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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, June 27, 2022
Malama Pono Punalu'u Invites More VolunteersMembers of the Malama Pono Punalu'u group gathered for an orientation last Friday. They man a daily watch after the lifeguards leave Punalu'u, until sundown...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday June 28, 2022
Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park reports its 1.3 million visitors in 2021 spent $117 million in local communities, supporting 1,220 local jobs and generating a total benefit to the island of $154...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Nāʻālehu Independence Day Parade travels down Hwy 11 this Saturday, July 2 beginning at 11 a.m., followed by agathering at Nāʻālehu Park with pizza, shave ice, watermelon, a watermelon, water slide,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, June 30, 2022
This image from University of Hawai'i indicates the impacts of Climate Change.Illustration from U.H.THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION ON THURSDAY TO LIMIT THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY IN ADDRESSING...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, July 1, 2022
Na'alehu's Independence Day Parade is Saturday, July 2 at 11 a.m. along Hwy 11 and often features theCounty of Hawai'i Band. Photo by Julia NealREAFFIRMATION OF THE COUNTY'S COMMITMENT TO WORKING ON...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, July 2, 2022
The Independence Day Parade is Back in NāʻālehuU.S. and Hawaiian flags flew at the Independence Day Parade on Saturday in Nāʻālehu, sponsored by ʻO Kaʻū Kākou and the McIntosh family. On horseback,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, July 3, 2022
Parading Comes Back After Covid Down TimeLeading the parade through Nāʻālehu on Saturday, the OKK banner celebrates Independence. See the photos below and know that the Volcano 4th of July Parade...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, July 4, 2022
Lady Liberty, Uncle Sam & Community Parade through VolcanoLady Liberty, Uncle Sam and the Hawai'i County Band strolled along Old Volcano Highway on July 4, accompanied by the Hawai'i County Band,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Milo grows from coast to about 900 feet elevation and can become a huge tree. DLNR photoMILO IS PLANT OF THE MONTH for The Ka'u Calendar column Lāʻau Letters: Native Plants of Kaʻū. The monthly article...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Kaʻū cowgirls Lorilee Lorenzo and Kianie Medeiros in the Wahine Mugging during the 2019 Fourth of July Rodeo, sponsored by Kaʻū Roping & Riding Association. The rodeo returns after covid this...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, July 7, 2022
Hot spots flared up Thursday in Discovery Harbour along Wakea Ave following Wednesday'sfire. Firefighters tamped them down. Photo by Jana KahihoBJ's Excavation assisted Wednesday and Thursday with the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, July 8, 2022
The late former Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe with Sen. Mazie Hirono at Pearl Harborin 2016. Photo from U.S.-Japan Council THE ASSASSINATION SHINZO ABE, who was the longest serving Prime Minister...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, July 9, 2022
Jumping forward, this Hawaiian Horse carries the rider straight to the calf at the rodeo that continues through Sunday in Na'alehu. Photo by Brenda Iokepa-MosesRODEO IS BACK IN KA'U THIS WEEKEND,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, July 10, 2022
Na'alehu Rodeo Grounds, owned and managed by the non-profit Ka'u Roping & Riding Association. See more of thisweekend's rodeo photos below. Photo by Lina KolosovaIS WHAT YOU SEE WHAT YOU SMELL,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, July 11, 2022
MAJOR HURRICANE DARBY IS TRACKING TOWARD HAWAI'I ISLAND but is expected to lose intensity, become a Tropical Storm and arrive as a Depression on Saturday evening. At 5 p.m. on Monday, Darby was moving...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, July 12, 2022
The 16,451-acre Pōhue Bay parcel is home to numerous well-preserved and significant Hawaiian cultural sites, including the largest recorded abrader quarry in Hawai'i, ancient lava tube burials,...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, July 13, 2022
A power line wildfire that started Monday was reported contained on Wednesday, with firefighters from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park, County Fire Department, state Department of Land & Natural...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, July 14, 2022
A Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park fire crew uses hand tools to extinguish smoldering areas in the fire near a power line on the southeast flank of Mauna Loa. NPS Photo by Jessica FerracaneTHE WILDFIRE...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, July 15, 2022
Da Braddahs, above, along with Primetime Pipi and Kaleo Pilanca, will perform free at Ocean ViewCommunity Center on Saturday, at the health event from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. See more below. PUNALUʻU AND...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, July 16, 2022
Water from the ocean pours into Punalu'u pond on Saturday from large swells comingfrom the South Pacific. Photo by Julia NealDARBY SAILED PAST SOUTH POINT at mid-day Saturday. The former hurricane...
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