Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, Oct. 7, 2016
Nearly the entire school sat in a set of bleachers on one side of the new Ka`u District Gymduring opening ceremonies Wednesday. Photo by Ron JohnsonSTAFF MEMBERS ARE IN TRAINING at the new Ka`u...
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Ka`u residents are invited to OK Farms in Hilo for the sixth annual Hawai`i Farmers Union Unitedconvention, its first on Hawai`i Island. See more below. Photo from OK FarmsAPPROXIMATELY 41,000...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, Oct. 9, 2016
Ka`u High celebrated Homecoming yesterday. At center are KingTrevor Taylor and Queen Alysha Gustafson-Savella. They are joined by Senior Attendant Zaylee Pascubillo with Escort Pete Dacalio, Junior...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, Oct. 10, 2016
Central Pacific Hurricane Center is keeping an eye on systems south of Hawai`ithat could develop as they move west. Map from NOAAHAWAI`I’S CLEAN ENERGY SYSTEMS ARE A DELICATE balance of power,...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016
A meeting Saturday offers an update on the Ka`u Kapapala Koa Canoe Forest Draft Management Plan.See more below. Photo by J.B. FridayHAWAIIAN SPRINGS WATER has removed language on its website stating...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016
Hawai`i County Planning Director Duane Kanuha has approved Pahala Town Squareand Hawaiian Springs Facility. Map from Planning DepartmentA WATER BOTTLING FACILITY AT THE OLD PAHALA MILL SITE HAS BEEN...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, Oct. 13, 2016
Halau Na Kipu`upu`u performs Saturday. See more below.Photo by Aniku Chong from Volcano Art CenterHAWAIIAN ELECTRIC COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARY, Hawai`i Electric Light Company, have responded to a...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, Oct. 14, 2016
Learn about the People and Lands of Kahuku Sunday. See more below.NPS Photo by Julia EspaniolaHAWAI`I HAS LAUNCHED AN ENHANCED 911 service allowing residents to report an emergency as a text message....
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, Oct. 15, 2016
Ka`u's U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard addressed Hawai`i Farmers Union United convention yesterdayat OK Farms in Hilo. See more below. Photo from Rep. Gabbard's OfficeKA`U FARMERS FROM EARTH MATTERS, KA`U...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, Oct. 16, 2016
Dr. Cliff Kopp, seen descending from Volcano toward Pahala on a walk around Hawai`i Island to raiseawareness of homelessness, has died. See more below. Photo from Kopp's Facebook PageOCEAN VIEW’S...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Monday, Oct. 17, 2016
Kilauea's lava lake continues at high levels today. Saturday, the level rose high enough to create small, glisteningflow lobes, both east and west, onto Halemaʻumaʻu's floor. See more below. Photo from...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2016
Twelve students and mentors hiked from Punalu`u to Ka Lae last week during fall break.Photos from Nohea Ka`awaA FIVE-DAY, FOUR-NIGHT KA`U HIKE challenged a dozen high school students over the 2016 fall...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016
At Ocean View's temporary transfer station, a concrete slab marks where, on Saturdays, two collection bins are parkedfor residents to drop off their bagged garbage from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. The brown...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016
Hawai`i Board of Agriculture approved a permanent quarantine of `ohi`a on Hawai`i Island to preventthe spread of rapid `ohi`a death to other islands. See more below. Photo from UH-CTAHRHAWAI`I COUNTY’S...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, Oct. 21, 2016
Pele's hair from the active lava lake at Halema`uma`u is covering parts of the Ka`u Desert.See more below. Photo from USGS Hawaiian Volcano ObservatoryKAPAPALA RANCH COOPERATIVE GAME MANAGEMENT AREA...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016
The tower at Kulani Cone, with transmitters that will send two Hawai`i Public Radio station streams, HPR-1 and HPE-2 furtherinto Ka`u, following the acquisition of the KAHU community radio license in...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs Sunday, Oct. 23, 2016
Keiki from Ka`u participated in the creation of a Marine Debris Prevention program for elementary students, developed by theHawai`i Wildlife Fund. Photo from Hawai`i Wildlife FundHAWAI`I WILDLIFE FUND...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs, Monday, Oct. 24, 2016
June Domondon is a frequent election worker at Pahala polling sites, including the early voting location opening tomorrow at Pahala Community Center, offering late registration and an opportunity to...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs, Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2016
Eight-Man Football has helped Ka`u High School become more competitive, bringing home league titles.If the Trojan's win on Saturday, they take the 2016 championship. Photo from Ka`u High SchoolIF KA`U...
View ArticleKa`u Calendar News Briefs, Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016
Haawai`i Volcanoes National Park staff members install the cat-proof fence in rough and rugged high-elevationlava fields on the slopes of in the United States. NPS PhotoHAWAIIAN PETRELS, sometimes...
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