Road & Trail Reopened
The National Park Service will fully reopen Mauna Loa Road to vehicles on Mon., Oct. 8, along with Mauna Loa Trail, the 13,677-foot summit and both high-altitude cabins.
HI Surf Through Wednesday
The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for east facing shores of Hawaiʻi Island, which is in effect until 6 a.m. HST Wednesday. “Surf will steadily rise along east facing shores of the Big Island into Tuesday as a long-period easterly swell from Hurricane Sergio located in the eastern Pacific fills in,” the NWS forecasters stated on Monday morning. “The surf will likely hold through Wednesday, then […]
On The Menu: Ulu Beef Stew
This October, participating public schools statewide will be serving ‘Ulu Beef Stew. The new lunch entrée features locally grown breadfruit, thanks to an ongoing partnership with Hawai‘i ‘Ulu Producers Cooperative (HUPC). Members of the Hawaii Cattlemen’s Council and the Hawaii Beef Industry Council will be providing the locally raised meat in the student lunches on Hawaii Island, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai. HUPC is a farmer-owned and -operated business that was […]
New Sand Should Stay
Hawai‘i County Mayor Harry Kim on Post-Eruption Pohoiki The letter from Mayor Kim, written in response to concerns of Pāhoa Residents Josh and Laila Rena, stated the following: Dear Josh and Laila Rena, Thank you very much for your letters of Sept. 24, 2018, regarding future planning for Pohoiki in the recovery from the Lower East Rift Zone eruption. I share your love of the beauty of Pohoiki, and I […]
Drive Thru Voter Registration
The Office of Elections and County Clerks will conduct drive-through voter registration at various locations statewide. Visit any of these Big Island locations where election officials will be on hand to assist voters in registering from the convenience of their vehicle. Voters who have moved or changed their name since the last election will need to update their registration. Voters may also drop off completed applications to these locations. Hawai‘i […]
Rescued Monk Seals Recover At Big Island Animal Hospital
KAILUA-KONA, Hawaii (AP) — Two Hawaiian monk seal pups found malnourished on Laysan Island are recovering at an animal hospital on the Big Island. A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team surveying the endangered monk seal populations last month in the northwestern Hawaiian Islands found the male and female pups were undersized and underweight. The recently weaned pups named Akulikuli and Maiapilo were expected in mid-September at Ke Kai Ola, […]
Talk Story With Local Police
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 […]
3.7 Quake, North Kohala
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.
Hawaii’s ‘Rapid Ohia Death’ Disease Is Killing the Forest Canopy
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 […]