Video at: KItv.com A 2,000 foot floating device launched in September to scoop-up plastic in the ocean, is in Hilo Harbor for repairs. The ambitious project to clean up some of the 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic in the "Great Garbage Patch" fell short after the U-shaped barrier broke just before the new year. "About 40 feet of the 2,000 feet was observed to be drifting away," said Joost Dubois, spokesperson with the Ocean Cleanup.The system, […]
Via HPD Media Release: Three North Kohala residents were arrested and charged with a variety of narcotics and weapons offenses. On Wednesday (January 23) officers from the Area II Vice section, Area II Special Enforcement Unit and North Kohala Patrol and Community Policing sections served a search warrant at a residence in the 53-4000 block of Akoni Pule Highway. During the search, officers recovered 2.9 grams of suspected methamphetamine, 17.4 […]
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Scientists have long documented the drastic decline of Hawaii’s only two endemic seabirds, the Newell’s shearwater and Hawaiian petrel. From 1993 to 2013, the shearwater population plummeted 94 percent and the petrel population fell 78 percent. Now critically endangered, they are almost exclusively found on Kauai. The two species hadn’t been found on Oahu since the late 1700s, just before Europeans arrived. But that may be changing. This automated acoustic […]
Premiering January 23rd on PBS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUJKosYzcPQ Preview: Season 46 Episode 3 | 25s In May 2018, Kīlauea volcano erupted, obliterating neighborhoods with devastating force and uprooting thousands of local residents. It is Hawaiʻi’s most destructive volcanic eruption in generations. How can one of the most beautiful places on Earth suddenly transform into a roaring inferno, sputtering molten lava and bombs of volcanic rock the size of refrigerators? Airing: 01/23/19 Rating: […]
Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will remain as accessible as possible while still following all applicable laws and procedures. Some park roads, trails, and viewpoints in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will remain accessible to visitors, but emergency and rescue services will be limited.
“The strong winds and dry weather over the past week has led to a rapid escalation of fire danger on Mauna Loa, and fire danger indexes have reached critical thresholds at the Mauna Loa weather station,” said Fire Management Officer Greg Funderburk.
