Kaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, May 13, 2023
Photographs of the 1924 explosive eruptions from Halemaʻumaʻu. The photograph on the left is from the Uēkahuna bluff on May 18, 1924, by Kenichi Maehara. The photograph on the right is from near the...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, May 14, 2023
Uhu are parrot fish slated for bag limits and size limits for commercial and home fishing. Public meetings will be announced for input on new rules proposed by the state Division of Aquatic Resources...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Monday, May 15, 2023
Air tours over Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park are promoted in this photo from hawaiitours.com.AIR TOUR MANAGEMENT PLANNING FOR HAWAI'I VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK seeks public feedback. National Park...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, May 16, 2023
Akatsuka Gardens is an annual participant in Experience Volcano Hawai'i Festival, set for July 29 and 30.Photo from Experience Volcano Hawai'iTHE FOURTH ANNUAL EXPERIENCE VOLCANO HAWAI'I FESTIVAL is...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Hawai'i Police Department has launched continuous recruitment. This is the 96th graduating classfrom Dec. 30th last year. Pay starts at $69,940 per year. Photo from HPDHAWAI'I POLICE DEPARTMENT...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, May 18, 2023
Kaʻū High School graduation will be livestreamed Friday night beginning at 5 p.m. Tickets arerequired to attend in person. Thursday was last day of school for seniors. Image from Kaʻū High...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Friday, May 19, 2023
Many lei and many fans praised the 76 who graduated from the Class of 2023 at Kaʻū High on Friday. Photo by Julia NealKAʻŪ HIGH SCHOOL VALEDICTORIAN TAYLER RASMUSSEN plans to go to University of...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, May 20, 2023
Dexlyn Navarro, who teaches at Kaʻū High & Pahala Elementary, with her classmate from years ago, Lois-Ann Yamanaka, author and expert in pidgin dialect widely spoken in Hawai'i. They sit on the...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, May 21, 2023
Collin Hanshew, who earned Magna Cum Laude and a Real Trojan Award for Electives, shown here after graduation, standing with his mom Carma Hanshew, a staff member at Kaʻū High & Pāhala Elementary....
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Monday, May 22, 2023
Small town, big venue at the Robert Herkes Kaʻū District Gym for high school graduation last Friday. Photo by Julia NealPrincipal Sharon Beck presents the diplomas. Photo by Julia Neal'A'ALI'I KU...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, May 23, 2023
Punalu'u Black Sand Beach, with its increasing number of novice visitors going into the ocean, will be the locationof a Junior Lifeguard Program this summer to help train young local people in rescue...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, May 24, 2023
The County of Hawai'i plans to clean out homeless encampments on county properties and started Wednesday morning at Hale Halawai Beach Park in Kailua-Kona. County oceanfront properties in the Kaʻū area...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, May 25, 2023
Almost five years ago, Hurricane Lane, a category 5, passed within 150 miles of South Point on Aug. 22, 2018. It set the state record for tropical cyclone rainfall (58 inches) and caused over $7...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Friday, May 26, 2023
Some 1,800 seismic nodes have been placed across the summit to record seismic signals. USGS photo USGS SHAKES THINGS UP AT AFTER DARK IN THE PARK this Tuesday at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. at...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Saturday, May 27, 2023
Five new Deputy Sheriffs will be assigned to Hawai'i Island, following their graduation May 26 with the pinning on ofbadges after training on O'ahu. Photo from Hawai'i SheriffsAN ARREST FOR ATTEMPTED...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Sunday, May 28, 2023
County Director of Parks & Recreation Maurice Messina at right in back row with lead skate advocate and Director Travis Aucoin with Ocean View Skatepark advocates in the front row.Photo from OV...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Monday, May 29, 2023
Kilauea Military Camp in Volcano flew its flags half staff until noon on Memorial Day to remember those who risked lives for the country, many of them dying in combat. At noon, KMC raised the flags to...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Caring for soil to grow food is taught in Kohala Center programs. Kohala Center will be a collaborator in the new Islands & Remote Area USDA Regional Food Business Center. Photo from Kohala...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Jessie Marques, center, founder of Ka'u Rural Health Community Association, holds a $3,000 check from CU Hawai'i Federal Credit Union. With her are CU Change Director Mark Peters (left) and Erin...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Thursday, June 1, 2023
Roping will highlight the July 8-9 rodeo in Nā'ālehu, sponsored by Kaʻū Roping & Riding. Photo by Brenda Iokepa MosesLily Dacalio was 2022 Kaʻū Roping &Riding Rodeo Queen. Search is on for2023....
View Article