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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, April 1, 2015
Ways to limit material going into Hawai`i Island landfills advanced at Hawai`i County Council committees yesterday.Photo from University of Hawai`i Environmental Studies DepartmentHAWAI`I COUNTY...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, April 2, 2015
Krystalynn Gascon won the $1,000 Buy Local It Matters drawing, sponsored by state Department of Agriculture and Ka`u CoffeeFestival in 2014. The campaign is renewed for 2015, leading up to the May 2...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, April 3, 2015
Hawai`i's wiliwili tree is battling Missouri's eastern burningbush to get to the championship round of the 2015 National Big Tree Competition. Ka`u residents can vote. Photo from Hawai`i Department of...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, April 4, 2015
The draft Ka`u Community Development Plan, which is now available for public review, considers options regarding protection of the Ka`u Coast. Photo by Julia NealTHE DRAFT KA`U COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, April 5, 2015
Friends of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park hosts its monthly Sunday Walk in the Park a week from today. The four-mile round-trip hike explores Kilauea Iki Crater. Non-members can join the nonprofit...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, April 6, 2015
Tomorrow's After Dark in the Park program gives an update on Kilauea's summit eruption. On March 6, wispy gas emissions allowed clear views of the lava lake within Halema`uma`u Crater. The thin crust...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, April 7, 2015
A green sea turtle basks on the shore at what appears to be an abandoned hawksbill turtle nest at Kamehame, managed by The Nature Conservancy. TNC Hawai`i Director Suzanne Case, who oversaw acquisition...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, April 8, 2015
An endemic nene feeds on indigenous naupaka kahakai in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Public registration is now open for the two-day BioBlitz species count in the park next month. NPS Photo by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, April 9, 2015
Ka`u residents line Hwy 11 at Na`alehu Park in opposition of the Thirty Meter Telescope planned to be built on thesummit of Mauna Kea. Photos by Ron JohnsonA`OLE TMT; ALOHA `AINA was the message sent...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, April 10, 2015
Hula sisters at dawn on Punalu`u Beach today prepare to travel to Hilo to perform at Merrie Monarch festivities this afternoon at Prince Kuhio Plaza and tomorrow at Ah Fook Chinen Civic Center. Halau...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, April 11, 2015
Miss Ka'u Coffee Amery Silva, surrounded by 2015 candidates Jennifer Tabios, Joyce Ibasan, Maria Miranda and Louise Vivien Santos, in today's Merrie Monarch parade in Hilo. Photo by Lori ObraKA`U...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, April 12, 2015
Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park rangers and staff marched in yesterday's Merrie Monarch Parade, along with a representative from Pu`uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, nonprofit supporting...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, April 13, 2015
Eva Lee, of Hawai`i Tea Co., processes her harvest. Ka`u residents interested in growing tea can join a discussion tomorrow at 5 p.m. at Volcano Art Center's Niaualani Campus in Volcano Village. Photo...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Volcano Art Center screens Ka Hana Kapa, a documentary about the history of kapa in Hawai`i and the complex process of kapa making, Thursday evening. Photo from VACA BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW THE COUNTIES...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, April 15, 2015
Three Mountain Alliance's summer student enrichment programs bring students from all of Hawai`i Island to Ka`u. Applications for this years programs are due Friday. Photo from `Imi Pono no ka...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, April 16, 2015
Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park opens National Park Week with free entry Saturday and Sunday. Photo by Peter AndersonHAWAI`I COUNTY COUNCIL’S COMMITTEE on Human Services and Social Services approved...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, April 17, 2015
New efforts are under way to complete legal contracts and renovation of Ka`u's old sugar plantation water system. Photo from state Department of AgricultureKA`U AGRICULTURAL WATER COOPERATIVE DISTRICT...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, April 18, 2015
Cathloic Youth Day came back to Pahala yesterday and today after a decade of other locales around the island. Parish youth from throughout Hawai`i county joined in for an overnight stay, community...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, April 19, 2015
Chinese investors in 1600 acres mauka of Hwy 11 in Na`alehu enjoyed the breeze at Punalu`u and a lu`au where they met localcoffee farmers. Photo by Julia NealKA`U COFFEE FARMERS MET OWNERS of the new...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, April 20, 2015
Miss Ka`u Coffee 2014 Amery Silva, with her crown, joins Ka`u Coffee pageant chair Gloria Camba (center) in showing the 2015 candidates Ka`u Coffee orchards. At left are Jennifer Tabios and Maria...
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