Kaʻū News Briefs, Friday, Jan. 13, 2023
Ocean View Skatepark Association is an official nonprofit, raising money for a facility at the Kahuku County Park. Photo from OVSA OCEAN VIEW SKATEPARK ASSOCIATION has finalized the creation of its...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023
Megan Tayaman assembles a robot during Amelia Earhart Girls in Engineering Day. Photo from ZontaTHE FREE AMEILA EARHART GIRLS IN ENGINEERING DAY invites Ka'u's female fourth through eighth graders to...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023
USGS and University of Hawai'i researchers are proposing to place 1,600 seismic nodes around Pāhala this summer to further study whether there is a channel between lava chambers beneath the village and...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Jan. 16, 2023
Queen Lili'uokalani and Jackie Pualani Johnson. Johnson presents her one woman show on Tuesday on the anniversary of the 1893 overthrow of the Hawaiian Kingdom. The venue is After Dark in the Park at...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023
The state and U.S. Forestry are promoting partnerships with Hawai'i schools to plant more trees.Photo from DLNRTREE CANOPIES FOR HAWAI'I COMMUNITIES AND SCHOOLS are being encouraged by the state...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023
Speaker of the state House of Representatives Scott Saiki proposes a "use fee on visitors who use parks,state trails and other state resources."Photo from Hawai'i Public RadioTHE OPENING OF THE STATE...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Thursday Jan. 19, 2023
The work of famed artist Rick San Nicolas, who creates replicas of historic Hawaiian helmets, capes and other featherwork, was stolen last Friday at Volcano House. Thieves took a replica of a...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Friday, Jan. 20, 2023
Mediterranean fruit fly is one of the invasive species that damages fruits and other Hawai'i crops and isone of the reasons that much produce can not be exported. Photo by Sheina Sim/PBARC COFFEE BERRY...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023
Kaʻū welcomed the towering Hawai'i Preparatory Academy team from the north on Saturday evening and beat them during senior night, the last home game of the season for the Trojans. See more below.Photo...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023
Dr. Kimo Alameda, former chief of Bay Clinic and head of Hawai'i Island Fentanyl Task Force, will provide Narcan, the Fentanyl rescue nose spray to people who come for a free dinner and presentation at...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Jan. 23, 2023
Gov. Josh Green released this photo with his wife Jaime and his first State of the State speech on Monday,which he presented to the Hawai'i Legislature, seeking approval for his plans and budget. Photo...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023
Gov. Josh Green put forth his Green Affordability Plan with state income tax breaks for Hawai'i families, along with tax breaks for caregivers and teachers who use their own money for such expenses as...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023
Nā'alehu Elementary School 3rd and 4th graders take a field trip to Subaru Telescope and 'Imiloa. See more below.Photo from Subaru TelescopeNĀ'ĀLEHU SOLAR GOES BEFORE THE PUBLIC on Thursday, Jan. 26 at...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023
Keola Pu'uhonua is a new cultural garden sponsored by nonprofit Uhane Pohaku Na Moku O Hawaii, Inc. on the grounds of Punalu'u Bakeshop in Na`alehu. A blessing and presentation of hula and cultural...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Friday, Jan. 26, 2023
A young honu, sea turtle, dead and decomposing in an abandoned fishing net on the Kaʻū Coast. Photo from James Akau James Akau and Jackie Ka'ili'awa with an abandoned net they found...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023
Chinese New Year was celebrated this week at Volcano School of the Arts & Sciences. It's the Year of the Rabbit.Photo by Michelle BuckCHINESE NEW YEAR was celebrated throughout January, with most...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2023
Kaitlyn Fisher practicing her butterfly that took her to tenth place in the island finals. Photo by Darene FisherTrojan swim team back row Madison Fisher, Candace Keohuloa, Kaitlyn Fisher, Cheska...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Monday, Jan. 30, 2023
Hui Malama educators teach about the nutritional and medicinal value of Hawaiian plants at theVibrant Hawai'i Resilience Fair. Photo by Julia NealVibrant Hawaiʻi Board Member Nicolas K. Los Baños,...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023
FFA Ka'ū Chapter Competes: Laci Ah-Yee, Kaui Young, Joaquin Ross, Ezekiel Kaawa-Kamimura, and Collin Hanshew. Photo by Kaweni IbarraFUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA KAʻŪ IS BACK IN ACTION. After almost two...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, Feb.1, 2023
'Āinapō Trail on state land in Kaʻū is found by visitors online and on the state's own Nā Ala Hele Hawai'i Trail & Access System website. The Legislature is deciding whether to use trails, parks...
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