Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, April 26, 2020
Commercial aquarium fish collecting has been shut down since 2017 and a new EIS concludes that limited collectionshould be allowed. The sign above at Papa Bay indicates collecting is prohibited. Photo...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Monday, April 27, 2020
Kaʻū Trojans Spring sports were cut short this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Read below the decision to completely cancel all four sports – Baseball, Softball, Boys Volleyball, and Track – at Kaʻū...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Randy Cabral, who owns a ranch in Kaʻū and formerly managed a large portion of the macadamia orchards inthis district, is state President of the Hawaiʻi Farm Bureau. He and Kaʻū President Phil Becker...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Hawai‘i Diaper Bank issues diapers, wipes, and other essentials to families in need through non-profit organizationson-island, like Salvation Army. Read more below. Photo from Hawai‘i Diaper BankSee...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, April 30, 2020
Kaunāmano coastal lands extend south from Honuʻapo Lookout and include ancient Hawaiian fishing sites and the Ala Kahakai Trail. See story below. Photo from Trust for PublicLandSee our Fresh Food on...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Monday, April 6, 2020
An unintended sculpture for these times, in front of the closed Pāhala Library looking like a partially constrained, taped, and bagged human. It's the public water fountain. See more below. Photo by...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, April 30, 2020
Kaunāmano coastal lands extend south from Honuʻapo Lookout and include ancient Hawaiian fishing sites and the Ala Kahakai Trail. See story below. Photo from Trust for PublicLandSee our Fresh Food on...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Friday, May 1, 2020
Hawaiʻi Volcano Expeditions used this image to advertiser trips from Oʻahu to fly over Kīlauea Volcano when itwas erupting. A U.S. Circuit Court ordered the FAA and National Park Service today to...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, May 2, 2020
See our Fresh Food on The Kaʻū Calendar directory for farms, ranches, takeout.University of Hawaiʻi's John A. Burns School of Medicine is studying the high rate and impact of COVID-19 on Native...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, May 3, 2020
Kumu Debbie Ryder, singing with maile lei, Ty Chun, Makana Kamahele, and Terry Lewis, accompanied the students at May Day for Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary School in 2019. This year, the pandemic...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Monday, May 4, 2020
Hawaiʻi Farmers United encourages home gardeners to sign up for a food safety webinar next week. Findout how to register for the limited space Zoom event, below. Photo from HFUUSee our Fresh Food on...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, May 5, 2020
KUPU's Environmental Stewardship Program, which trains and puts youth to work in Kaʻū and other wilderness places,receives $2.29 million through AmeriCorps. Photo from KUPUSee our Fresh Food on The...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Manuka State Park is open for hiking and walking in Kaʻū. Photo from Hawaiʻi Scenic BywaysSee our Fresh Food on The Kaʻū Calendar directory for Mothers Day takeout.MORE BUSINESSES WILL BE ABLE TO OPEN...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, May 7, 2020
Jeff Hoffeinbein was one of the Ocean View partners with Habitat for Humanity. Using his sweat equity, he becamea homeowner with a mortgage, assisted by Habitat, which reopens its ReStores May 12. The...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Friday, May 8, 2020
A healthy reef. The Conservation Reauthorization Act was introduced by Rep. Ed Case today, to update and improvethe national commitment to saving endangered coral reefs. Read more, below. Photo from...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, May 9, 2020
Evan Enriques sells ono and aku this morning to a county firefighter. The volleyball star and Stanford Universityalumni through graduate school came home to Punaluʻu to fish full-time. See story below...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, May 10, 2020
The Volcano Store was one of the favorite places for masked men to pick up flowers for Mothers Day today.Photo by Julia NealSee our Fresh Food on The Kaʻū Calendar directory for farms, ranches,...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Monday, May 11, 2020
Vehicles parked at Volcano Golf Course & County Club, where local residents played, and practicedputting and hitting, on Mother's Day. The Japanese golf course operators of nearly four decades...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, May 12, 2020
A swarm of earthquakes at Lō‘ihi and around Pahala, recorded by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. Photo by USGSSee our Fresh Food on The Kaʻū Calendar directory for farms, ranches, takeout.LŌʻIHI SEAMOUNT...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, May 13, 2020
While Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park is closed, its staff and USGS Hawaiian Volcanoes Observatory are asking the public to weigh in on its future by June. Photo by Julia NealSee our Fresh Food on The...
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