February 25, 2016 Mauna Loa: Earth's largest active volcano is still stirring One of the new tools deployed by the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory to better monitor the current unrest on Mauna Loa is a webcam focused on the volcano's Southwest Rift Zone, which has been the site of eruptions in 1903, 1916, 1919, 1926, and 1950. Webcam images of Mauna Loa's summit, Northeast Rift, and Southwest Rift (like the […]
KNKR 2016 SPRING KOHALA LIVE SPORTS BROADCASTS (PLAYOFFS TBD) DATE DAY TIME OPPONENT SPORT March 1 Tuesday 3pm Kealakehe BB March 2 Wednesday 3pm Kealakehe SB March 5 Saturday 10am Pala Pala (Kona) Seniors SB March 7 Monday 3pm Honokaa BB March 8 Tuesday 3pm Honokaa SB March 10 Thursday 3pm HPA SB March 12 Saturday 10AM Hk (Paauilo) Seniors SB March 19 Saturday 11am Pahoa SB March 19 Saturday […]
Hawaii County Civil Defense reported about 9:45 a.m. Wednesday that Laaloa and Kahaluu beach parks in North Kona and the wharf side of Mahukona Beach Park will remain closed through Thursday. A high surf warning remains posted for north-facing shores and a high surf advisory remains posted for west-facing shores through 6 a.m. Friday.
Dengue update: HDOH continues to investigate an outbreak of locally-acquired cases of dengue fever on the Big Island of Hawaii. As of Tuesday, February 23, 2016, there have been zero (0) confirmed cases added since the last update on Monday (2/22/16). The total number of confirmed cases remains at 259. Also, there were no new confirmed cases on Monday. Currently, there is one (1) confirmed case that is potentially infectious […]
Hawai‘i Island customers asked to conserve power HILO, Feb. 20, 2016 (5:30 p.m.) – Hawai‘i Electric Light is asking Hawai‘i Island customers to conserve electricity use this evening (especially between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.) due to the unavailability of three major generators: Hawai‘i Electric Light’s CT4 and CT5 at its Keahole power plant, and Hamakua Energy Partners’ steam turbine unit. In addition, wind resources are presently at zero. […]
4th Graders from Kohala Elementary School, Adela, James, & Hezekiah record a KNKR, 96.1FM station PSA Watch the short video
Planned Service Outages and Upgrades Planned maintenances are subject to change and may not include any emergency maintenances that are required. Tuesday, 23 February 2016 | 01:30 AM – 05:30 AM On Maui, in Kihei, Wailuku and surrounding areas, all services may be intermittent or briefly unavailable due to network maintenance. Tuesday, 23 February 2016 | 01:30 AM – 05:30 AM On Hawaii Island, in Kailua-Kona, Holualoa, Captain Cook, Kealakekua, […]
A somewhat humorous inside look at having a good time making a funny sports promo for Kohala High School Baseball & Softball Broadcasts, to be aired on KNKR, 96.1FM. The session took 90 minutes to finalize the 78 second promo; a good time had by all. Mahalo to Sammie & Donovan Aiona, along with Len Winkler. See the highlight video at: HIGHLIGHT VIDEO
