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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, May 14, 2017
USGS geologist Don Swanson (in red) and his colleague, Jim Moore, view a car filled with ash depositsfrom the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Swanson has longed worked atHawaiian Volcano...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, May 15, 2017
Sen. Gil Kahele, who served Ka`u and later Hilo and Puna in the Hawai`i Legislature is honored with a monumentdedicated on Hilo Bay today, Monday. See story below. Photo from Big Island Video...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, May 16, 2017
Sen. Mazie Hirono has a long history advocating for children's education in Ka`u and other rural places inHawai`i, seen here in 2007 at a Boys & Girls Club `ukulele class at Pahala Plantation...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, May 17, 2017
Rough waters today led to dangerous conditions for swimmers along the Ka`u Coast, with the rescue byhelicopter of two swimmers with assistance of a water rescue man in the ocean near Punalu`u. This...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, May 18, 2017
Eucalyptus trees above Pahala on Kamehameha Schools land, could be cut and hauled to Pepeekeoto burn in Hu Honua electric plant being refurbished at the old sugar mill.Photo by Julia NealEUCALYPTUS...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, May 20, 2017
Visitors from coffee growing regions from Puerto Rico to India, Colombia and Papua New Guinea celebratedwith Ka`u Coffee farmers, their families and the band El Leo at the kick off party Friday for the...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, May 20, 2017
Ka`u High School held its first graduation in the new Ka`u District Gym on Friday night. Photo by Pam TaylorKA`U HIGH SCHOOL, WITH 39 GRADUATES, held the ceremonies Friday night for the first time in...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, May 21, 2017
Miss Ka`u Coffee Flower Evalynn Ornelas shows off entries for the annual Ka`u Coffee Recipe Contest. Photo by Julia NealKA`U COFFEE RECIPE CONTEST drew a wide variety of creations on Sunday at Ka`u...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, May 22, 2017
Ka`u Coffee created many desserts, pupu and entrees at yesterday's Ka`u Coffee Recipe Contest.See more photos and complete results below. Photo by Julia NealPROTECTIONS ON AMERICANS' PRIVACY are...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, May 23, 2017
The estuaries, and fresh and anchialine ponds of Kāwā, will receive restoration assistance from Hawai`iWildlife Fund, local families and community groups in Ka`u with funding from the county.Photo by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, May 24, 2017
The twenty-fifth anniversary of Hurrican Iniki falls into this hurricane season. Image from NOAA A NORMAL TO ABOVE-NORMAL HURRICANE SEASON IS PREDICTED in today's outlook by the Central Pacific...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, May 25, 2017
Strong arm and helping hand of the late Bull Kailiawa who embodied the aloha spirit of the Ka`u CoffeeIndustry and won international recognition for his Moa`ula farm. Photo by Geneveve Fyvie THOMAS...
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Ka`u Calendar News Briefs Friday, May 26, 2017
Farm and mill tours will leave from Pahala Community Center on Saturday as part of the all dayKa`u Coffee Festival, which features foor, coffee tasing and a chance to meet the farmers and MissKa`u...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Saturday May 27, 2017
Jamie Kailiawa (center right) danced at the Ka`u Coffee Festival Ho`olaulea for her late husband Bull Kailiawa, one of the famous Ka`u Coffee farmers who helped build the industry. Kailiawa belongsto...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, May 28, 2017
Big Island Video News released its coverage of the ninth annual Ka`u Coffee Festival this evening,highlighting volunteers Gail Kalani and Anne Fontes with the coffee cherry picking contest.See...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, May 29, 2017
Hawai`i National Guard Youth Challenge Academy cadets travled to KMC today to participatein Memorial Day Ceremonies, including presentation of the colors. Photo from Youth ChallengeMAYOR HARRY KIM GAVE...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Ka`u ranches and farms will be visited in June by surveyors for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, attemptingto include every farm and ranch in the U.S. Agricultural Census. Photo by Julia NealKA`U...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Andres Magana Ortiz raised a family, bought a coffee farm, built a house and and is facingdeportation to Mexico. Image from www.hawaiinewsnow.com"EVEN THE GOOD HOMBRES ARE NOT SAFE," blared a headline...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, June 1, 2017
The view today form Mauna Loa Observatory where the elements of climate change are documented, asPres. Donald Trump withdraws from the global agreement to mediate climate change.Photo from NOAAIT'S ON...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, June 2, 2017
Installing a tiltmeter on top of Mauna Loa Volcano. See Volcano Watch story below. Photo from USGSEVICTING SQUATTERS FROM BIG ISLAND HOMES is a difficult problem. County officials and elected...
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