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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Kaʻū Hospital & Rural Health Clinic is a Clinical Laboratories site, approved by the state for COVID-19 tests for interisland travel, with an appointment and a referral from a physician. See more...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, October 22, 2020
Missy Powell, of WoodValley, signed up to be a census field worker in Pāhala. Read more, below, on the wrap-up. Photo by Julia NealWATCH THE FINAL PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE on PBS.org. See the civil...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, October 23, 2020
Kumu Vicky Holt Takamine (left) invites artists and cultural practitioners to zoom in to learn about opportunities and applications for grants through the National Foundation for the Arts and State...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, October 24, 2020
Last year, Danny Akaka, Jr. blows the conch shell and blesses the new avocado processing facility at Avoland Hawaiʻi Farms with owner Michael Krones and support staffer Cindy Cohn. See more in Kaʻū...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, October 25, 2020
Kanai Pieper, son of Bronson Pieper of Kamuela, swings his rope at Nāʻālehu Rodeo Grounds last year, as families came from around the island to support two days of rode for youth and family members of...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, October 26, 2020
Species like the black-footed albatross nest primarily in Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument. Learn about support for continuing the ban on commercial fishing in the monument, below. NOAA...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Coffee rust leaf necrosis. The fungus can lead to devastation at coffee farms. Read details, below. Photo from U.H.TRAVELERS FROM JAPAN WILL BYPASS 14-DAY QUARANTINE, when they arrive with negative...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, October 28, 2020
One of the murals at Pāhala Senior Center depicts Taka Fukunaga in his garden in the year 2000. A longtime, passionate gardener and well into his 90s, Fukunaga still lives in Pāhala with his family....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, October 29, 2020
Water tank above Pāhala near a well drilled by the county, with some 11 miles of pipe to serve some 459 connections. Photo by Julia NealCOUNTY WATER RATES WILL GO UP JAN. 1 FOR RESIDENTIAL AND...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, October 30, 2020
Filipino American History Month ends tomorrow. Here, Gloria Camba's Filipino Dance Troupe performed in 2017 to celebrate the first wave of Sakadas, the first Filipino immigrants to Pāhala. At left,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, October 31, 2020
Celebrate Hawaiʻi's only native mammal during Bat Week, just in time for Halloween. Also, take a look back at last year's Halloween celebrations in Kaʻū Life: The Way We Were Last Year, below.VOTE IN...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, November 1, 2020
A farm stand becomes a Halloween fun house Saturday night at Kumu Debbie Ryderand Hawaiian agriculture and fishing practitioner Kaewhi Ryder's cultural house in Pāhala.Photo by Julia NealDELAY NEW...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, November 2, 2020
Whale watching season starts in November with whales traveling from Alaska and Canadianwaters to give birth in Hawai`i. See more below, including virtual meetings on humpbacks.Photo from Hawaiian...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Competitors Ikaika Marzo and Mayor elect Mitch Roth. Their race was characterized by their extreme kindness to each other and their friendship. Photo from Marzo FacebookCOUNTY PROSECUTOR MITCH ROTH...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, November 3, 2020
This Associated Press map from 7 p.m. HST today shows Joe Biden in the lead over Pres. Donald Trump, in number of votes and number of Electoral College votes. AP mapTHE U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, November 5, 2020
Kāwā is one of the lands preserved by the Two Percent Land Fund. Read about the passage of two proposals that change the way funds can be used to care for the lands, below. Photo by William NealVOTER...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, November 6, 2020
Fresh veggies go into Vibrant Pāhala meal bags to deliver locally grown food to the community. Photo by Katie GrahamVIBRANT HAWAIʻI FOOD DISTRIBUTION in Pāhala began today. Captains Katie Graham, of...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, November 7, 2020
The dance of Veracruz in Mexico came to Kumu Hula Debbie Ryder’s Hoʻokupu Hula No Kaʻū Cultural Festival last November. See more photos below and look back at the event, canceled due to the pandemic...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, November 8, 2020
The new wayside exhibit at Kīlauea Overlook has 3D models of Kaluapele (Kīlauea caldera) that reveal the geologic changes to the summit area over time. Pictured: Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Acting...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, November 9, 2020
Surviving ʻalalā, released into the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve since 2016, are headed back to the Keauhou Bird Conservation Center, where it is hoped they will teach new generations of the...
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