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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, September 10, 2013
Laurence J. Capellas supporters met with Ka`u's County Council member Brenda Ford yesterday.Photo by Julia NealGOV. NEIL ABERCROMBIE HAS CALLED for a special legislative session on marriage equity to...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013
Patriot Day was proclaimed by Pres. Barack Obama and Gov. Neil Abercrombie and Ka`u High School honored the memory of the 9/11 attacks 12 years ago with student Ralph Landeros and campus security chief...
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Ka`u News Briefs Thursday, September 12, 2013
Sharwil avocados can go to the mainland for sale starting in October. Photo from epicenteravocados.comAVOCADOS COULD BE THE NEXT BIG EXPORT crop from Hawai`i,. The U.S. Department of Agriculture...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Sept. 13, 2013
The value of the `Aina Koa Pono project, which is awaiting a decision by the Public Utilities Commission, is the topic of a letter sent by Pahala resident Bobby Gomes to the Commission. Photo by Julia...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Sept. 14, 2013
Hannah's Makana `Ohana performed during the Kupuna Hula Festival in Kona this week. Photo from Nancy StaffordTHE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SAID IT’S SEEING PROMISING SIGNS of improvement in student...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Sept. 15, 2013
Del Bothof, of Volcano Winery, shows Japanese visitor Ko Ueno a new crop of grapes. The winery holds its firstHarvest Festival this afternoon. Photo by Julia Neal ERADICATION OF LITTLE FIRE ANTS on...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Sept. 16, 2013
Pahala Pool Party met its goals raising money on Saturday for the South Swell swim team comprised of 21 youthmembers who will compete around the island. Swim meets are sponsored by the county...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2013
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory is keeping a watchful eye on Mauna Loa, where a recent swarm of earthquakesoccurred that is a possible, but not definite, precursor to the next eruption. Photo from...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013
Pahala Public & School Library will be available more days and more hours beginning Monday, Sept. 30.Photo from Hawai`i State Public Library SystemPAHALA PUBLIC & SCHOOL LIBRARY INCREASES...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Thursday, September 19, 2013
Red zones show hot spots where geothermal energy production would be possible from Ka`u into Puna. Geothermal resources map from GeothermexA BAN ON FRACKING FOR GEOTHERMAL energy is going to the full...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, September 20, 2013
Ka`u coffee farmers met at Ka`u Coffee Mill last night regarding current pricing, land security and the coffee borer.Photos by Geneveve FyvieKA`U COFFEE cherries are ripening and the harvesting season...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Sept. 21, 2013
Eight-Man Football team for the Ka`u Trojans celebrates its inaugural year yesterday with a win againstthe Kealakehe Waveriders. Photo by David BerryNA`ALEHU ELEMENTARY IS ONE OF FIVE Hawai`i Island...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Sept. 22, 2013
A NOAA tool mapping effects of sea-level rise also displays other hazards and shows parts of Ka`u in red with highsocial vulnerability, taking into consideration economic data, buildings and potential...
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Ka`u News Briefs Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013
Volunteers and Habitat crew worked together on Veterans Helping Veterans Day to build Jim Helfenbein'sOcean View home.HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WEST HAWAI`I is building a new house for veteran Jim...
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Ka`u News Briefs Monday, Oct. 28, 2013
Engineer Sadiq Zarrouk believes Hawai`i County's ban on fracking, or hydraulic fracturing, may obstruct the pathto energy independence. Geothermal resources map from GeothermexSADIQ ZARROUK, A...
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Ka`u News Briefs Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2013
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who gave the keynote address at Kilauea Military Camp's Memorial Day ceremony in May,is co-sponsoring legislation to improve privacy protections. Photo by David Howard...
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Ka`u News Briefs Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013
With Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park re-opened, Stewardship in the Park programs are back on track. Volunteers canhelp Paul and Jane Field remove invasive Himalayan ginger every week in November...
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Ka`u News Briefs, Thursday, October 31, 2013
Loulu, the native Hawaiian Palm Prichardia lanigera, which grows in the Ka`u Forest Reserve and The Nature Conservancy Preserve, was named this week to the federal Endangered Species list. Photo from...
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Ka`u News Briefs Friday, Nov. 1, 2013
Sen. Brian Schatz helped launch the Washington, D.C. chapter of After-School All-Stars, a sister program to one in Ka`u which works in association with the local UPLINK program. In May, local All-Stars...
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Ka`u News Briefs Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013
Humpbacks come to Ka`u and the longest uninhabited coast in Hawai`i each winter to calve and mate. Photo from NOAAPRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA HAS APPOINTED GOV. NEIL ABERCROMBIE to serve on the President’s...
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