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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014
Central Pacific Hurricane Center's latest forecast shows Hurricane Iselle tracking directly toward Ka`u and arriving late tomorrow.HURRICANE ISELLE IS HEADED DIRECTLY FOR KA`U, according to the Central...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014
Genevieve, at left, Iselle and Julio are moving from east to west across the central Pacific and impact Hawai`i's weather. Image from NOAAISELLE WAS 230 MILES EAST OF SOUTH POINT at 11 a.m. and is on...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Aug. 8, 2014
Satellite image of tropical storm Iselle moving west of the Big Island after making landfall on the shore near PahalaImage from NOAAHURRICANE ISELLE MADE LANDFALL as a tropical storm at 2:30 a.m. this...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Aug. 9, 2014
Satellite image at 2:49 a.m. Friday shows arrival of Iselle onto the Ka`u Coast. Image from Weather UndergroundFOLLOWING ISELLE IS POWERFUL HURRICANE JULIO, packing winds of 100 miles per hour. Julio...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014
Maile Medeiros David and her supporters shared mahalo messages with the public after her win as Ka`u's new County Council member. Following a visit to Volcano Village, she stopped in Pahala on her way...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Aug. 11, 2014
John Replogle, in white cap, leads Wahi Kupuna Internship Program students on a field trip at Punalu`u. The students discuss their research Thursday at Pahala Plantation House. Photos from Wahi Kupuna...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Aug. 12, 2014
Photographer Anne Celeste said Wood Valley fields looked like rice paddies during the height of inundation by Tropical Storm Iselle.WATER AND ICE ARE ON THEIR WAY to Wood Valley Temple for residents in...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014
Javier, a coffee farm worker in Wood Valley, hauls ice to his worksite where water and power have been cut off since Tropical Storm Iselle hit the valley last Thursday night and Friday morning. Photo...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014
Wahi Kupuna Internship Program students present results of their studies this summer at Pali Kulani and other Ka`u sites today at 4 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House. Photo from Wahi Kupuna Internship...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Aug. 15, 2014
Wahi Kupuna Internship Program participants visited a waterfall and swimming hole high up in themountains of Ka`iholena during their research this summer in Ka`u. Photos from Wahi Kupuna Internship...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014
Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park rangers report that Mauna Loa Cabin and other areas in the Mauna Loa backcountry sustained little or no damage as a result of Tropical Storm Iselle. NPS Photo by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014
Runners cross the finish line at yesterday's fifth annual Volcano Rain Forest Runs. Photo from FacebookTHE FIFTH ANNUAL VOLCANO RAIN FOREST RUNS “were fabulous,” said organizer Sharron Faff. “It misted...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Aug. 18, 2014
Students of the late Edna Aguil's halau performed at the Ka`u High potluck reunion yesterday. Photo by Julia NealWATER AND POWER ARE RESTORED TO WOOD VALLEY, according to Mayor Billy Kenoi’s executive...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014
Tropical Storm Iselle knocked down macadamia nut trees in Wood Valley. Photo by Gloria CambaTHE MAJOR STORM DAMAGE TO AGRICULTURE in Ka`u was to Pear Tree coffee farmers and Wood Valley coffee and...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2014
Macadamia nut trees in Wood Valley were knocked down by Iselle, with winds whipping down the valley's slopes. Trees withshadow are standing; those without are on the ground. Insurance adjusters are...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Aug. 21, 2014
Ka`u paniolo return to Na`alehu Rodeo Grounds Saturday to raise funds for Ka`u High Trojans' eight-man football team.Photo by Julia NealWHILE MUCH OF THE FOCUS IN THE AFTERMATH of Tropical Storm Iselle...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Aug. 22, 2014
Bob Herkes, accompanied by his wife Jo-Anna, often carried his stuffed nene, the state bird, in parades through Volcano and Na`alehu. Photo by Julia NealBOB HERKES, 83, a champion for Ka`u, died...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014
The late Bob Herkes, wearing maile lei, was a champion of the Ocean View well and spigot site and attended the July 2012 blessing along with other elected officials and Ocean View residents. Photo by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Aug. 24,2014
Paniolo action at Na`alehu Rodeo Grounds yesterday raised funds for Ka`u High's eight-man football team.Photo by Kupono Palakiko LeffewKA`U SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT presented a soil...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Aug. 25, 2014
Cowboys and Trojans hand in hand to support Ka`u High football last Saturday at the rodeo. The team plays itsfirst game of the season at home this Saturday. Photo by Kupono Palakiko Leffew.KA`U COFFEE...
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