This is a Civil Defense High Wind and Flash Flood Watch Message for Monday, October 23 at Noon. The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for Hawaii Island. A flash flood watch means conditions may develop that lead to dangerous flash flooding. Heavy showers are expected to develop this afternoon/evening through tomorrow. Police report all roads are open at this time, but advise that driving conditions deteriorate during heavy […]
FROM HELCO: Today’s outage was caused by a pine tree that fell on power lines near Kohala Mountain Road above Maliu Ridge. About 2,000 customers were affected. Crews responded immediately and service was restored by 2:30 p.m.
KNKR's DJP was live, Saturday from 9-10:15am, from Hawi, giving details and interviewing volunteers and spectators from the Ironman Turnaround in Hawi. Race organizers were interviewed as well as volunteers and some of the students volunteering from Kohala Elementary School, 2nd and 4th graders. Great job DJP! And our own Uncle David was there and interviewed and quoted in the newspaper today: By Cameron Miculka West Hawaii Today HAWI — […]
Event: Flood Advisory Alert: The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a * Flood advisory for... The island of Hawaii in Hawaii County * Until 945 AM HST * At 642 AM HST, radar indicated heavy rain over the north Kohala mountains. Rain was falling at a rate of 1 to 2 inches per hour. Minor flooding of low lying and poor drainage areas can be expected. * Locations […]
Road closure: Alii Drive by Likana Lane to King Kamehameha Hotel, Kailua, Kona, from 8:00am today until Sunday 10-15-17 at 2:00 pm. Closure due to activities related to the Ironman Triathlon.
Big Island real estate sales this year have outstripped last year’s sales figures as the final quarter of 2017 begins. According to Multiple Listing Service, or MLS, sales statistics, 4,114 property sales have been made on the Big Island in 2017 to date, a 6.5 percent increase from last year’s numbers. Of these sales, 1,865 of them were residential sales, 633 of which were made in the third quarter of the […]
IRONMAN 2017 happens this Saturday, October 14. Many roads on the West Side of the Island are closed for much of the day, so be prepared. A map follows this article below. Most of Kohala will be impacted as the Highway will be closed from 8am to 3pm. Use the Upper Road to go to Waimea, Kona, etc., and be prepared for the extra traffic and delays. KNKR Radio will […]
A huge mahalo to The MusicMan for hosting and staying on the air last night through the power outage, providing what Helco updates we were able to get, to our community and KNKR listeners. Mahalo to the listeners that called into the station to give personal updates. Mahalo to all the hard work and dedication it took for the past 2+ years to get all our solar panels in order, […]
North Kohala experiences power outage HILO, Oct. 6, 2017 – Hawai‘i Electric Light reports that about 2,000 customers in North Kohala experienced a power outage last night. The outage occurred at 7:44 p.m. and service was restored at 9:58 p.m. The area was experiencing strong winds at the time the outage occurred. Hawai‘i Electric Light thanks the North Kohala community for its patience and understanding while crews worked to safely […]
