This is a Civil Defense hurricane update for Friday, August 24 at 6:00 in the morning. The Tropical Storm Warning issued by the Central Pacific Hurricane Center continues for Hawaii County. The windward side of Hawaii Island is currently under a flash flood warning and experiencing conditions of heavy rains and flooding. The Central Pacific Hurricane Center reports as of 5:00 am that Hurricane Lane is a category 2 hurricane […]
In Hawai’i, we love to celebrate the 4th of July with family, friends, food, and fireworks. But all too often the festivities turn tragic on our roads. This iconic American holiday is also one of the deadliest holidays of the year due to drunk-driving crashes. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration over the 2016 Fourth of July holiday, (6:00 p.m., (July 2), to 5:59 a.m., July 6): • […]
I'mAlbizia tree causes power outage for customers About 11,700 customers impacted HILO, June 21, 2018 – Hawai‘i Electric Light reports that about 11,700 customers in the Puna and Hilo areas experienced a power interruption today. Power was interrupted at 9:59 a.m. Thursday morning when a large albizia tree fell on to transmission lines and broke utility equipment on Ainaloa Boulevard. A private tree-trimmer was in the process of removing the […]
Hawaii County Mayor Harry Kim has been released from Hilo Medical Center and is back on the job this morning, according to the mayor’s spokeswoman. Janet Snyder told media the 78-year-old mayor arrived at 7:12 a.m. at the morning briefing at Hawaii County Civil Defense Headquarters in Hilo. She described the mayor, who had been hospitalized since Saturday after suffering his sixth heart attack, as upbeat. “Not only was he […]
Mayor Harry Kim was resting and recuperating at Hilo Medical Center after being taken to the emergency room early Saturday morning with a mild heart attack, the county announced in a press release this morning.
KNKR, Kohala Radio, is please to announce a new Air Quality Weather Station monitor in Downtown Hawi, hosted by Kohala Radio. It is available at http://knkr.org/kohala-weather-sources/ Then, click on CLICK HERE TO GET REAL TIME HAWI AIR QUALITY. Also, on that page, local real time Kohala weather stations, radar, weather watches, and much more. The direct link for Hawi air quality is: CLICK HERE TO GET REAL TIME HAWI AIR QUALITY
Mahalo to all the volunteers that participated. It was a very successful fundraiser. THANKS to all of you. And the winner of the KNKR Body Glove Cruise Contest for KNKR Volunteers is:
helco says power out in Kohala and waimea.. crews sent out. no time table for repair at this time
