Volcano News

The Hawai'i Police Department is searching for four persons wanted on bench warrants.

The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says the rock falls within the Halemaumau vent began Tuesday, producing a seismic signal equivalent to a magnitude-2.4 earthquake.

"Back in the Day," appearing every Sunday, takes a look at articles that ran on this date in history in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Hawaii's oldest continuously published daily newspaper.

Lopaka: In hard times like these, private businesses have to cut back, and the Big Island has one of the highest unemployment rates in the state.

The Big Island's biggest attraction is also a health concern for Hawaii residents.

If you want to spend less than $200 a night and prefer small inns to big resorts, try Waimea Gardens Cottage in the northern town of Waimea, aka Kamuela, or the Kilauea Lodge in the park-adjacent southern village of Volcano.

Some Pahoa residents aren't happy about a proposed new mall. Image: Alan Mcnarie It's already happened to thousands of small towns across the country: A highway bypass is built around a town, ostensibly to speed up traffic.

I have been remiss in letting everyone know who made theKey Chains and Coasters presented as prizes last Saturday.

NA POHAKU O HAUWAHINE RESTORATION PROJECT, volunteers needed to remove alien plant invasives and replant with endemic natives and restore native wetland bird habitat; 8:30 a.m.-12 p.m. Saturday; for more information: www.ahahui.net, 593-0112. INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY BEACH CLEANUP, sponsored by Surfrider's O'ahu Chapter, followed by a surf ...

People on the Big Island are talking about "the glow" - the latest show being put on by Kilauea Volcano, at its Halema'uma'u Crater.

In this undated photo provided by Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, a camera's telephoto lens captures the detail of crater wall illuminated by vent glow at the summit of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii.

Hawai'i Police Department Criminal Investigations Section, Area I Lieutenant Mitchell Kanehailua Phone: 961-2252 June 1, 2009 Report No.

For magma junkies, the Volcanoes National Park Halema'uma'u trail is a great half-day moderate hike.

All Press Releases for May 29, 2009>> BnBStar.com Bed and Breakfast directory continues its periodic digest of featured Bed and Breakfast inns in Hawaii, Oregon, Alaska, Washington and other locations across the US and Worldwide.

If you're hoping to spend less than US$200 a night on Hawaii's Big Island and prefer small inns to big resorts, two likely prospects are Waimea Garden Cottage and the Kilauea Lodge .

Big Island residents who donate blood on Memorial Day will keep cool, thanks to a free pint of ice cream offered by Baskin-Robbins Hawaii in partnership with the Blood Bank of Hawaii.

LIHUE, Kauai>> The first harvest on Tuesday from the Mayor's Aloha Garden yielded more than 25 pounds of vegetables that were donated to the Kauai Foodbank and the Salvation Army's soup kitchen, according to Kauai County.

'Honolulu Stories,' edited by Gavan Daws and Bennett Hymer, was named book of the year at last night's Ka Palapala Po'okela Awards, and Benjamin 'Buddy' Bess was honored for his lifetime contribution to Hawai'i book publishing.

Iiwi and apapane soaring above his back yard in Volcano Village 24 years ago inspired ceramist Zeke Israel to delve into a new art form -- whimsical bird masks adorned with feather headdresses.

On Sunday, May 24, 2009 join rangers and geologists on one of four hikes planned throughout the day to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Mauna Ulu eruption and the debut of the new Mauna Ulu Trail Guide.