Hawaii News Digest

Mauna Kea protest camp a well-oiled machine

November 17, 2019 by Russ Roberts

Welcome to the Hawaii Island News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story discusses the 4-month-old Mauna Kea protest camp organized by TMT opponents. Views expressed in this Hawaii Island News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content provided by the “Hawaii Tribune-Herald.” Accessed on 17 November 2019, 1430 UTC, Post 19849. … Read moreMauna Kea protest camp a well-oiled machine

Flags on cars not a problem

November 17, 2019 by Russ Roberts

Welcome to the West Hawaii News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story concerns the use of flags on vehicles during the TMT protest. Views expressed in this Hawaii News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content supplied by “West Hawaii Today.” Accessed on 17 November 2019, 1415 UTC, Post 19848. Source: … Read moreFlags on cars not a problem

Civil Defense Alerts-Highway 19.

November 16, 2019 by Russ Roberts

As of 6 p.m., Hawaii Standard Time, one lane of Highway 19 near the 26-mile marker has been reopened to traffic. Here’s the current message from the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency: Source (via email): https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/h/bqm69h360z5w/?&th=16e77b6819f38dc4&v=c Please click link or scroll down to read the full message from the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. Accessed … Read moreCivil Defense Alerts-Highway 19.

Highway 19 closed near Laupahoehoe

November 16, 2019 by Russ Roberts

Welcome to a Hawaii Island News update from Hawaii News Digest. This post advises motorists that an accident late Saturday afternoon (16 November 2019) has closed both lanes of traffic on Highway 19 at the 26-mile marker near Laupahoehoe. Views expressed in this traffic update are those of the Hawaii County Civil Defense Agency. Content … Read moreHighway 19 closed near Laupahoehoe

Hawaii defeats UNLV 21-7

November 16, 2019 by Russ Roberts

Welcome to the Hawaii State News update from Hawaii News Digest. Our lead story discusses how the University of Hawaii football team outplayed the Running Rebels of UNLV. Views expressed in this Hawaii News summary are those of the reporters and correspondents. Content provided by the “Honolulu Star-Advertiser” and the Associated Press. Accessed on 17 … Read moreHawaii defeats UNLV 21-7

Big Island Video News

Flash Flood Watch In Effect Through Monday Afternoon November 17, 2019

HAWAIʻI ISLAND - A Flood Advisory was issued overnight for North Kohala and thunderstorms rolled over East Hawaiʻi.

Big Island Video News

VIDEO: Huge Tilapia Handed Over To Hawaii DLNR November 17, 2019

HILO, Hawaiʻi - The 16-pound tilapia is the biggest seen by DLNR officials, and illustrates how the fish could do damage in the wild.

Big Island Video News

Accident Closes Highway 19 Near Laupahoehoe November 17, 2019

LAUPAHOEHOE, Hawaiʻi - At 4:45 p.m. the Hawaiʻi County Civil Defense announced the highway closure, saying there is no detour available and the road is expected to be closed for several hours.

Big Island Video News

VIDEO: HUD Won’t Fund Housing In Lava Zones 1 & 2 November 16, 2019

HILO, Hawaiʻi - Housing projects will not get funded by HUD CDBG-DR money, but public infrastructre projects will.

Big Island Video News

VIDEO: New Life Found In Pohoiki Ponds After Lava Flow November 15, 2019

POHOIKI, Hawaiʻi - New life now inhabits the anchialine pools formed at Pohoiki, which was transformed by the 2018 eruption of Kīlauea Volcano.

Big Island Video News

Hawaii Tribune-Herald Sports News

Wright On: Signature feat for Waiakea’s Kelsie Imai November 18, 2019

It was a tradition for the girls in the Imai family, this thing of attracting a scholarship to play basketball in college, so nobody was surprised when the youngest, Kelsie, was a freshman at Waiakea High School and came in with a purpose.

Matt Gerhart

HHSAA football: Kamehameha doomed by mistakes in loss to Roosevelt November 17, 2019

KEAAU When underdog Kamehameha forced a three-and-out on Roosevelts first series of the game, that was a clear signal that the Warriors could match up physically with the Rough Riders.

Kevin Jakahi

Volleyball: UHH caps 3-1 road trip with win at Concordia November 17, 2019

Resilient and balanced as always, the UH-Hilo womens volleyball team beat Concordia 25-21, 9-25, 25-21, 25-14 on Saturday in Irvine, Calif., to finish with a 3-1 record on its road trip, which may be a case of too little, too late.

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

Basketball: Vuls fall short on road for first loss November 17, 2019

There would be no 2-0 start for UH-Hilos mens basketball team.

Matt Gerhart

Soccer: Vuls senior day features dose of Waiakea spirit November 17, 2019

Sabrina Scotts words of wisdom: stick with it.

Matt Gerhart

Raising Islands-Hawaii science and environment

Fiddling as the planet burns. Climate change is upon us. November 10, 2019

We saw it coming, but we did not know it would come so fast.Climate change, long a threat for future decades, for the grandchildren, is here now.In part, after a century of comparatively stable climate, the very concept of sudden dramatic change seemed so bizarre that many scientists have underplayed the possibilities.The International Panel on […]

Blazing sunsets, redux November 7, 2019

Raikoke Volcano in the Kuril Islands in the northwest Pacific, taken June 22, 2019. Credit: NASA.Those spectacular Hawaiian sunset photos that have been showing up recently on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram are likely the result of volcanic emissions being dumped into the upper atmosphere during the summer.But volcanic activity hasnʻt stopped. Just in the past […]

All-electric pickup trucks, still right around the corner--but now weeks away instead of years September 17, 2019

What everyone in Hawai`i knows is that electric vehicles wonʻt fully take off in the Islands until there are electric pickup trucks with plenty of range.Okay, theyʻre here, or should be before the end of the month, and certainly before the end of the year, and more are coming.Itʻs a big deal in Hawai`i, which […]

Those blazing new internet sunsets? Thank a couple of summer volcanic eruptions. September 16, 2019

Great sunsets are the new kitties on social media.Lots of folks are posting their photographs of spectacular glowing orange and purple sunsets. Whereʻd they come from? Once again, this pulse of superb sunsets is thanks to atmospheric pollution from a volcano.(Since youʻll find sunset shots elsewhere, hereʻs a shot of whatʻs causing them. This is the plume […]

El Nino has faded to neutral, but those storms are still there September 14, 2019

Although storm activity in the eastern and central Pacific is pretty active right now, itʻs not due to El Nino conditions, which have faded away.The latest NOAA El Nino update says the ocean continues to be in an ENSO-Neutral condition. (ENSO is for El Nino Southern Oscillation). The NOAA Climate Prediction Center says there is a […]

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