020
A new pest, infecting avocado trees, has been confirmed on Hawaiʻi Island. Photo from CTAHRAVOCADO LACE BUG PEST IS ON HAWAIʻI ISLAND according to state Department of Agriculture entomologists. The...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, February 16, 2020
Apply for help paying for repairs of flash flooding damage to farms and ranches in Kaʻū. See details, below.Photo by Julia NealTHE FUNDRAISER FOR HOʻOMALU KAʻŪ on Thursday, March 8, will include not...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, February 17, 2020
Over 1,000 participants, families, and volunteers enjoyed Punaluʻu Black Sands Beach last year during the annual ʻO Kaʻū Kākou Keiki Fishing Tournament and Canned Food Drive. Deadline to sign up for...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Hawaiian monk seal pupping season approaches. See guidelines and information about how best to help protect one ofHawaiʻi's endangered, endemic mammals, below. Photo from Hawaiʻi Marine Animal...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 19, 2020
Keiki can sign up for the Kaʻū Children's Business Fair, to be held in March. See more below. Above, Alysha Gacayanoffered her photos last year, featuring images of Kaʻū. The Avenue family purchased a...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, February 20, 2020
Learn advanced means of keeping bees at a workshop this weekend. See details below. Photo by Julia NealA BILL TO ALLOW LARGER GREENHOUSES AND SHADE HOUSES, without building permits, passed the state...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, February 21, 2020
Nāhuku, Thurston Lava Tube, reopened today after almost two years of closure. During the closure, long, delicate roots from ‘ōhi‘a trees and large colonies of white microbial matter grew in the tube....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, February 22, 2020
A celebration of Christianity in Hawaiʻi, the life of Henry ʻOpukahaʻia, and the 200th anniversary of KauahaʻaoCongregational Church, was held last Sunday at Hokuloa Church above Punaluʻu Black Sand...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, February 23, 2020
Nearly cloudless skies and a strong breeze accompanies keiki and their families at PunalauuBlackSandBeach on Saturday during the annual OKK Keiki Fishing Tournament and Canned Food Drive. Photo by...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, February 24, 2020
Hunnay Demello (center) with Auntie Genny, making brownies for OKK's keiki fishing tournament last weekend. An ambassador of ʻO Kaʻū Kākou's planned senior housing in Nāʻālehu Hunnay was a star at last...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, February 25, 2020
On Wednesdays, Millie Akau sets up her produce stand at the new OKK Nāʻālehu Market on the grounds of the future senior housing planned by ʻO Kaʻū Kākou. The market is open between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, February 26, 2020
The February count of humpback whales will be held this Saturday at Punaluʻu Beach and other sitesaround Hawaiʻi Island and the state. See how to participate, below. Photo by Ralph Lee HopkinsA...
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