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KNKR’s Newest Addition: Gold Star Listening Library

Introducing the Gold Star Listening Library... Thursday evenings 6-7 right here on Kohala's community station 96.1 FM, streaming at KNKR.org, your favorite stories presented by local and national Gold Star Readers of all ages. Join us again this week when we'll visit a town where food falls from the sky, meet a naughty duck named Ping and hear the thrilling conclusion of Rudyard Kipling's classic story about a brave little mongoose, Rikki Tikki […]

July 27, 2016

Home

Soundtrack for a Thursday Morning

Tune in KNKR Thursday morning from 7 to 11am (HST) for The Cosmic Cowgirl show, we’ll have a full musical buffet, sugar on top. Not to mention love and monkeys ( oh, the monkeys! ) Serving up a heapin’ helpin’ of hits from Johnny Cash to The Flaming Lips and all points in between on the Big Island’s original home of Americana with a 50th state of mind... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhxVx8fskMo

July 27, 2016

Weather

5AM Darby Update

MAHALO MAHALO MAUNA KEA...She does her magic again and keeps Darby mostly away from The Big Island and prevents major damage. Read the highlighted text below relating to the National Weather Service's short description of Darby's deterioration. DARBY MOVING NORTHWESTWARD TOWARD OAHU AND KAUAI... SUMMARY OF 500 AM HST...1500 UTC...INFORMATION ---------------------------------------------- LOCATION...19.8N 157.3W ABOUT 110 MI...180 KM SSE OF HONOLULU HAWAII ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM SE OF LIHUE HAWAII MAXIMUM SUSTAINED […]

July 24, 2016

Weather

11PM Civil Defense Update

This is a Civil Defense message. This is a Tropical Storm Darby update as of Saturday July 23rd at 11 PM. A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect for Hawai’i County. A flash flood warning is in effect for Hawai’i County until 12:30 AM Sunday, and a High Surf Warning is in effect for east facing shores of Hawai’i County until 6 PM Sunday. A Brown Water Advisory has also been issued […]

July 24, 2016

Weather

5am Darby Path

July 23, 2016

News

11PM CIVIL DEFENSE MESSAGE

This is a Civil Defense Message. This is a Tropical Storm Darby update for Friday July 22nd at 11:00 PM. The National Weather Service has issued a Tropical Storm Warning for Hawaii County. A high surf warning for east facing shores is also in effect. As of 11 PM tonight, Tropical Storm Darby is located about 150 miles east-southeast of Hilo moving to the west at 10 miles per hour. […]

July 23, 2016

Local News

County Closures

HAWAII COUNTY CLOSURES County lava viewing and swimming pools are closed effective noon today. All camping and pavilion reservations at County and State parks have been cancelled today through Sunday. All backcountry areas and certain roads in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park, are closed effective 5 p.m. today. Saturday, all State and County park facilities are closed until further notice.

July 22, 2016