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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022
Seismic activity since June has increased to 40 to 50 earthquakes per day at the summit of Mauna Loa, leading Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park to close the trail for hiking there.NPS photo by A....
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022
The inaugural Hawk Week begins Sunday, celebrating the life and conservation of 'Io.Photo from DLNRHAWK WEEK BEGINS ON SUNDAY. Conservation agencies made the announcement this week. The first-ever Hawk...
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Ka‘ū News Briefs, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022
Mauna Loa, a massive mountain which is also earth's most massive active volcano, is bathed in pink and gold light. Its summit is off limits and it is subject to daily updates from USGS due to increased...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022
Dr. Jona Bogs has funding to offer Kaʻū farmers training in maximizing nutrition and production of organic food. Photo from Beyond Organic KAʻŪ FARMERS CAN APPLY FOR TRAINING in the Beyond Organic...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, Oct. 9, 2022
A fire was reported at Pohue Bay with helicopter water crews and ground crews responding.Photo from National Park ServiceA FIRE AT POHUE BAY WAS REPORTED Sunday afternoon, followed by a helicopter...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Oct. 10, 2022
Alice Toguchi and her seventh and eighth graders at Nāʻālehu School in 1973. Photo courtesy of Tim Wright, one of her students.Alice Toguchi enjoys her 100th birthday.Photo from Charles ToguchiONE...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022
The Robert E. Herkes Kaʻū District Gym and the playing field in Pāhala will be busy this Saturday,with BIIF finals for Girls Volleyball and a football game between Kaʻū High and Kohala.See more below....
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2022
The fire at Pohue Bay on Sunday burned within ten feet of two endangered Hawaiian hawksbill turtle nests.NPS photoTHE FIRE AT POHUE BAY ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON burned within ten feet of endangered Hawaiian...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, Oct. 13, 2022
A memorial for Brandy Ebanez on the mainland, where she was murdered in an allegeddomestic abuse killing. Photo from the Tri-City HeraldMAN ARRESTED IN BRANDY EBANEZ MURDER CASE: Richard Michael...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, Oct. 14, 2022
The day before the M5.0 and 4.6 earthquakes near Pāhala. Hawaiian Volcano Observatory released its Volcano Watch,focusing on preparation and safety during earthquakes and lava flows, as well as info on...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022
Ka'u High Homecoming Queen Shanialee and King Toby parade during halftime. Photos by Julia NealKA`U HIGH TROJANS WON THEIR HOMECOMING GAME ON SATURDAY and paraded the homecoming court around the field...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022
Kaʻū High's Trojan Girls Volleyball Team heads for Hawai'i Preparatory Academy on Monday to vie for the island championship in the semi-finals, with the finals on Tuesday. Photo by Julia Neal Kaʻū...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Oct. 17, 2022
Transcendence, the Curly Koa Jewelry Cabinet, upper left, by Ka'u woodworker Duane Miller, tookFirst Place in the Furniture Category at the Hawai'i Forest Industry Association's annual show. His...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022
Trojan Girls Volleyball captured third this season in islandwide high school finals on Tuesday, upending Kealakehe in four sets, under Coach Josh Ortega. Photo by Josh OrtegaKAʻŪ HIGH GIRLS VOLLEYBALL...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2022
A Punalu'u Coastal Access & Resources Subcommittee has been set up by the Kaʻū Community Development Plan Action Committee, along with other committees to study Green Sands Beach, Pohue Bay and...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022
The county reports to its Environmental Management Commission next Wednesday, Oct. 26 at 9 a.m. regarding closing LargeCapacity Cesspools in Pahala and Naalehu and replacement options. The meeting will...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, Oct. 21, 2022
County of Hawai'i operated a hydrogen bus and Da Rubbah Slippah Group hopes to make more cheap fuel to run more vehicles by using excess geothermal electricity to create hydrogen from water. A zoom...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022
The old way of voting, like going behind the curtain to personally cast the ballot at Kaʻū High & PāhalaElementary, is gone with candidates hoping that everyone will vote through the mail by Nov. 3...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, Oct. 23, 2022
It's Time to VoteState House of Representative member Jeanne Kapela who is running for reelection, this time to represent all of Ka'u and into Volcano and Kona, issued a statement on Sunday, urging...
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Kaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Oct. 24, 2022
Cross Country team, representing Ka'u High and Volcano School of the Arts & Sciences at last weekend's islandwide competition at Kamehameha School. They are Cody Rasmussen, and Alden Wells and...
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