Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, May 21, 2016
Merle Becker, adorned with maile lei, takes hayriders on a tour of Aikane Plantation's coffee and cattle fields yesterday.Ka`u Coffee Festival Ho`olaule`a continues today until 5:30 p.m., with...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, May 22, 2016
Kumu Ab Kawainohoikala`i Valencia and his Halau Hula Kalehuaki`eki`eika`iu performed yesterday at Ka`uCoffee Festival Ho`olaule`a. See more below. Photo from Ka`u Coffee FestivalGREG SMITH, OWNER of...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, May 23, 2016
Taking off, with birds set to wing to celebrate graduation at Ka`u High School last Friday. Photo by Pam TaylorFORTY-EIGHT STUDENTS GRADUATED from Ka`u High School Friday. Deisha Gascon, who graduated...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, May 24, 2016
Learn about critically endangered hono`ea Hawksbill sea turtles, at After Dark in the Park this evening. See more below. Photo from NPSHALEMA`UMA`U’S LAVA LAKE LEVEL was 95 feet below the crater floor...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, May 25, 2016
Lava flows that broke out from the flanks of Pu`u O`o on Monday had not extended beyond the existing flow fieldas of yesterday morning. Photo from Hawaiian Volcano ObservatoryTWO LAVA FLOWS BROKE OUT...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, May 26, 2016
A nene fledgling tests its wings. Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park urges motorists to slow down and watch outfor young and adult geese on roadways both inside and outside the park. NPS Photo by Kathleen...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, May 27, 2016
A new program at Kahuku Unit of Hawai`i Volcanoes National park explores its Realms and Divisions.See more below. Photo from NPSKA`U HOSPITAL AND OTHER EAST HAWAI`I Region facilities operated by...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, May 28, 2016
A seldom seen view from a closed area of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park shows spattering along the edgeof Halema`uma`u Crater's lave lake. Photo from USGS Hawaiian Volcano ObservatoryTHE HAWAI`I...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, May 29, 2016
Raina Whiting, a candidate for Hawai`i County Council District VI, met U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbardat the Hawai`i Democratic Convention yesterday. Photo from Bob MartinKA`U DELEGATES AT THE STATE DEMOCRATIC...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, May 30, 2016
Marian Berger's exhibit Up Close continues through Sunday, June 5. See more below. Image from Volcano Art CenterA NEW CHAIR LEADS the Hawai`i Democratic Party, and Na`alehu School teacher Raina Whiting...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, May 31, 2016
Hannah's Makana `Ohana, led by Ka`u Kumu Hula Hannah Uribes, surround Mark Yamanaka, who wonhis tenth Na Hoku Hanohano Award last weekend. See more below. Photo by Julia NealHAWAI`I COUNTY DEPARTMENT...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Megan Yarberry, of Hilo, leads a Blue Zones fitness activity during Tropic Care at Ocean View Community Center.Tropic Care health screenings continue through Saturday at noon in Ocean View and at Ka`u...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, June 2, 2016
A volunteer with Stewardship at the Summit removes invasive Himalayan ginger from a kolea lau nui,an endemic understory tree found in the rain forests on Kilauea volcano in Hawai`i VolcanoesNational...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, June 3, 2016
The Birth of Kahuku explores Mauna Loa's Southwest Rift Zone on Sunday. See more below. Photo from NPSHAWAI`I DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY is looking for a few good men and women to join the state...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, June 4, 2016
Volunteer opportunities are available at Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge.Photo from Friends of Midway AtollINTERESTED IN VOLUNTEERING on Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge/Battle of Midway...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, June 5, 2016
Tropic Care Army Reserve personnel completed their Ka`u tour of duty yesterday. See more below.Photo from Jessie Marques/Ka`u Rural Health Community Association, Inc.KA`U’S AINAPO TRAIL IS FEATURED on...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, June 6, 2016
Eric Silberger, who will join soprano Amy Shoremount-Obra for a concert in Pahala this summer, was featuredon the Icelandic National News Network Ruv in Iceland for being the first violinist in history...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, June 7, 2016
Scientists discovered the largest sponge known in the world at Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument.See more below. Photo from NOAA Office of Exploration and Research/Hohonu Moana 2015 THE RECORD...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, June 8, 2016
Meet Hawai`i Island potters and view their works at the eighth annual Volcano Pottery Sale. See more below.Photo from Volcano Art CenterMORE WATER IS ON ITS WAY to Ocean View. Gov. David Ige released...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, June 9, 2016
A high school principal suggests methods rural schools such as Ka`u High and Pahala Elementary can tryto fight chronic absenteeism. Photo by Julia NealJOSEPH MANKO, A HIGH SCHOOL principal who serves...
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