Hilo: Large Logs To Be Removed
Lihiwai Street, next to Queen Lili‘uokalani Gardens in Hilo, will be closed from May 20th to May 24th for the debris removal.
Helco: Aerial Line Inspection
To improve system reliability, Hawai‘i Electric Light will conduct quarterly aerial inspections of its major overhead transmission lines from Monday, May 20, to Friday, May 24, 2019. The islandwide inspections are scheduled from 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. However, exact times and routes will depend on weather conditions. Inspections will be conducted in a Manuiwa Airways helicopter and require the aircraft to fly low and slow which may cause some […]
High Surf Advisory
A message from COUNTY OF HAWAII This is a Civil Defense High Surf Advisory message for Sunday, May 12 at 7:00 in the morning. The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for South facing shores of Hawaii Island from Keahole Point in North Kona through South Point in Kau to Cape Kumukahi in Puna. A High Surf Advisory means surf will be higher than normal, shore break, […]
Sunrise Procession Marks 200th Anniversary Of King Kamehameha’s Death
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaiʻi - A procession of chanters and Royal Societies made their way to Ahuʻena Heiau at Kamakahonu Bay to honor the memory of the founder and first ruler of the Hawaiian Kingdom.
Hawaii: Living on the Edge in Paradise?
During the summer of 2018, hundreds of earthquakes shook the summit of Kīlauea, leading to the active volcano’s largest eruption in 200 years. Lava totaling 1 billion cubic yards—enough to fill at least 320,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools—inundated 13.7 square miles of the island, destroying 716 dwellings and covering 30 miles of road. For some residents it was catastrophic. Hawaiians see it as the goddess Pele’s way of creating new 'āina […]
ʻALALĀ Nesting
Two ‘Alalā in the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve have reached a new milestone, one not seen in the forests of Hawaiʻi for almost 20 years. They have built a nest.
Kohala Shoreline Redo: Six-Lot Subdivision Planned
A draft environmental assessment has been published for a planned subdivision along the North Kohala coast.