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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, November 10, 2020
Kaʻū Coffee farmers and ranchers Phil and Merle Becker, of Aikane Plantation, recently donated this Matson container to ʻO Kaʻū Kākou. The Beckers ranch cattle and horses and farm coffee and tea. Photo...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, November 11, 2020
D'Andrea Pelletier sang The Star-Spangled Banner and God Bless America virtually for KMC's Veterans Day celebration today. KMC photoA VIRTUAL CEREMONY AT KĪLAUEA MILITARY CAMP today honored those who...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, November 12, 2020
A soldier carries flags to put on each grave at Arlington Cemetery where newly elected Congressman Kai Kahele made a visit on Veterans Day in the evening. He and his family will soon move to...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, November 13, 2020
Hawaiʻi's coral reefs, as well as coral all over U.S. waters, are negatively affected primarily by climate change, fishing activity, and pollution. Read below about a new report that grades U.S. coral...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, November 14, 2020
ʻO Kaʻū Kākou honored 97-year-old veteran Iwao Yonemitsu on Veterans Day for his Go for Broke contribution to the community and the U.S. military, as a soldier of Japanese ancestry with service during...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, November 15, 2020
Gavin Galimba, who attends Grand Canyon College on the mainland, but studies at home during the pandemic, uses the new 3D printer at the Nāʻālehu Resilience Hub, open Monday, Wednesday, Friday, noon to...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, November 16, 2020
Nāʻālehu Anthony captured this photo of Hōkūleʻa returning to Hawaiʻi in 2017. See below for plans for a new global voyage for Hōkūleʻa and sister canoe Hikianalia. Photo from Polynesian Voyaging...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, November 17, 2020
Kaʻū Coffee farmer Leo Norberte, one of the most successful of the growers who transitioned from the sugar plantation to owning his own farm and marketing company, is featured on Business Insider this...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Mayor-elect Mitch Roth announced a number of cabinet members today, many of them with much experience in government. Above, he points to an ILWU sticker on a car at a campaign event in Pāhala before...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, November 19, 2020
County Council members praised Mayor Harry Kim for involving himself in community planning, as in this meeting at Ocean View Community Center. Kim leaves office on Dec. 7, after 12 years as mayor and...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, November 20, 2020
Purchase calendars with art by students, and school t-shirts and sweatshirts, to fundraise for The Volcano School of Arts & Sciences. Details below. VSAS imageAVOID EXTENDED FAMILY THANKSGIVING...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, November 21, 2020
Kazaumura lava tube system, with a former underground lava lake, under the surface of Kīlauea. Photo from National GeographicHAWAIʻI IS CHOSEN TODAY FOR THE COMPASS, A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC online...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, November 22, 2020
Celebrate the return of humpback whales to Hawaiʻi, Hoʻi Koholā, with three virtual seminars on whales and other ocean wildlife. See details, below. NOAA photo of a humpback mother and...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, November 23, 2020
The endangered orange ʻAkepa lives in the Waiea Forest, which could become part of the Hawaiʻi Natural Area Reserve System. See more on ʻAkepa here. Read more, below. Photo by from birdfinding.orgZENDO...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Maile David, when first elected to represent Kaʻū. She joined a Kaʻū Plantation Days event organized by Kaʻū Multicultural Society members Liz Kuluwaimaku, Darlyne Vierra, Winslow Vierra and one of the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, November 25, 2020
Quilter Donna Masaniai safely shows off her creations at the first annual Kaʻū Art Gallery Holiday Arts & Crafts Sale. Read about the event and see more photos, below. Photo from Kaʻū Art...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, November 26, 2020
Bundles of Aloha is the Senior Legacy Project for Elysa Abellera, left, and Sarah Imai, of Kamehameha Schools Hawaiʻi Campus. This week, they delivered nearly 200 Bundles of Aloha to nursing staff,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, November 27, 2020
Take a trip to Kīlauea Military Camp to see and vote on this year's Holiday Challenge decorated cottages. KMC photoVOTE FOR KĪLAUEA MILITARY CAMP'S HOLIDAY CHALLENGE winner. Local community members and...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, November 28, 2020
Cheska Aurelio, Saskia Sarbin-Delacruz, and Emerald Aurelio are Volcano School of Arts & Sciences students who live in Pāhala and Nāʻālehu, helping with food distribution today. Barbara Sarbin...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, November 29, 2020
Joining Santa under his beach umbrella are Sierra Rose Houvener and her dad Kaida Houvener. Each year, this team works from Halloween to Thanksgiving to assemble a yard-full of Christmas lights,...
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