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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, March 8, 2021
Keiki play while a monk seal rests at Honu`apo, almost a decade ago. See more below on keiki and monk seals and atwo-day webinair of sessions on teaching children about marine wildlife. Photo by Julia...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, March 9, 2021
Volunteers with O Kaʻū Kakou cleared some 35 truckloads of palm tree fronds and coconuts at Punaluʻu Black Sand beach last week. The organization recently received an anonymous donation to pay off its...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, March 10, 2021
Between the squalls, sunset at Ocean View, interrupting the gray of torrential rains this week.See more on the wet weather and today's 4.2 earthquake below. Photo by Bob MartinTHE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, March 11, 2021
Japan's MyFarm representative Naoaki Hirata and Kaʻū High School Farm Program Director Aina Akamu emerge from akalo patch at Hawaiian Earth Products in Wahiawa on O`ahu. The two learned about Hawaiian...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, March 12, 2021
Another product from the burgeoning Kaʻū High School entrepreneurship class and upcoming KaʻūHigh Farm, this one from 11th grader Amelia Uribe-Bounos, with her Manaʻolana Lilikoʻi Butter,purchased for...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, March 13, 2021
Water rushes down Waiʻōhinu Valley today near Mission Road, mauka of Hwy 11. Photo by Bob MartinThis waterway, with rushing water today, is behind Waiʻōhinu Park, near the old site of theWaiʻōhinu...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, March 14, 2021
This time last year, some of the last events before COVID-19 restrictions on gatherings were wrapping up as the pandemic swept across the country. Amy Shoremount Obra, the New York Metropolitan Opera...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, March 15, 2021
Kaʻū District Gym in Pāhala is the location of one of two EV chargers in Kaʻū, the other at Punaluʻu Bakeshop in Nāʻālehu.Hawaiian Electric is calling for more locations. Photo from Big Island EV...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Mayor Mitch Roth received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for COVID-19 today. See more below.Photo from Hawaiʻi County THE FUTURE OF MANAKAʻA, the 300 acres on the Kaʻū Coast that's targeted for...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, March 17, 2021
HUMP is the word painted across Highway 11 in Nāʻālehu, introducing drivers to newraised crosswalks to protect pedestrians and slow traffic. Photo by Bob MartinHUMP SIGNS IN NĀʻĀLEHU advise motorists...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, March 18, 2021
On Wednesday, St. Patrick's Day, a rainbow (lower left) was observed adjacent to the active lava lake at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano. This photo was taken around 11 a.m. HST from the south rim of...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, March 19, 2021
Francisco Villa's karate classes have restarted outdoors at Pāhala Community Center at 4 p.m. on Fridays and sometimes on Sundays after a year without practice during the pandemic. See more below....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, March 20, 2021
Nēnē are increasing in numbers at Punalu`u. See more about these signs below.Photo by Bob MartinVENUES WITH ENTERTAINMENT AND ART AND CULTURAL ACTIVITIES can receive grant relief from the impact of...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, March 21, 2021
A stunted palm tree struggles to grow in the wind on a narrow coral beach. Endangered Hawksbill turtles build nests on the beaches in this Kahuku Coastal land preserved by the county. However, buried...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, March 22, 2021
THE SIXTH ANNUAL PRINCE KUHIO HO`OLAULEʻA goes virtual this year. Tune in this Friday, March 26. The free public event, hosted by local Kaʻū nonprofit Hana Laulima Lāhui O Kaʻū, was cancelled last...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, March 23, 2021
Kaʻū Coffee farmers, who may not be able to afford the land being subdivided beneath them, wantsecurity in their leases to make sure people building homes on their farms don't disrupt agriculture.Photo...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, March 24, 2021
Honomolino Bay, a mile and a half south of Miloliʻi would be the start of the a new National Heritage Area running 20 to 25 miles, along the coast to Ka Lae. Congressman Kai Kehele held a facebook live...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, March 25, 2021
Covid vaccines, like this one from Johnson & Johnson, are expected to be available to everyoneeligible by the end of April or beginning of May. Photo from Johnson & JohnsonCOVID VACCINATIONS...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, March 26, 2021
Nāhuku Lava Tube is open 24/7 with interior lighting 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. within Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. NPS Photo by Janice WeiNAHUKU LAVA TUBE REOPENED TODAY IN HAWAIʻI VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, March 27, 2021
View from the Covid vaccine clinic today at Miloliʻi, held at the community pavilion, open air. Photo by Julia NealA Bay Clinic physician gives the Johnson & Johnsonvaccine at Miloliʻi today. Photo...
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