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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 3, 2017
The USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (middle right), perched on the rim of Kīlauea Volcano's summit caldera, overlooks Halemaʻumaʻu Crater, where an active lava lake occupies a vent that opened in...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 4, 2017
Senators Hirono and Murkowski led women Senators in the U.C. Capitol in Washington, D.C. to observe National Wear Red Day,which brings attention to the importance of women’s heart health. See story...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017
Bioenergy Hawai`i plans to process waste collected by the County of Hawai`i from as far away as Ka`u at the concrete quarry near Waikoloa. Its resource recovery plant would make transportation fuel,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 6, 2017
Mayor Harry Kin, taking office for the third term, last December, will talk story in Ocean View on Wednesday.Photo by Ann BostedMAYOR HARRY KIM TALKS STORY AT OCEAN VIEW COMMUNITY CENTER this...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017
Tutu and Me is asking for community support for funding its programs in Ka`u and beyond. The fundingis now before the Hawai`i Legislature. Photo from Tutu and MeTUTU AND ME TRAVELING PRESCHOOL is...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017
Pu`u Pu`ai Overlook in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park is temporarily closed to protect nēnē, the endangered Hawaiian geeseduring their breeding season in the area. Photo from USGSOPPOSITION TO NEW...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017
Mayor Harry Kim walks into the middle of the Ocean View Community Center crowd to get closer to thepeople who came to talk story with him last night. Photo by Ann BostedNO NEW POLICE STATION NOR MORE...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 10, 2017
Hawai`i's Navy Shipyard hosts tens of millions of dollars in jobs for local people, such as the $18 million restoration and maintenanceof the battleship USS Missouri years ago. Senators Hirono and...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 11, 1017
Big Island Video News and John Tarson of Epic Lava Tours are not only documenting this monster "lava fire hose" near a boat inthe shadows, they report a new lava breakout upslope from the base of Pu`u...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017
"New legislation in support of tiny houses is in motion," according to One Island, which held a Tiny House CommunityConversation on the Big Island in late January and plans another for late February....
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 13, 2017
There is no sign of a lava delta rebuilding as lava continues to spill into the ocean from the 61g lava flow near Kamokuna. Today, a new bill was introduced to the U.S. Senate to improve early warning...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017
Hawai`i Public Radio's new tower at Kulani helps reach farther into Ka`u, with more improvements promised asHPR-1 and HPR-2 change their programming. Photo by Don MussellHAWAI`I PUBLIC RADIO, with two...
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Ka`u News Brief Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2017
Phil Becker, at right, is the new President of the Ka`u Farm Bureau, shown at his and Merle Becker'sAikane Plantation Coffee Co. farm between Pahala and Na`alehu.Photo from Aikane CoffeeKA`U FARM...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017
Wisdom, estimated to be at leat 66 years of age, has returned each year for more than six decades to Midway Atolland to the same nesting siteshe and her mate Akeakamai use each year. It takes the pair...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Feb. 17, 2017
County of Hawai`i Civil Defense offers warnings and tips for viewing the lava flow into the ocean. This photo was taken Jan. 3. See story below. NPS Photo/J. WeiNEW CHIEF OF THE EPA is Scott Pruitt,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017
The late Sen. Gil Kahele, of Miloli`i, was succeeded by his son Kaiali`i Kahele in the state Senate. Kai Kahale lives in Hilo butpromises help for Miloli`i and Ka`u through his work at the Capitol. On...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017
Dwight Eisenhower visited KilaueaMilitary Camp during WWII.THE INTERNMENT OF JAPANESE AMERICANS 75 years ago during World War II was recalled Sunday across the country on the Day of Remembrance....
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Feb. 20, 2017
Most of the debris picked up off the Ka`u Coast by such volunteers as these from University of Hawai`i and Hilo Community College, is made of plastic. Now Hawai`i Wildlife Fund is asking Ka`u residents...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017
Ka'u Concert Band, with Ben Houghton conducting, meets for weekly rehearsals. See story below.Photo by Ann BostedTHE NATIONAL GOVERNORS ASSOCIATION winter meeting is the destination of Gov. David Ige,...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017
Ka`u High School students are invited to compete int he Kaha Ki`i Congressional Art Contest. The deadline is March 6. See story below.STANDING ROCK PROTESTERS in North Dakota were mostly gone when...
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