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Kaʻū News Briefs Wednesday, May 30, 2018
How to manage intermittent ash and S02 in the air at the schools and in homes and outdoors, wasthe hot topic at this evening's meeting in Pāhala on the continuing emissions from Kīlaeua Volcano.Photo...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Thursday, May 31, 2018
Kealia Galimba, with Blossom, won Grand Champion Heifer in the 2016 Hawaiʻi County 4-H Show & Sale. This year's show takesplace in June See story below. Photo from Michelle GalimbaKILAUEA ERUPTION...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Friday, June 1, 2018
Bon Dance season begins tomorrow at Liliuokalani Gardens in Hilo, with celebrations around the island and thefinale at Pāhala Hongwanji on Saturday, Sept. 1. See more, and the schedule, below. Photo by...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Saturday, June 2, 2018
Lava headed to Four Corners where Highway 132 and 137. It covered it this afternoon. Another lobe passed south of the intersection this morning and cut off escape routes for Vacationland and Kapoho...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Sunday, June 3, 2018
The edge of Halemaʻumaʻu showing an ash covered trail that has been closed since 2008 when Kīlauea volcano began throwing rocks onto the overlook parking lot. Image from USGS and NPS video using an...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Monday, June 4, 2018
Lava continues to take out homes, fishponds, the reef at Kapoho.Image from Ikaika Marzo/Big Island Video NewsLAVA POURS INTO KAPOHO BAY AS IT DESTROYS MORE FARMS, HOMES AND BEACH HOUSES. At 6 p.m.,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Tuesday, June 5, 2018
As of the morning of June 5, the fissure 8 lava flow front had completely filled Kapoho Bay. USGS photoALMOST ALL HOMES IN KAPOHO BEACH LOTS AND VACATIONLAND ARE GONE, as many as 500 houses claimed by...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Halemaʻumaʻu vent widens, with her sides falling in, unsupported by the lava lake that has subsided, possibly leading to a quieter time at the summit, with intermittent release of ash and rock. At left...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Thursday, June 7, 2018
Lava river to Kapoho from Fissure 8 in Leilani, the image taken in an overflight this morning. USGS photoAS THE TOLL GROWS TO 600 HOMES DESTROYED, THE GOVERNOR BROUGHT A $12 MILLION pledge to Hawaiʻi...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Friday, June 8, 2018
Pride of America returns to Hilo and Kona ports beginning next week, after staying away from the volcanicair and the closure of most of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. Photo by Peter Hamling/Ship...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Saturday, June 9, 2018
Longline fishing south of Hawaiʻi Island has resulted in injuries to whales which could lead to closure ofone of the longline tuna fishing areas, according to Environment Hawaiʻi. Read the entire...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Sunday, June 10, 2018
ʻAlalā released into the wild may be endangered by the ongoing Kīlauea eruption. See story, below.Photo from facebook.com/alalaprojectSULFUR DIOXIDE EMISSIONS FROM KĪLAUEA SUMMIT have dropped to levels...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Monday, June 11, 2018
Today's state holiday honors King Kamehameha, who united the Hawaiian Islands. THIS KAMEHAMEHA DAY, a state public holiday, June 11, celebrates the life of the king who unified all of the Hawaiian...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Winner of the Papahānaumokuākea Umu Kai Award is Bruce Blankenfeld, with a life of Polynesian navigation, captaining the worldwide voyage of Hōkūleʻa, and serving as a stevedore in Hawaiʻi. See story...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Wednesday, June 13, 2018
Fast flowing lava river from Fissure 8 continues to feed the ocean entry at Kapoho. USGS photo THE NEW LAVA COAST EXENDS 1.3 MILES ALONG THE SHORE in the Kapoho area, according to the latest estimates...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Thursday, June 14, 2018
S02, other gasses, and particles are blown from Fissure 8 in lower Puna down the coast, and can contribute to vog in Kaʻū. This morning, June 14, a USGS overflight shows Fissure 8 viewed from the north...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Friday, June 15, 2018
Chan Bird, Isaiah Ortiz, Michael Wichtermar, and John Lambie are in the Hawaiʻi Ekbalo School of Prayer; Samuel Ajayi is from Ocean View; Simaile Paea, Pastor Kevin Brown, McKenzie Curtis, and Gabriel...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Saturday, June 16, 2018
On the National Register of Historic Sites, Kīlauea Lodge has a new owner, Highway West Vacations,of Irvine, California, which also owns inns, lodges, and RV resorts in Oregon, Washington,...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Sunday, June 17, 2018
Albatross nesting on Midway. See, below, story on the documentary by Chris Jordan, Albatross, depicting the effect man-made items such as plastics are having on the endangered seabirds. Photos from...
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Kaʻū News Briefs Monday, June 18, 2018
Submarine USS Greeneville dry docked at Pearl Harbor. Sen. Mazie Hirono voted to add $45 million for Joint Base Pearl Harbor Hickam's Drydock Waterfront Facility, which passed as part of the National...
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