This is a Civil Defense message. This is a High Surf Warning update for Wednesday, February 1st at 7:30 AM. The National Weather Service has extended the current High Surf Warning for the shores of North Kona, Kohala, Hamakua and Puna through tomorrow morning. Surf as high as 25 feet for north shores and 15 feet for east and west facing shores is forecasted. A High Surf Warning means there […]
Just a heads up.... Spencer Park at ‘Ōhai‘ula Beach Located in South Kohala, Spencer Park at ‘Ōhai‘ula Beach will be closed all day on the following dates: January 11–12 February 8–9 March 8–9
His legend is other-worldly and now, in his 95th year, that’s where John Glenn has gone. Former Senator and astronaut. A true pioneer! An authentic hero and genuine American icon, Glenn died this afternoon surrounded by family at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus after a remarkably healthy life spent almost from the cradle with Annie, his beloved wife of 73 years, who survives
A man and a woman died in a traffic crash Friday morning (November 4) in North Kohala near the 15-mile marker of Kohala Mountain Road (Route 250). They have been identified as 77-year-old Albert Kita and 83-year-old Dorothy Kita, both of Hāwī. Responding to an 8:13 a.m. call, police determined that the operator of a 2007 Honda sports-utility vehicle had been traveling north on Kohala Mountain Road, when it failed […]
Hawai‘i Electric Light Company announces a scheduled power outage that will affect customers in North Kohala. The outage will be from 10 p.m. today to 5 a.m. tomorrow. This temporary outage is necessary to allow Hawai‘i Electric Light personnel to safely perform maintenance and upgrade equipment to improve system reliability. The affected communities are Hawi, Kapa‘au and Halaula, as well as customers along Kohala Mountain Road between mile marker 6 and […]
A humpback whale was spotted off Maui yesterday, the first official reported sighting of the season. It was a single adult off Lahaina, the Pacific Whale Foundation said.
Scheduled Outage in North Kohala on Nov. 3-4 HILO, Oct. 19, 2016 – Hawai‘i Electric Light Company announces a scheduled power outage that will affect customers in North Kohala. The outage will be from 10 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 3, to 5 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. This temporary outage is necessary to allow Hawai‘i Electric Light personnel to safely perform maintenance and upgrade equipment to improve system reliability. […]
Hawaiʻi Island police are are advising the public to be aware of large numbers of runners on major highways between Hilo and South Kohala on Friday and Saturday (October 14 and October 15). The runners are participating in the Ragnar relay race, which began on today and is scheduled to run until Saturday or until the relay runners complete a 200-mile course. The course began at Bayfront Highway and ends at […]
