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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, July 14, 2017
Care homes, rural clinics, shelters and many health services to the poor and elderly would shut down under the proposed Trumpcare bill, according to Sen. Mazie Hirono who released a video on the...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, July 15, 2017
Internationally renowned violinist and co-founder of the Hawai`i International Music Festival will return to Ka`uwitha team of master singers and musicians for a performance on Wednesday, Aug. 16 at...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, July 16, 2017
Geologic Map of the Northeast Flank of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi,” shows distribution of lava flows and other deposits covering an area from Pu‘u‘ula‘ula (Red Hill) on the southwest to Hilo...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, July 17, 2017
The Nature Conservancy preserve in Ka`u. Photo by John ReplogleTHE NATURE CONSERVANCY PRESERVES IN KA`U and South Kona are receiving assistance this summer from high school students through its Leaders...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Community Policing Officer Aron Tomota has been transferred to Kona, with a warm sendoff byCapt. Kenneth Quiocho and Capt. Dany Shibuya who returns to community policing in Ka`u.Photo by Ann Bosted"I...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Na`alehu Hongwanji held a Celebration of Health this week and participants joined in Tai Chi with Phillip Hema. Everyone is welcome each week. Call 929-7647. See more below.Photo by Ron Johnson BAY...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, July 20, 2017
Coral reefs are not only important in nature, they generate hundreds of millions of dollars a year to theHawai`i economy, says Sen. Mazie Hirono. Photo from NOAACORAL REEF PROTECTION WILL CONTINUE....
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, July 21, 2017
Pahala Dojo recently traveled on O`ahu for a statewide tournament. See story below.Photo from Pahala Dojo PUNALU`U PROPERTY OWNERS ARE FINED FOR WHARF DESTRUCTION. The owners of the Punalu`u wharf at...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, July 22, 2017
Miranda's Farms Ka`u Coffee ranked top in Ka`u and top in the state Commercial Divisionat the Ninth Annual Hawai`i Coffee Convention in Maui this weekend.Photo from Miranda's FarmsTHREE KA`U COFFEES...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, July 23, 2017
Gloria Camba, President of the Ka`u Coffee Growers Cooperative, grows coffee with Rogelio Aquino. TheirKa`u Royal Coffee placed in the top ten in the state for the Creative Division in this weekend's...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, July 24, 2017
Ka`u photographer Peter Anderson captured this Ka`u silversword image through infrared photography.Photo by Peter AndersonTWO HURCULEAN FEATS IN HAWAIIAN PLANT CONSERVATION have been announced by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, July 25, 2017
Hawai`i Wildlife Fund has been working all summer to clean up the Ka`u Coast and other shorelines, includinga volunteer event this Friday. Photo by Hawai`i Wildlife Fund"IF YOU GET SICK, IT'S NOT YOUR...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Kaulana Boat Ramp near South Point is the only ramp managed by the state in Ka`u. Punalu`uBoat Ramp is private. Proposed rules for boat ramps and harbors can be read...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, July 28, 2017
Sharing coffee at the Ocean View Community Center were, from the left, Heidi Jaworski, Community Policing Officer Clayton Tayamen, Lono Ah Loo and Community Policing Officer Officer Dane Shibuya. Photo...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, July 28, 2017
The June 2017 earthquake, the biggest in Ka`u in a decade, reminds the USGS to warn people to be prepared for larger ones like the one that took out this home in Punalu`u in 1975. See story below.NORTH...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, July 29, 2017
Keauhou koa forest, further protected by the new Safe Harbor agreement between Kamehameha Schools,the state Department of Land & Natural Resources and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.Photo by...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, July 30, 2017
Hawai`i Police Department officers converged on the late Officer Bobby Gomes' home base, Ka`u Police Station, onSaturday for a "Last Call Bobby Gomes." Photo by Alan MoorseTrue community policing...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, July 31, 2017
Summertime activities are ending, like weeks of fishing at South Point, as students head back to school in Ka`u next week. See stories below. One of the classic Ka`u photos by Peter AndersonITS FIRST...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2017
A climbing fig, a fruit introduced to Hawai`i in the 1800s. See story on Hawai`i TropicalFruit Growers Conference below. Photo from University of Hawai`iTHE PUBLIC AUCTION OF THE OLD PAHALA MILL SITE...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2017
Jay Ignacio, President of HELCO presented the power grid upgrade plan to the public in Hilo and Konathis week. Public comments are being accepted through Aug. 9. Read the plan on the HELCO website....
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