Kaʻū News Briefs Monday, July 9, 2018
West Kaʻū to Kona state Senate candidates Dru Kanuha and Brenda Ford. See story below and the forum at naleo.tv/vod/KAʻŪ LEARNING ACADEMY IS NO MORE, UNLESS THERE IS A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL, according to a...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Gov. David Ige signed eight bills into law yesterday to tackle opioids, guns, ammunition, and marine events. See story below. Image from the governor's Flickr WHETHER TO APPEAL THE REVOCATION OF KAʻŪ...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Wednesday, July 11, 2018
This year, the bulls won, as no rider could keep their seat at the 41st Annual Buckle July 4 Rodeo.See story below. Photo by Richard TaylorSEN. MAZIE HIRONO IS ON THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Thursday, July 12, 2018
Ahalanui Beach Park, inundated with lava yesterday, is marked by the robust ocean entry plume just north of it. The beloved warm ponds were subsumed by lava shortly after Kua O Ka Lā Public Charter...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Friday, July 13, 2018
Marine debris collected from Kaʻū shorelines by Hawai‘i Wildlife Fund volunteers make up the bulk of the plastics exterior of Skyscraper, the Bruges Whale, an art installation made by Studio CA. See...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Saturday, July 14, 2018
The volcanic cone at Fissure 8 sends lava 8.7 miles to the ocean, where the plume is seen before the horizon. Photo from USGSWEIGHING IN ON THE U.S. SUPREME COURT JUSTICE NOMINEE is the call from Sen....
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Sunday, July 15, 2018
Many thousands of orchids were on display at this weekend's Hilo Orchid Show, which raised money forlava victims, many of them cut flower and orchid growers. Photo by David Corrigan/Big Island Video...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Monday, July 16, 2018
A lava explosion sent a lava bomb onto a tour boat this morning, injuring people, at the ocean entry near Pohoiki. Ikaika Marzo posted this video by Ikaika Kalama of another explosion that followed....
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Tuesday, July 17, 2018
Listen to the sounds ofrockfalls at Kīlauea Volcano's summit in this short video taken from thenortheast rim of the caldera on July 12, a collapse/explosion eventat the summit released energy...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Small boats, surfing, swimming, and family time at Pohoiki, before it was made off limits. The boat ramp, community parks and homes are threatened by lava moving along the lower Puna coast. Photo by...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Thursday, July 19, 2018
Kaʻū residents listened to public officials calling for preparedness in case of larger volcanic events, and discussingthe possibility of Hwy 11 being cut off near Volcano. Photo by Julia NealVOLCANIC...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Friday, July 20, 2018
Southern flow front, 0.25 miles from Pohoiki Boat Ramp. See story, below. USGS photoOFFICER BRONSON KALILOA’S ALLEGED MURDERER WAS SHOT TO DEATH BY THE HAWAIʻI POLICE DEPARTMENT TODAY. The shoot-out...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Saturday, July 21, 2018
Littoral, or hydrovolcanic, explosions happen when lava meets water under certain conditions, such as those that sentlava bombs into a tour boat last week. This explosion happened in 2008, near...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Sunday, July 22, 2018
David Ige at the Historic Hilo Bandstand in 2014, on the event of his election to the Hawai`i Governor's post.Candidates vying to represent Kaʻū in the state Senate, House, and County Council, as well...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Monday, July 23, 2018
From mauka and makai, lava inches toward Pohoiki at sunrise, Sunday. Volcanic plumes from lower Punablew into Volcano Village, making air quality very unhealthy for part of today. See stories below....
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Tuesday, July 24, 2018
See video of this morning's collapse event at Kīlauea's summit, showing crater walls falling with the pressure wave from the explosion passing through steam rising from the crater. USGS videoCARRYING...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Wednesday, July 25, 2018
The view from the top of Ladders at South Point. Photo from Dept. of Hawaiian HomelandsAFTER CLIFF JUMPING FROM THE TOP OF THE LADDER AT SOUTH POINT, A WOMAN IS UNABLE TO FEEL HER LEGS. Captain J....
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Thursday, July 26, 2018
Earthquakes shaking the ground at Kīlauea's summit Thursday, July 25, stirring up rock dust within Halema`uma`u and along the caldera walls. This view from the northeast caldera rim looks across at...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Friday, July 27, 2018
Damage from lava flowing from Fissure 8 and frequent earthquakes at the summit of Kīlauea Volcano -- destroying transportation infrastructure, homes, farms and parks -- will be quantified for federal...
View ArticleKaʻū News Briefs Saturday, July 28, 2018
Glow from lava exiting Fissure 8 and traveling to the ocean casts an orange glow across the sky. The moon shines throughgases and laze, to the right. Read about what scientists have discovered about...
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