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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 1, 2015
Jr. Volcano Choy, singer Betsy Curtis, drummer Bruce David and acoustic bass player Brian McCree perform at a jazz fundraiser for a new music program at Ka`u Intermediate School. Photo by Julia...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 2, 2015
This year's Miss Ka`u Coffee pageant is set for Saturday, April 25, one of many events that are part of the 10-day Ka`u Coffee Festival. Photo by Julia NealHAWAIIAN VOLCANO OBSERVATORY HAS WELCOMED a...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2015
Ka`u residents may be able to see the International Space Station as it passes over Hawai`i tonight. NASA photo from WikipediaHAWAI`I FARMERS UNION UNITED has announced bills it supports in the current...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2015
A vogbow stretches across the Ka`u landscape. Claire Horwell, a researcher from the United Kingdom, asks Ka`u residents to share their experiences dealing with vog. Photo from Vog Talk on...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015
A new book summarizes USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory's century of researching Hawaiian volcanoes. Image of 1894 painting by D. Howard Hitchcock from National Park ServiceA NEW BOOK SUMMARIZING 100...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 6, 2015
A guided hike Sunday at Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park explores the area's human history. Photo from NPSDEPARTMENT OF HAWAIIAN HOME LANDS intends to initiate a planning process for its...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015
Federal acquisition of the Great Crack has an unprecedented high ranking in Pres. Obama's 2016 budget. Photo by Jody KaulukukuiADDING THE GREAT CRACK to Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park has an...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015
Heavy rainfall events are occurring more frequently on Hawai`i Island, according to University of Hawai`i researchers.Photo by Julia NealHAWAI`I FARMERS UNION UNITED has issued a list of bills being...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 9, 2015
Invasive albizia trees share the Ka`u landscape with newly planted Ka`u Coffee trees. Photo by Geneveve FyvieA 4.3-MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE OCCURRED at 8:16 a.m. eight miles west southwest of Volcano...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015
Efforts continue to try to reverse annual declines in population of monk seals in the Hawaiian archipelago. Photo by Julia NealSAVING MONK SEALS FROM EXTINCTION requires more money, according to a...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2015
Volunteers with Hawai`i Wildlife Fund cleaned a portion of Kaunamano coastline below Na`alehu last Saturday.HWF photo by Megan LamsonPA`ULA, AKA LEPANA, AT KAUNAMANO was the site of Hawai`i Wildlife...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015
The rim of Kilauea Volcano's summit caldera, normally clear on trade-wind days, becomes nearly obscured by vog on some non-trade-wind days. Ka`u residents can participate in a vog study by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 13, 2015
King Tyren Fukunaga-Camba and Queen Tristah Amps Nurial-Dacalio at last night's Trojan homecoming coronation with members of their court, Freshman Princess Alexia Tudela and her escort Isaiah Naboa,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 14, 2015
After 18 years serving the Ka`u community, Island Market is closing at the end of February. A closeout sale begins Monday.Photo from Island Market Facebook pageISLAND MARKET, KNOWN IN THE KA`U...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015
The glow from Halema`uma`u is one of many highlights Ka`u residents can enjoy at Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park during fee-free days today and tomorrow. Photo by Peter Anderson WOOD VALLEY RESIDENTS...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 16, 2015
Devastation Trail is one of several that Ka`u residents can enjoy today when Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park waives entry fees for Presidents Day. Photo by Janice WeiA BIOLOGICAL CONTROL OF COFFEE...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015
Kaena Point in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park is one of 60 locations statewide where volunteers participate in the Sanctuary Ocean Count of humpback whales on the last Saturdays of this and next...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015
Hawai`i Ant Lab encourages Ka`u residents to learn how to eradicate Little Fire Ants during a meeting at Na`alehu Community Center today at 5:30 p.m. Photo from Hawai`i Department of AgricultureVOG,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 19, 2015
Today is Chinese New Year. Chinese traditions are celebrated at many Ka`u events, including Fourth of July festivities and Ka`u Plantation Days.Photo by Julia NealLUNAR NEW YEAR GREETINGS come from...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 20, 2015
A free program tomorrow at Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park introduces participants to Hawaiian goddesses Hi`iaka and Pele and the natural phenomena they represent. Photo from NPSHAWAI`I...
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