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KEAUHOU MAUKA — Tails were wagging Saturday for the opening of Hawaii Island Humane Society’s Central Bark Dog Parks.
Several dozen dogs and their people came out for the celebration of the first phase of the humane society’s Animal Community Center on 12 acres off Mamalahoa Highway, north of Haawina Street off Kuakini Highway. From […]
• Waikoloa Plaza’s development team, business owners and county officials take part in the shopping center’s blessing ceremony and ground breaking Friday morning. (Photos by LANDRY FULLER/SPECIAL TO WEST HAWAII TODAY)
WAIKOLOA VILLAGE — At a blessing ceremony and groundbreaking event Friday morning, Meridian Pacific, Ltd.’s owner and president Gary Pinkston said Waikoloa […]
Kamehameha Schools and Kennedy Wilson, a global real estate investment company, have reached a final agreement on a ground lease of the Kona Village Resort property on Hawai‘i island.
While complete terms of the transaction remain undisclosed, the agreement allows Kennedy Wilson to immediately begin restoring and enhancing the […]
An artist’s rendering of the Thirty Meter Telescope complex. A judge recommended on Wednesday that the board issue a new permit.THIRTY METER TELESCOPE
The stars are still in reach for astronomers who want to build a $1.4 billion telescope on top of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea.
A year and a half after the […]
This morning Residents on the West Side of the Big Island were at stand still due to an accident (three people died) on the Queen K that closed the highway from 6:30am – around noon. Hualalites (how’s that for a name?) couldn’t get into Kona and many staff members couldn’t get to work. People were […]
Aloha
This Saturday the gate to the Ka’upulehu Interpretive Center (Ka Lae Mano) will open at 8:30 AM. The Kupuna, Ka’upulehu MarineLife Advisory Committee (Hualalai Resort, Kona Village, Kaupulehu Developments, OHA, Kamehameha Schools & Kukio) will hold a “Talk Story” to share the history of the Ahupua’a, Mo’olelo, Mele & conservation goals.
HONOLULU — Six carefully selected scientists will spend the next eight months living inside a man-made dome on a remote Hawaii volcano as part of a human behavior study that could help NASA as it draws up plans for sending astronauts on long missions to Mars.
The four men and two women moved into […]
Thanks to Alex Gersznowicz
Aloha Hualalai Club Member,
A Hurricane Watch has been issued for Hawaii County, which means that hurricane conditions are possible within the watch area.
Additional information can be found online at the National Hurricane Center http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
Residents and visitors are advised to take precautions and to prepare for […]
HILO, Hawaii — Six scientists have completed a yearlong Mars simulation in Hawaii, where they lived in a dome in near isolation.
For the past year, the group in the dome on a Mauna Loa mountain could go outside only while wearing spacesuits.
On Sunday, the simulation ended, and the scientists emerged.
Cyprien Verseux, […]
In 2002, the last pair of wild ‘alalā disappeared from the forest. Biologist Paul Banko is fighting to return this rare charismatic bird to the wild.
The first ‘alalā hatchlings will fly free in September 2016 (Credit: San Diego Zoo Global)
Paul Banko has an enviable commute: he rides his bike through […]
Two Weeks Ago One Week Ago
By Bret Yager West Hawaii Today byager@westhawaiitoday.com
KAUPULEHU — The sea is full of fish. Especially on one stretch of North Kona coastline whose closure for 10 years needs only the governor’s signature to be final.
That’s according to the 40 or so fishermen who lined Queen Kaahumanu Highway waving signs on Saturday to […]
By Meghan Miner Special to West Hawaii Today
Editor’s note: Over the next few weeks, West Hawaii Today will be taking a closer look at each of the volcanoes on and around Hawaii Island.
This week is Hualalai volcano. Though it gets less attention than Mauna Loa and Kilauea, Hualalai, nestled in a nook […]
Map 1 of the widening.
Map 2 of the widening.
By Bret Yager West Hawaii Today byager@westhawaiitoday.com
Orange fencing strung along the makai side of Queen Kaahumanu Highway points to the start of work to widen the roadway — hard as that may be to believe for residents who have […]
By DIANE CARDWELL For the New York Times MARCH 23, 2015
PAHOA, Hawaii — If a disaster movie played out in slow motion, it might look a bit like the Puna District on the Big Island of Hawaii.
As a mass […]
Mauna Kea this past week!
An old photo of a snow covered Mauna Kea.
Shoveling in the past.
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