Kohala Mountain RoadLane Closure Monday, October 8 thru Friday, October 128:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Lane closure on Kohala Mountain Road (Route 250) alternating lanes, both directions between mile markers 7.2 and 9.2 on Monday, October 8 through Friday, October 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Use alternate routes if possible. If you must use these routes, please be patient and drive carefully when road crews are working. Thank you […]
The Hawaiʻi Police Department invites you to join them for COFFEE WITH A COP on October 3 “Coffee with a Cop,” encourages the community to ‘sit down and talk story’ with their police officers over a cup of coffee, to foster better relationships and for the community to get to know the officers. Topics of conversation range from personal stories to issues in neighborhoods. There is no agenda, and the […]
A 3.7 magnitude earthquake rumbled through Hawi this morning at 12:05am. According to the USGS, the quake originated 11km SSE of Kapaau at a depth of 11.4 miles.
And There's No End In Sight from: NEWSWEEK MAGAZINE Mythology holds that the goddess Pele, in a fit of jealous rage, transformed the man she loved into a gnarly evergreen called the ohia. That’s the tragic tale behind the beautiful tree that, in its many forms, makes up most of Hawaii’s forest canopy. (It also grows as a shrub or an epiphyte—a tree that grows on other trees.) It would […]
INTO NATURAL AREA RESERVE ON HAWAI‘I ISLAND (Hilo, HI) – Tomorrow will mark a year since the successful reintroduction of critically endangered Hawaiian crows into the forests of Hawai’i. Yesterday researchers with The ʻAlalā Project released five more ‘Alalā into the Pu‘u Maka‘ala Natural Area Reserve. These birds will join eleven ‘Alalā already thriving in native forests on the windward slopes of Mauna Loa. The two females and three males, […]
Via: Hawaii 24/7 Hawaii National Park, HI – Smiling rangers, beautiful weather, and drinking water welcomed visitors back into Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park today, which closed May 11 after unprecedented volcanic activity threatened public safety and damaged park roads, waterlines, buildings and trails. Park rangers turned off the Park Closed sign on Highway 11 and replaced it with a new message: Welcome Back/Park Open. Rangers were able to open the […]
Via: HawaiiNewsNow Hearings being held this week will give the public a chance to weigh in on proposed administrative rules for public and commercial activities on Mauna Kea. Four hearings are scheduled this week, the first being held Monday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Sullivan Conference Center located at the UH Cancer Center, 701 Ilalo Street, Honolulu. The three other hearings on Hawaii Island and Maui will take place according to […]
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County of Hawai‘i DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT www.hawaiicounty.gov/ September 20, 2018 The North Kohala Transfer Station in Hawi, also known as Kaʻauhuhu, will be closed for one day on Thursday, September 20, 2018, for repairs to be made to the road. The Department of Environmental Management thanks you for your patience and understanding at this time. For further information, please call Mike Kaha, Deputy Solid Waste Division Chief, at 961-8083. […]
