Ka`u Calendar News Briefs, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016
Plastics and polystyrene containers cleaned up from the Ka`u Coast are not just drifting into the shore from far away.They come from local sources too, says Megan Lamson, who provided testimony to ban...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Friday, Oct. 28, 2016
Ka`u Trojan Cross Country Team Daryl Moreira, Kyle Calumpit, Sheena Marie Flores, Brennen Nishimura,and Rowlie Flores at the BIIF Championship Race at HPA on October 21. Photo by Erin ColeKA`U HIGH’S...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016
A camper enjoys the shade at Halapē in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Jacob W. FrankFEES FOR CAMPING IN HAWAI`I VOLCANOES National Park will be charged beginning Tuesday, Nov. 1, as part of...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2016
Ka`u High quarterback Jacob Flores, No. 25, scores the last touchdown to win the islandwide Eight-Man Football Championship. Photo by Pam TaylorJacob Flores, left. and John Kalahiki, both...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Monday, Oct. 31, 2016
Volcano School of Arts & Sciences is looking for community volunteers to help students with its food gardens.Call food services manager Amalie Dorn at 808-896-1912 or email her at...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2016
More radio for Volcano and Ka`u shown in this computer generated signal map for KAHU and KANO, HPR1 at 89.1 and HPR 2at 91.3, transmitting from Kulani Cone, marked by the triangle. Dark red is very...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016
Kaunāmano coastal lands extend south from Honu`apo Lookout and include ancient Hawaiian fishing sites andthe Ala Kahakai Trail. Photo from Trust for Public LandMONEY TOWARD ACQUIRING 1,363 ACRES at...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016
The classic Moʻoheau Bandstand in Hilo (above), where U.S, Rep, Tulsi Gabbard campaigned during a past election season. See below for her message on voting. Photo by Julia NealKAʻŪ BOOSTERS LAURENCE...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Friday, Nov. 4, 2016
David Okita pilots one of his Volcano Helicopters over eruption at Kilauea. Helicopter transport is the only way HVO scientists andtechnicians can install and maintain many monitoring instruments on...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016
Humpback whales are back to give birth and raise calves for the winter. Photo by Flip Nicklin/Minden Pictures Photo from NOAAHUMPBACK WHALE SEASON is here. Members of the Northern Pacific stock of...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2016
Kaʻū High students will go to the state Capitol in December for Youth and Government, which provides experience inwriting legislation, debating, taking positions of state Senators and House of...
View ArticleKaʻu News Briefs, Monday, Nov. 7, 2016
Preserving historic sites and responsible stewardship of Ka Pae ‘Āina O Hawaiʻi are “rooted in Hawaiian traditionsthat make caring for the land a cultural value,” states OHA which asks everyone to vote...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016
Ka‘ū Learning Academy fourth grade students learn about Kīlauea volcano and the lava lake withinHalema‘uma‘u Crater. NPS Photo by Janice WeiFOURTH GRADERS ON A FIELD TRIP TO THE ERUPTING SUMMIT of...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016
Sen. Russell Ruderman won the vote yesterday to return to his state Senate seat, after a hard fought victory over County Council member Greggor Ilagan in the primary. Above, Ruderman campaigns with his...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016
Gov. David Ige at a coffee hour in Pahala when he was running for Hawaiʻi governor in 2014. He released a statement yesterday regarding the future after the Nov. 8 national General Election. Photo by...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, Nov. 11, 2016
Lorilee Lorenzo, of Pahala, rides in the Veterans Day Parade last Sunday in Hilo. Lorenzo is 2016 Panaewa Stampede Rodeo Queen and joined Hawaiʻi Horse Owners Association riders to honor veterans in...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016
Tulsi Gabbard gave the keynote address at KMC’s Veterans Day ceremony yesterday.Photo from Big Island Video NewsA VETERANS DAY MESSAGE came from Tulsi Gabbard yesterday as she put on her Army Service...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, Nov. 13, 2016
Tiapala, friend to many Kaʻū people, has gone home to the Nechung Temple in India after more than 30 years living in Kaʻū.Photo by Julia NealWOOD VALLEY’S RESIDENT TIBETAN BUDDHIST MONK HAS DEPARTED....
View ArticleKa`u Calendar Monday, Nov. 14, 2016
Supermoon sets, as seen from Ka Lae in Kaʻū yesterday morning. Photo by Richard TaylorA SUPER FULL MOON SHONE OVER KAʻŪ YESTERDAY, the closest the moon has passed planet Earth in more than 68 years -...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs, Tuesday, Nov. 15
The newly acquired Kahuku makai lands, totaling 3,128 acres, preserves a mile of Kaʻū Coast. ANOTHER MILE OF KAʻŪ COAST AND 3,128 ACRES are preserved. On Nov. 4, the County of Hawaiʻi closed on the...
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