Want to have your own radio show? KNKR, 96.1FM, Kohala Radio is currently looking for new DJs and Show Hosts to be live on the North Kohala Community Radio Station. No experience necessary; simply a desire to play music you love or host a talk show on a myriad of topics. Many time slots are available. Kohala Radio has in depth training to teach you how to do the engineering […]
Monty Richards, a fifth-generation kamaaina and guiding force of Kahua Ranch who was known for his leadership in the community, died Monday in San Francisco. He was 88. Herbert “Monty” Montague Richards Jr. succumbed to complications from a stroke, his wife, Eleanore “Elly” Atherton Chong said Thursday. The pair, who had resided in Honolulu and at the ranch, had been on the mainland visiting family when Monty suffered the stroke […]
PERIODS OF VOLCANIC EMISSIONS ARE LIKELY FROM KILAUEA VOLCANO AND A VENT ALONG THE EAST RIFT ZONE... Over the past 24 hours web cams and local reports indicate volcanic emissions continue to erupt from Halemaumau Crater, an active fissure in Leilani Estates, and from lava flowing into the ocean near Kapoho. Low level winds will remain light overnight then becoming easterly to southeasterly by Friday morning, pushing ash and particulates […]
UPDATE: 10 a.m. In just three days, lava has destroyed close to 500 homes at Vacationland and Kapoho Beach Lots in Pahoa. “It hurts like hell,” said Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim at a briefing with emergency responders at the Hawaii County Civil Defense building early today. “What we lost is the most beautiful place on earth.” Lava has overrun all of Vacationland where there were approximately 150 to 160 […]
Tonight 7 pm with kumu Lorna Lim and Na'auao Vivas final part of the 3 part series. Can Kohala become inundated with Lava? Tune in to hear what the chants and legends say. Forewarn is to be forearmed, is that how it goes? Listen live on KNKR, 96.1FM in Kohala, and live streamed at knkr.org and on the Tune In App.
Landslides and a downed tree that closed Highway 270, also known as Akoni Pule Highway, in three different places east of Kapaau last month marked one more example of why the area needs another option when it comes to getting residents out — and first responders in — should an emergency occur, area residents say. It’s with emergency needs like that in mind that community residents are taking up the […]
Janet Snyder, spokeswoman for Mayor Harry Kim said that lava from Kilauea volcano had completely covered the subdivision in Kapoho and at last report, just a small portion of Kapoho Beach Lots remained. Lava continues to pour into the ocean, enlarging the delta at the former Kapoho Bay site.
