Ka`u News Briefs, Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Ka`u High Girls Volleyball team won the BIIF championship last year and hopes to do the same in 2013, with the first game on Aug. 27. Photo from Ka`u High SchoolKA`U HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS VOLLEYBALL is...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Thursday, August 22, 2013
A tiger shark attack led to the death of a visitor yesterday. While the attack was on Maui a week ago, Punalu`u and other lifeguard stations are on alert. Photo from WikipediaTHE EFFORT TO REDUCE RISK...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, August 23, 2013
`Imi Pono No Ka `Aina helped during a recent Hawai`i Wildlife Fund cleanup of anchialine ponds in Ka`u.Photos from Megan LamsonPRESERVATION OF ANCHIALINE PONDS along the Ka`u Coast received islandwide...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, August 24, 2013
Halau Kahula O Nawahine Noho Pu`ukapu performed at Volcano Art Center's Sunset Hula in Hawai`i Volcanoes National Parkyesterday. It was the last in a series of sunset hulas for this year as the days...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, August 25, 2013
Harvesting rainwater is the topic at Tuesday's After Dark in the Park program. Photo from Hawai`i Volcanoes National ParkA PROGRAM TO TRAIN FAMILY MEDICINE RESIDENTS, with the hope that they will stay...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Monday, August 26, 2013
Projects such as the one proposed by `Aina Koa Pono to harvest plants and grow feedstock in Ka`u and produce biofuel at a refinery above Pahala may not be able to compete with other energy sources,...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Tuesday, August 27, 2013
During an event in Phoenix, Ariz., judges awarded first place to this Mercedes-Benz 300S restored byKa`u resident Mark Passarelli, at right. Photo by Joe IacuzzoFOLLOWING INTRODUCTION OF A BILL by...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Yellowfin tuna are subject to increasing contamination from mercury spewed into the air by Asian factories and landing in Hawaiian waters. Photo from WikipediaFRESH FISH are the pride of Ka`u kitchens...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Thursday, August 29, 2013
Ka`u `Ohana Band, under the leadership of Cynthia Decker, is one of many programs offered by Ka`u School of the Arts, which is rolling out its fall schedule. Photo by Julia NealNO IMMEDIATE SPECIAL...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, August 30, 2013
The newly renovated Volcano House holds its grand opening celebration and an open house next Friday, Sept. 6.Photos from Sandi Yara CommunicationsCONGRESSWOMAN TULSI GABBARD HAS PARTNERED with several...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, August 31, 2013
New & Old. Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park Ranger Travis Delimont stands outside the 1877 Volcano House, nowVolcano Art Center, which was relocated to its present location in 1921. NPS Photo Art by...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, September 1, 2013
The population of humpback whales in the Northern Pacific Ocean may be declared no longer endangered, basedon a study being conducted by NOAA.NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION is...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Monday, September 2, 2013
Nonbinding mediation could begin in January regarding the state's failure to issue homestead awards to Native Hawaiians.NONBINDING MEDIATION COULD BEGIN in January as an attempt to resolve a...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Dr. Michael Domeier fell in love with Hawai`i Island years ago and moved here to continue his shark tracking studies with hisnon-profit organization MarineCSI. Photo from freedive.netA SHARK SCIENTIST,...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Ka`u's County Council member Brenda Ford chairs the committee that is considering restrictions for growing GMO crops on Hawai`i Island, giving farmers 30 months to switch to non-GMO production....
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013
Del Bothof, of Volcano Winery, invites the public to explore the acres of vineyards and fields of tea at the fist annual Harvest Festival on Sunday, September 15, with food, wine, music and tours of...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Friday, Sept. 6, 2013
Hannah's Makana `Ohana travels to Kona to participate in the Kupuna Hula Festival next week. Photo by Julia NealHAWAIIAN ELECTRIC CO., OF WHICH HAWAI`I ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY on the Big Island is a...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013
Ka`u High Trojan quarterback Chance Emmsley-Ah Yee carries the ball during Hawai`i Island's inaugural eight-man football game last night in Pahala. Photo by David BerryTHE KA`U TROJANS SCORED 20 POINTS...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013
Mauna Loa, on whose flanks Phoebe Gomes is shown here, has lost its standing as the world's largest volcano.Photo by Bobby GomesHAWAI`I’S U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION presently is not supporting...
View ArticleKa`u News Briefs Monday, September 9, 2013
After heavy rains Saturday night, chocolate waves washed onto Green Sands Beach. Gulches flowed, and the waterturned brown from sediment running into the ocean. Photo by Shalan CrysdaleKA`U’S U.S. REP....
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