By Cameron Miculka West Hawaii Today cmiculka@westhawaiitoday.com KAILUA-KONA — After the federal government announced plans to end a subsidy for air service at the Waimea-Kohala Airport, the president of Mokulele Airlines said Wednesday he wants the airline to continue to be able to fly in and out of North Hawaii. “We’re still hopeful that we’re going to be in Waimea,” said Rob McKinney. “That’s our intention and that’s our goal, that […]
By Cameron Miculka West Hawaii Today cmiculka@westhawaiitoday.com KAILUA-KONA — The U.S. Department of Transportation in January will end a subsidy for air service at the Waimea-Kohala Airport following unsuccessful efforts to negotiate sharing the subsidy’s cost. The order, issued on Tuesday, ends a subsidy to Mokulele Airlines for air service to the airport, effective Jan. 16. The order doesn’t restrict that airline or any other carrier from offering unsubsidized service after […]
Kohala HS Takes Robotics Competition Sportsmanship Award By Big Island Now November 8, 2017, 8:52 AM HST (Updated November 8, 2017, 8:53 AM) · 0 Comments http://bigislandnow.com/2017/11/08/kohala-hs-takes-robotics-competition-sportsmanship-award/ Na Paniolo robotics team from Kohala High School in Kapaʻau. PC: Art Kimura. Na Paniolo, a robotics team from Kohala High School in Kapaʻau on the Big Island, took home the VEX VRC Sportsmanship Award at the 2017 Pan Pacific VEX Robotics Championships […]
KNKR will have 2 Helco representatives on air this morning at 9am. The 30 minute interview will include a history of Kohala relating to electricity, what the future is for Kohala to prevent outages, alternative energy production to produce electricity and much more. Don't miss this important interview at 9am Hawaii Time this morning live on KNKR, 96.1FM and streamed live at knkr.org
Flood Advisory Alert: The National Weather Service in Honolulu has extended the * Flood advisory for... The island of Hawaii in Hawaii County * Until 1030 AM HST * At 716 AM HST, radar indicated heavy rain continuing over portions of the Big Island. The heaviest rainfall was occurring over the Kona and Kohala slopes from Kealakekua to Hawi, and over the eastern slopes from Pahala to Honomu. Maximum rain […]
he National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a * Flood advisory for... The island of Hawaii in Hawaii County * Until 730 AM HST * At 425 AM HST, radar indicated heavy rain falling between Naalehu and Hilo, with rainfall rates up to one and one half inch per hour. Conditions remain favorable for heavy rains to develop across the rest of Big Island in the next couple of […]
