Ka‘ū News Brief Friday, April 20, 2018
The Miss Kaʻū Coffee Pageant will be held for the first time in the Kaʻū District Gym on Saturday, following contestants touring coffee farms to get ready for the competition. See more below.Photos...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Saturday, April 21, 2018
Overflows from the perched lava pond within west pit, a small crater adjacent to the main Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō crater on Kīlauea Volcano's East Rift Zone, continue to build up the levees around the pond. The...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Sunday, April 22, 2018
Miss Kaʻū Coffee Pageant lit up the Kaʻū District Gym for the first time on Saturday evening with Reishalyn Kekoa Jara taking the 2018 Crown in the glow of Volcano Stage Lighting. The pageant was...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Monday, April 23, 2018
Earth Day over the weekend saw volunteers tackle the Manukā coast from Humuhumu to Āwili Point.See story below. Photo from Hawaiʻi Wildlife FundPUBLIC INPUT ON FUNDING $12M FOR NĀ‘ĀLEHU AND $5M FOR...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Tuesday, April 24, 2018
Kaʻū Mountain Water Hike will take hikers into the rain forest above Kaʻū Coffee Mill next Wednesday,the hike led by Kaʻū's new Planning Commissioner John Replogle. See story below. Photo from Kaʻū...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Librarian Linda Morgan offers a two-for-one book sale this week at Nāʻālehu School Library toencourage families to read with children at least 20 minutes a day.Photo by Nalani ParlinUPGRADING AND...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Thursday, April 26, 2018
Active lava, like this, captured by Kaʻū photographer Peter Anderson last night, draws millions to the summit of Kīlauea in Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park and brings hundreds of millions of dollars...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Friday, April 27, 2018
The 40-foot-tall blue whale sculpture, Skyscraper, constructed of marine debris mostly from Kaʻū shoreline, will be displayed in Bruges, Belgium through September. Rendering from StudioKCA. See story...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Saturday, April 28, 2018
Kaʻū Coffee Festival kicked off Friday, April 27, with the Paʻina & Open House at Pāhala Plantation House. First Miss Kaʻū Coffee Helena Nihipali-Sesson sang Kaiholena, accompanying herself on...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Sunday, April 29, 2018
Miss Ka‘ū Coffee and members of her Court attended the Ka‘ū Coffee Recipe Contest today at Ka‘ū Coffee Mill. From left: Miss Kaʻū Coffee Reishalyn Kekoa Jara, First Flower Kysha Kaʻupu-Manini, First...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Monday, April 30, 2018
Kīlaeua RumblingSuccessive small earthquakes, with one every few minutes, began at 4 p .m. today on the east flank of KīlaueaVolcano with two dozen in about three hours. The red dots were earthquakes...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Tuesday, May 1, 2018
Just before 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 30, a break in the weather allowed HVO's webcam to capture this image of the lava lake within Halema‘uma‘u at the summit of Kīlauea. Following multiple overflows of...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Wednesday, May 2, 2018
Civil Defense is warning residents of the East Rift Zone of Kilauea Volcano to be prepared for a lava outbreak,as earthquakes continue to shake the neighborhoods. See USGS updated earthquake mapDUE TO...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Thursday, May 3, 2018
In the cloud forest, under the flume, John Replogle lifts his hands and talks about the old sugar plantation water system and nature all around during Kaʻū Coffee Mill's Kaʻū Mountain Watery System...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Friday, May 4, 2018
Kaʻū Valley Farms grows sweet potatoes below the hillside, looking out to Nāʻālehu and the Pacific. See story below. Photo by Lee NealA 6.9 EARTHQUAKE SHOOK KA‘Ū at 12:33 p.m. today, rocking vehicles,...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Saturday, May 5, 2018
Tenth Annual Kaʻū Coffee Festival Hoʻolauleʻa, today at Pāhala Community Center, celebrated the end of the coffee season with food, entertainment, and Kaʻū Coffee. Photos by Lee Neal and Geneveve...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Brief Sunday, May 6, 2018
The origin of some of the vog drifting across Kaʻū is in Leilani Estates in lower Puna where at least ten fissures opened withsmoke and lava, destroying 26 homes. At least one Leilani resident is being...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs Monday, May 7, 2018
Coffee & Cattle Day showed off ranch and Kaʻū Coffee farming life at Aikane Plantation during last week's tenth Kaʻū Coffee Festival. See story below. Photo by Lee NealHAZE FROM INCREASED VOLCANIC...
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs Tuesday, May 8, 2018
Protecting the elections across the country with back up paper ballots is a measure by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard that who support from Common Cause. See story below. Photo by Julia NealREACTION TO PRES....
View ArticleKa‘ū News Briefs Wednesday, May 9, 2018
Ash column rises 6,000 feet at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano at 8:30 a.m. this morning. The explosion was triggered by a rockfall. Photo from USGSAN EXPLOSION IN HALEMAʻUMAʻU CRATER THIS MORNING at...
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