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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022
Volunteers and school staff clear an area for native plants and a culinary greenhouse at Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary on Saturday. Photo by Jennifer MakuakaneTHE SECOND KA'Ū HIGH COMMUNITY GARDEN...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022
Artist's conception of the multiple planet system, initially discovered with Gemini North optics. The art is used to explain the National Science Foundation's interest in funding TMT, with a public...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, Aug. 8, 2022
Hawaiʻi Superintendent of Schools Keith Hayashi shakes hands with a Nāʻālehu Elementary student on Monday, when free school supplies were handed out to students. Photo by Iwalani HarrisTHE SCHOOL...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022
Hawaiʻi County will help determine the use of $79 million in opioid settlement funds coming to the State of Hawaiʻi. Photo from NPRSEVENTY-EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS will be used...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022
For beach going, developers of Opihihale show Ho'okena Beach Park, describing it as: "A historic site open to the public and a short drive from Opihihale." See investinkona.comOPIHIHALE, NORTH OF...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022
A portable container provides water to a hovering helicopter to fight the wildfire. Photo from DLNRTAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PREVENT THE KIND OF FIRE THAT HAS RIPPED FROM PŌHAKULOA TOWARD PU'UANAHULU, warn...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, Aug. 12, 2022
Orange/black Hawaiian damselfly, Megalagrion xanthomelas, is one of ten endangered animalslisted in a lawsuit, demanding that critical habitats be protected under the Endangered Species Act.Photo from...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022
County Council member-elect Michelle Galimba, right, with the Armando and Karina Rodriguez Kaʻū Coffee farmerfamily, offering congratulations on Saturday evening. Galimba will represent Volcano through...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022
The summit of Mauna Loa on July 6, 1975, with Moku‘āweoweo caldera visible in the background. See story below on recent earthquake swarm, only the second time since electronic tiltmeters were installed...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022
A couple from Ranchos, Ocean View, Karen and Jay Shannon, discuss Pōhue Cultural Resources while many more Ocean View residents fill the Ocean View Community Center. Over 125 people attended the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022
Applications for the Tree Canopy Fellowship Program are available. This is a s tree canopy map of Kaʻū which aims to help manage threats to canopy, tree planting and forestry masterplans. The...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022
Nāhuku, formerly known as Thurston Lava Tube, has reopened after 18 days of closure to the public,due to movement of an overhanging rock slab. NPS photo by Janice WeiNĀHUKU, THE POPULAR LAVA TUBE in...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022
Firefighters from Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park helped stop the Leilani Fire that started at Pōhakuloa and spread toward Puu Lani. NPS photoTHE 17,000 ACRE, 26.5 SQUARE MILE FIRE on the other side of...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, Aug. 19, 2022
Kai Kahele sent out a mahalo message from family and campaign crew and urged the citizenry to "hold elected officials accountable." He serves in Congress until Jan. 3, having refrained from running for...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Saturday, Aug. 20, 2022
Detail of a painting of Jeanette Kaualani Akiu Howard by Mark N. BrownHAWAIIAN LANGUAGE SPEAKER AND TEACHER TO MANY, JEANETTE KAUALANI AKIU HOWARD was laid to rest on Saturday at Hokuloa Church on the...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022
View of south part of western side of Nuʻutele Island, off the west coast of Ofu Island in the Manuʻa Islands, American Samoa. Nuʻutele Island is an eroded tuff cone of Ofu-Olosega volcano. A tuff cone...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Monday, Aug. 22, 2022
The Pono Pledge video, winner of a Telly Award, received more praise today. See story below.KA'Ū COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLAN ACTION COMMITTEE MEETINGS are cancelled by the County of Hawai'i. Planning...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022
A humpback whale mom with calf in Hawaiian waters of the Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary. Its Advisory Council is seeking applicants. Photo by Ed Lyman/NOAAADVISORY COUNCIL APPLICANTS ARE...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2022
This caged nēnē, recovered from injury, was released in August into the 100-acre Hawai'i Island Nēnē Sanctuary. Seestory below. Photo from DLNRPRAISE FOR FEDERAL HELP IN PAYING OFF STUDENT LOANS...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, Aug. 24, 2022
Nīnole Bridge, above, which was torn down, will be memorialized along with Hīlea Bridge, also torn down, the two replaced with safer bridges. The fed and state ask for public input on educational...
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