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Kelsey Walling

Reporter · US

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Kelsey Walling

    Mobile medical van with 4-wheel drive serves rural Kaʻū after Hurricane Lowell shutters health center | Big Island Now (opens the original)

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    After Hurricane Lala left Kaʻū communities in disarray, Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, with support from Direct Relief, has stepped up with mobile medical services, offering essential care to isolated residents. Three days after Hurricane Lala pummeled the rural Kaʻū District of the Big Island, community health nurse Pōhai ʻAʻarona from Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies arrived in Nāʻālehu in a four-wheel-drive, fully stocked medical van to help people in need of health care. For the n

  2. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Kelsey Walling

    El Niño causing busy Pacific hurricane season; prompting talk about traditional Hawaiian resilience practices | Big Island Now (opens the original)

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    As climate change and El Niño fuels more storm activity, a Native Hawaiian organization is exploring the ancient ahupuaʻa system as a sustainable path to defense. First it was Hurricane Lala bringing destruction and causing two deaths on the Big Island. This storm was followed by Hurricane Lowell that took a turn north and damaged large portions of Kauaʻi. Now it is Hurricane Nolo that is bringing gusty winds, rain and high surf to the Hawaiian Islands, and primarily the Big Island, marking t

  3. Article · Sep 26, 2026 · Kelsey Walling

    New website/app crowd sources stock of supplies at stores across Hawaiʻi before, during, after storms | Big Island Now (opens the original)

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    The Help Find Me website/app developed by a computer engineer in Pāhoa is a simple way to find or report on the stock of water, ice, gas, propane, butane and other necessary supplies around storms. With ongoing storms impacting Hawaiʻi this year, a computer engineer in Pāhoa has created a website to help residents quickly find supplies. After Hurricane Lala severely damaged parts of the Big Island, Sean Repanshek, 34, reached out to friends across the island to assess their well-being and inq

  4. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Kelsey Walling

    Mysterious manta rays from Kona Coast’s small familial group captivate 80,000 annually | Big Island Now (opens the original)

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    "Lefty" was the first identified manta ray living off the Kona Coast, in 1979, and since then researchers and divers have identified only about 317 more of the creatures who rarely leave the area. On most nights in Kailua-Kona, big spotlights attract plankton, which then lure the reef manta rays from the deep, dark corners along the Kona coast. Two congregations of mantas get together to feed in Garden Eel Cove and off the shore occupied by the Outrigger Kona Resort and Spa in Keauhou. Some 80,0

  5. Article · Sep 18, 2026 · Kelsey Walling

    Windward Planning Commission approves permit for future Keaʻau health center | Big Island Now (opens the original)

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    The $90 million health center promises comprehensive medical and behavioral health services, catering to growing community needs by 2028. Hilo Benioff Medical Center is one step closer to building a $90 million, 40,000-square-foot health center in Keaʻau. Earlier this month, the Windward Planning Commission approved a use permit application for the outpatient care facility, which will be located on 20 acres of agricultural land owned by W.H. Shipman on the mauka side of Highway 11. It will be b

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