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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Jan. 12, 2015
A Volcano Awareness Month program at Ocean View Community Center Wednesday covers activity at Kilauea's summit, Mauna Loa and Kilauea's East Rift Zone. Photos from Hawaiian Volcano Observatory HAWAI`I...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015
Ka`u residents can meet prospective candidates for CEO of Hawai`i Health Systems Corp. today through Thursday at Ka`u Hospital, one of the facilities it operates.HERMINA MORITA, CHAIR of Hawai`i Public...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2015
The current status of Kilauea and Mauna Loa, shown here erupting in March 1984, are topics at a Volcano Awareness Month program this evening at Ocean View Community Center. Photo from USGS/HVO by J.D....
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Jan. 15, 2015
Through its Living Hawaiian Culture Program, Hawai`i Tourism Authority is supporting restoration of the Malolo canoe by Pa`a Pono Miloli`i. Photo from Pa` Pono Miloli`iPA`A PONO MILOLI`I’S MALOLO...
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Ka`u New Briefs Friday, Jan. 16, 2015
Ka`u Natural Farming Workshop begins tomorrow and continues the next Saturday at Earth Matters Farm.TWO MOTIONS HAVE BEEN FILED with Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission regarding NextEra Energy’s...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015
Kilauea is the hottest volcano on Earth, according to recently announced research. Photo by Peter AndersonRANDY IWASE IS THE NEW CHAIR of Hawai`i Public Utilities Commission. Gov. David Ige appointed...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory founder Thomas Jaggar first used instruments housed in the Whitney Laboratory of Seismology to track an earthquake sequence leading to Mauna Loa's summit eruption in...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Jan. 19, 2015
Ranger-led hikes are available today as Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park waives entry fees in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Photo from NPSWITH HAWAI`I STATE LEGISLATURE opening Wednesday, the...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015
Registration is still available for `O Ka`u Kakou's seventh annual Keiki Fishing Tournament coming up Saturday at Punalu`u Beach Park. Photo from Fred & Mary RamsdellKA`U’S STATE REP. RICHARD...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015
Hawai`i's 28th state Legislature opens today, with Sen. Josh Green, Sen. Russell Ruderman, Rep. Richard Creagan and Rep. Richard Onishi returning to work for constituents in Ka`u.HAWAI`I’S 28th STATE...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015
Ka`u WWII 442nd Division veterans Iwao Yonemitsu, at left, and Tokuichi Nakano, here with former Hawai`i Gov. Neil Abercrombie, became Chevaliers of the French Legion of Honor yesterday. Photo by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Jan. 23, 2015
Ka`u residents can learn about natural farming at Earth Matters Farm workshops tomorrow and next Saturday.HAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL MEETINGS are now live online, beginning with today’s meeting at West...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Jan. 24, 2015
Punalu`u tidepools and the keiki swimming hole are surrounded by keiki fishing with their families. The tiny fish are put back in the water after measuring them for the competition. Photo by Julia...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015
The annual Keiki Fishing Tournament, sponsored by O Ka`u Kakou yesterday at Punalu`u Beach, saw Ryder Cabreros take first in the aholehole division. Brayden Bello took second and Kawai Smith took...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Jan. 26, 2015
Ka`u High School girls varsity basketball team celebrated Senior Night Saturday, the final home game for those graduating this year, with a win over HPA. Photo from Kaweni IbarraHAWAI`I ISLAND’S...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2015
In his first State of the State address yesterday, Gov. David Ige acknowledged the important role public hospitals, like Ka`u Hospital, play in an island state. Photo by Julia NealCHALLENGES FACED BY...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015
West Hawai`i Coastal areas, including the Ka`u Coast and Ka`ohe Bay, north of Miloli`i, are seeing larger populations of fish harvested for the aquarium trade. Photo by Julia NealKA`U COFFEE BUYERS,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Jan. 29, 2015
This year's first Sanctuary Ocean Count of humpback whales along the Ka`u Coast takes place Saturday. Photo from fish-journal.comHAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO. AND NEXTERA ENERGY submit their acquisition...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Jan. 30, 2015
Hawai`i Wildlife Fund held its first Ka`u Coast Cleanup of 2015 last Friday with 161 participants. Photo from HWFCUSTOMERS COULD SAVE NEARLY $60 MILLION if the acquisition of Hawaiian Electric Co. by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015
Last night was Senior Night for Ka`u High boys soccer team, seniors' final opportunity to play on their home field. Photo by Dave BerryA COMMUNITY-BASED ERADICATION EFFORT for Little Fire Ants in...
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