Kaʻū News Briefs Dec.12, 2024
Kūpuna Jessie Ke gives the blessing for the expansion of Kaʻū Hospital & East Hawai'i Health Clinic this past Monday. Belowthe staff celebrates the future in the expansion area under the building....
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Candles glow as the community anticipates the lighting of the Christmas tree on Friday in Pāhala. Photo by Julia NealMayor Kimo Alameda with keiki in Pāhala during the Christmas Tree Lighting. Photo by...
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The ground crew who expanded and streamlined the second annual Pāhala Town Lighted Christmas Paradeon Saturday, with Mr. & Mrs. Santa and Parade President Shai Lopez-Castaneda. Photo by Stacyn...
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Kaʻū Hospital & East Hawai'i Health Clinic staff and volunteers put together the Da Grinch float for Pāhala Town Lighted Christmas Parade on Saturday. Photo by Stacyn SakumaOfficial Grand Marshall...
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Fisherman Santa Comes to TownRolling toward Christmas with the theme of fishing for food, Good To Grindz food truck traveled Pāhala Town Lighted Christmas Parade route on Saturday. See more business,...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec.17, 2024
Perspective of hālau to be built on west end of Kīlauea Visitor Center. Artistic rendering by Otak & Mason ArchitectureDETAILS ON THE TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF KĪLAUEA VISITOR CENTER for renovations...
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Marlene Freitas and her Ku'ui Ihi Flowers & Gifts invited keiki to receive gifts through Letters to Santa on Wednesday. Photo by Julia NealLETTERS TO SANTA gift giving drew more than 130 keiki and...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec.19, 2024
The last full moon over Kaʻū and Volcano before Christmas and dawn of 2025 came and went this past weekand was captured in this photo by Janice Wei of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park.HAWAI'I FOOD...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec. 20, 2024
It is nēnē breeding season and visitors to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park are urged to look outfor the native goose, along roads, on roads and in parking lots. NPS photo Construction continues at the...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec.21, 2024
Invasive imu is a threat to Hawai'i reefs and not the natural food of local fish desired by local fishers. Photo from DARFishers are urged to take a surveyand give ideas on managing reefs.Photo from...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec. 22, 2024
Kaʻū Taro Festival offered presentations on learning to plant taro and opportunities to take plantsand taro roots home to grow. OKK photo by Linda DavisFIRST KĀNIWALA O KAʻŪ, THE KAʻŪ TARO FESTIVAL,...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec. 23, 2024
Monday's crowd at the crater took in the view of towering lava fountains, some 300 ft. tall. NPS photo by Janice WeiMADAME PELE'S LAUNCH OF A SUMMIT ERUPTION on Monday morning at Kīlauea volcano...
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Paniolo Christmas The Lorenzos are one of the many paniolo families in Kaʻū who raise cattle and participate in rodeos and parades. Here they walk in the recent Pāhala Town Lighted Christmas Parade...
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Christmas with Madame Pele provided this view on Christmas Eve from Kīlauea Overlook in Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park. NPS Photo by Janice WeiSome folks park on sidewalks and trails. Park rangers...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Dec. 26, 2024
The eruption at the summit of Kīlauea volcano on Dec. 24. Several vents along the southwest of Halema'uma'u crater floor feed lava flows on the floor of Kaluapele, Kīlauea caldera. USGS photoTHE EIGHTH...
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