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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014
Quilt Shop-Hoppers came to Pahala Quilting & Creative Sewing Center yesterday during one of several tours of island quilt shops which run through Feb. 20. For information, see...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 10, 2014
Edna Buldado shares the cultural uses of kalo, or taro, tomorrow at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Photo from NPSKA`U’S U.S. REP. TULSI GABBARD invites Ka`u High School students to participate in the...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014
Biomass, such trees and grasses growing in Ka`u, may not be a good alternative to fossil fuel in creating electricity, according to a lawyer for a community group opposing the Hu Honua project in...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014
Cold fronts from the north have brought precipitation, helping dry areas of Hawai`i Island out of severe drought. Photo by Julia NealHAWAI`I DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLANS to develop clearer rules regarding...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, February 13, 2014
Young `Io, Hawaiian hawk, with road kill, along Hwy 11 in Ka`u. `Io could be removed from the endangered species list. Photo by Julia Neal`IO, THE HAWAIIAN HAWK, could be taken off the federal...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Friday, Feb. 14, 2014
Ka`u High School students ready for science fair competitions on O`ahu. Photo courtesy of Marcus DouglasKA`U HIGH SCIENCE STUDENTS are headed to O`ahu for statewide competition following success at the...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014
A snoozing sow at a Korean Natural Farming pig operation on the Big Island at Hubbles Hog Heaven. Photo from Hubbles Hog HeavenLEGISLATION FOR LABELS on GMO foods and cell phones passed out of the...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014
The ukulele drew Trevor Taylor and Jamal Buyan to classes with Keoki Kahumoku in Ka`u and then to the Palace Theatre last fall to perform with `ukulele recording artist Brittany Paiva, who also started...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb.17, 2014
Free entry into Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park continues today in celebration of Presidents Day Weekend, with a special dinner atKilauea Military Camp's Crater Rim Cafe tonight. Photo by ranger Steve...
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The Ka`u Calendar, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014
Anyone seeing this Kamehameha butterfly is asked to log onto kamehamehabutterfly.com and upload reports and photos. This is a male.Photo by Nathan Yuen from kamehamehabutterfly.comGENETICALLY MODIFIED...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014
Justin Kripps named the Canadian bobsleds in the 2014 Olympics for Pele and Poliahu in honor of his childhood home in Ka`u. He competes for Canada in the four-man on Saturday, Feb. 22, after coming in...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 20, 1014
Moa`ula Coffee lands are in the Lehman Bothers properties that are the subject of negotiations for sale. Photo by Geneveve FyvieLEHMAN BROTHERS set a deadline of Feb. 14 for interested parties to begin...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday,
GMO seed corn farmers looked at the slopes above Honu`apo several years ago as a possible site for a new farm but the land has since been taken off the market with Ka `Ohana O Honu`apo hoping for it to...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014
Managed honeybees and wild bees exchange diseases that weaken them all. Photo from www.artemissmiles.comA NEW CELL TOWER IN VOLCANO is proposed by AT&T Mobility on the south side of Old Volcano...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014
Five barrier lakes of Wudalianchi, a Chinese volcanic sister park to Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Guo Bailin/ Wudalianchi National ParkHAWAI`I VOLCANOES AND A NATIONAL PARK IN CHINA have...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 24, 2014
Sumner Fun will hold two fundraising dinners, one this Friday at Pahala Community Center and the other on March 21 at Na`alehuCommunity Center. Photo by Julia NealALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES and...
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The Ka`u Calendar, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2014
Four-wheel-drive vehicles carry volunteers to Kamilo Point for the first of five Ka`u Coast Cleanups scheduled by Hawai`i Wildlife Fund this year. Photo from HWFDESIGNATING THE `UKULELE as the...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014
Candidates for Miss Ka`u Coffee and Miss Peaberry learned about growing and picking coffee at Lorie Obra's farm in Moa`ula.Photo by Nalani ParlinHAVING RECENTLY MET WITH PRESIDENT OBAMA and other state...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 27, 2014
Miss Ka`u Coffee Peaberry candidates practice with current title holder (front) Rebecca Kailiawa at the Old Palhala Clubhouse. ThePeaberryand Miss Ka`u Coffee Pageant are Sunday, May 4 at Ka`u Coffee...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 28, 2014
Volcano Art Center Gallery hosts an exhibit of John Mydock's wood-turning art beginning tomorrow. Photo from VACFOLLOWING A HAWAI`I FISHING ASSOCIATION petition filed last year, the state of Alaska has...
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