HI Life

DLNR Announces Lanai Mouflon Season

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES2019 LANAI MOUFLON SHEEP HUNTING SEASON The State of Hawaii, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife announce that applications for the 2019 Lanai Mouflon Sheep Hunting Season, together with instruction sheets, will be available at all Division of Forestry and Wildlife Offices Statewide beginning Monday, March 18, 2019. Applicants may also apply online at https://hunthawaii.ehawaii.gov. The DEADLINE for submitting applications […]

March 11, 2019

HI Life

Southwest Announces Service to KOA

KAILUA-KONA — Southwest Airlines’ first flight to the Big Island is set to touch down May 12 at Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole. The airline announced Monday its plans to begin service to the Aloha State on March 17, with an inaugural flight from Oakland International Airport in California (OAK) to Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu (HNL). Thereafter, the air carrier will begin offering service from […]

March 4, 2019

HI Life

Loss Of Slaughterhouse Cripples Specialty Meat Industry

Some are even calling the recent development a “crisis” that’s threatening the island’s food security.

February 13, 2019

HI Life

Partial Road Closure: Kalōpā

The partial lane closure of Hawai‘i Belt Road in Kalōpā between mile marker 38 and 39 will continue through Wednesday, Feb. 13. One lane will be closed to traffic to allow crews to replace 16 damaged transmission poles and lines that were downed by gusty winds and fallen trees on Sunday. Motorists are advised to drive with caution in the construction area and expect delays of up to 45 minutes. […]

February 12, 2019

Government

No Aloha For Puna Spaceport

A public meeting Wednesday is the next chance for residents to hear about the idea of launching about 24 rockets a year.A public meeting Wednesday is the next chance for residents to hear about the idea of launching about 24 rockets a year.

February 5, 2019

Government

Police Prepare for TMT Protests

Via West Hawaii News — While law enforcers are preparing a response to anticipated protests of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Maunakea, Mayor Harry Kim is talking to stakeholders, has assembled a committee of Hawaiian cultural leaders and released his vision statement for the mountain’s future. Protesters in 2015 “I don’t think there’s anything more important than us resolving this in a good way … meaning that it benefits the […]

February 5, 2019

Events

Open House on Spaceport in East Hawai‘i

Via: BINRepresentatives of a proposed small satellite launch facility in Kea‘au will hold a public open house meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Grand Naniloa Resort in Hilo. The meeting will introduce and inform the public on the Pacific Spaceport Complex Hawai‘i (PSCH), a commercial venture proposed by Alaska Aerospace Corporation. The facility would be constructed on roughly 12 acres of W.H. Shipman land […]

February 2, 2019

Government

HI National Parks Reopen After Shutdown

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park reported that “park staff will resume regular operations in the coming days. Chain of Craters Road will remain closed until staff can return to work and check for road hazards and impacts to critical resources such as nēnē, the endangered Hawaiian goose.”

January 27, 2019

HI Life

Kīlauea: Hawaiʻi on Fire

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: […]

January 19, 2019

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