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Kaʻū News Briefs July 5, 2024
Independence Day Weekend at the ParkHawai'i Volcanoes National Park invites the public to celebrate the country's rich history and natural beauty over the remainder of the Independence Day weekend at...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 6, 2024
Coffee grown in Kaʻū will have to be at least 51 percent Kaʻū to use the name Kaʻū as the identifying wording on the label. Most Kaʻū coffee farmers sell 100 percent Kaʻū. Photo from Kaʻū Coffee...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 7, 2024
Out of the gate, the horses and riders demonstrate strength and agility as they focus on capturing the steer.Photos by Julia NealSorting cattle was an event at the rodeo. Kaʻū Roping & Riding Rodeo...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 8, 2024
The Art of Oceanic Canoe Building will be the topic of the talk at After Dark in the Park, this Tuesday at 7 p.m. at Kilauea Visitor Center Auditorium in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. The presenter...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 9, 2024
An attendee at a public meeting in Pahala on Tuesday, regarding assistance for creating affordable housing and other community infrastructure through federal Housing & Urban Development funding,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 10, 2024
PUNALU'U SMA, PĀHALA WATER BOTTLING PLANT AND EVACUATION ROUTES FOR GREEN SANDS neighborhood are all on the agenda for Kaʻū Community Development Plan Action Committee on Thursday, July 11. The meeting...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 11, 2024
Kaʻū Community Development Plan Action Committee voted Thursday to submit testimony to the Windward Planning Commission, recommending it review the Kaʻū CDP policies and testimony before deciding on...
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News Briefs July 12, 2024
Project Manager for Kaʻū Community Development Plan, Ron Whitmore, has given an analysis of the Black Sand Beach, LLC development proposal, in terms of CDP compliance. He notes that commercial...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 13, 2024
Na'alehu Park is the target of improvements, including new lights so the park can be used at night.Here the Park was site of Little League State Championships in 2019. Photo from Kaʻū Little...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 14, 2024
Lauhala artist Joni Mae Makuakāne-Jarrell will emcee the 40th Annual Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park Cultural Festival this Saturday, July 20. She demonstrates weaving a lauhala hat during the 2023...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 15, 2024
John Keawe will be in concert on Wednesday at Kilauea Visitor Auditorium in Hawai'i VolcanoesNational Park at 7 p.m. See more below. Photo from John KeaweENCOURAGING NATO TO GUARANTEE PROTECTION OF...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 16, 2024
Dried vegetation flanks Kīpukapuaulu Trail in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park,. The trail is open but vehicles are prohibited on Hilina Pali Road and Mauna Loa Road and open fires are prohibited at...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 17, 2024
Troy Keolanui, front left, and his mentor, the late Ed Olson and Olson's wife Sammie Stanbro, on June 8. Olson was honored by Trust for Public Land for "his many years of dedicated service to our...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 18, 2024
National Weather Service has issued a minor coastal flood warning for the entire Ka'u Coast and beyond due to a series of hightides, with the peaks in the afternoons through Sunday. Hawai'i County...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 19, 2024
Pahala Elderly is one of two affordable housing projects in Ka'u. There are none listed as in the pipeline. Photo from Hawai'i CountyTRACK AND FIND AFFORDABLE HOUSING ON THIS ISLAND is the call from...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 20, 2024
Pacific Islands Cousins Meet for Hula Halau Hula O Leionalani joined dancers from Huahine and Turereura in Tahiti and E-Suite from Hamilton, New Zealand on Saturday at Ke Ola Pu'uhonua in Nāʻālehu...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 21, 2024
Hawai'i Volcanoes 40th Annual Cultural FestivalLori Lei Katahara, on 'ukulele, who taught generations of hula in Kaʻū with her Shirakawa hula studio, sings with Dane Sesson on bass and Gene Akamu on...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 22, 2024
The USGS HVO observation tower stands out on the bluff amongst construction equipment. Other deconstructed facilities have almost been fully removed. NPS Photo by Janice WeiEND OF AN ERA, BEGINNING OF...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 23, 2024
Kani ka pū welcome at the 40th Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park Cultural Festival. NPS photo by Janice WeiJoni Mae Makuakāne-Jarrell (left) emceed. She and her 'ohana have been lead organizers and...
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Kaʻū News Briefs July 24, 2024
Summer Fun keiki gets upfront experience with a county firefighter as the youth visited work placesand hosted speakers this summer during the County program at Nāʻālehu Community Center.Photo by Elijah...
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