Eruption curbed spending by visitors to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• May 26, 2019

Dangerous volcanic activity at Kilauea Volcano and the subsequent closure of Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park for more than four months last year contributed to a dropoff of nearly $100 million in visitor­-related economic benefit from 2017, according to a new National Park Service report. Read more

USGS volcano observatory awaits funds for new base

• By Associated Press
• May 19, 2019

Staff members from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory are settling into another temporary office in Hilo, their third move since the Kilauea Volcano eruption forced the evacuation of their headquarters in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Read more

Controversial Big Isle geothermal plant needs public hearing before it returns to service, PUC says

• By Kevin Dayton
• May 15, 2019

The controversial geothermal power plant in Pohoiki must hold a public hearing and win the approval of the state Public Utilities Commission before it can rebuild transmission lines that were wiped out by last year’s Kilauea eruption. Read more

Hawaii to get $67 million in new federal disaster relief to help with 2018 storms, Kilauea eruption

• By Sophie Cocke and Kevin Dayton
• May 13, 2019

The aid is expected to help the state and local governments rebuild affected communities, particularly in low to moderate income regions. Read more

Hawaii County residents continue to file for building permits in highest-risk lava zones

• By Kevin Dayton
• May 3, 2019

Hundreds of millions of dollars in state and federal funding have been committed to help Lower Puna recover from last year’s devastating Kilauea Volcano eruption. Read more

Mission keeps educator moving forward after loss of home and campus

• By Nina Wu
• May 2, 2019

It has been one year since lava first erupted in Lower Puna, and Susie Osborne is finally able to sleep through the night. Read more

A survey finds most Hawaii island farmers willing to start over after Kilauea eruption, but challenges still loom

• By Andrew Gomes
• May 2, 2019

Beverly Tuaolo is harvesting pretty flowers again in Opihikao. Read more

Crews rescue visitor who fell about 70 feet from Kilauea’s summit

• By Star-Advertiser staff
• May 1, 2019

The man climbed over a railing at the Steaming Bluff overlook to get closer to the cliff edge then lost his footing and fell. Read more

How Kilauea Volcano forever transformed the landscape of Lower Puna

• By Mindy Pennybacker mpennybacker@staradvertiser.com
• May 1, 2019

The landscape of Lower Puna was transformed by last year’s Kilauea Volcano eruption in the lower East Rift Zone, which covered more than 13 square miles of residential, farm, industrial and natural lands in lava. Read more

Kilauea Volcano eruption had lingering impacts on Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park and Big Isle tourism

• By Andrew Gomes
• April 30, 2019

Hot lava can be quite viscous, and so is Hawaii island’s tourism recovery a year after worldwide images of Kilauea’s volcanic eruption began deterring vacationers. Read more

Nightmares of sudden evacuation haunt former Leilani Estates resident

• By Kristen Consillio
• April 30, 2019

When a magnitude-5.2 earthquake shook Kailua-Kona earlier this month, Kathy Urso frantically screamed while standing in the middle of the produce section at Costco. Read more

Family clings to dream of returning to their legacy home

• By Kristen Consillio
• April 29, 2019

Sulphurous fumes still rise from a 500-foot-long, 10-foot-wide crack that runs through the backyard and beneath Noah Friend and Shantel Pacarro’s house in Leilani Estates. Read more

Pahoa businesses still struggle while creating new attractions

• By Dan Nakaso
• April 29, 2019

A year after lava from Kilauea Volcano began shooting out of the ground on May 3, Pahoa town still needs any help it can get. Read more

His property untouched, a lava evacuee waits to rebuild his retirement home

• By Kristen Consillio
• April 28, 2019

Since the 2018 Kilauea Volcano eruption, Victor Hoapili has flown twice by helicopter to the kipuka where his Leilani Estates home still stands amid hundreds of acres of cooling lava. Read more

Slow recovery from Kilauea devastation underway, but sadness lingers

• By Timothy Hurley
• April 28, 2019

A slow, quiet recovery from Kilauea’s devastation in 2018 is underway, but sadness lingers over property losses, a battered economy and shattered community connections. Read more

After 10 months, Kapoho residents can drive into their isolated neighborhood surrounded by lava

• By Mindy Pennybacker mpennybacker@staradvertiser.com
• April 20, 2019

The eruption in Kilauea’s lower East Rift Zone turned Halekamahina and neighboring subdivisions in Lower Puna on the Big Island into a kipuka, or area surrounded by lava, cut off from any roads. Read more

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s possible move to Oahu raises concerns

• By Associated Press
• April 7, 2019

Some have voiced concerns about the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory potentially moving off of the Big Island to Oahu. Read more

State Senate approves $60M aid package for Hawaii County

• By Sophie Cocke
• March 29, 2019

The Senate gave final approval Friday to a $60 million aid package for Hawaii County to help the island from the Kilauea lava flow that destroyed more than 700 homes last year and a tropical storm in August that caused serious flooding. Read more