Kīlauea

Kīlauea has hit a record number of lava fountaining episodes for any one eruption from the volcano. The Hawaiian Volcano Observatory says that Monday marked fountaining episode 48 since the latest on-and-off eruption began in December 2024.

The golf course is located about a mile from the Kīlauea caldera and was hit by falling tephra during the latest eruptive episodes.

House lawmakers have advanced a measure that would subsidize home insurance for low-income families in lava zones on Hawaiʻi Island.

As people wait for Kīlauea’s 43rd eruption episode, some Hawaiʻi Island residents are still dealing with the aftermath of the 41st episode. Team Rubicon, a veteran-led volunteer group, is stepping up to help with the repair and recovery through operation “Tephra Falling.”

Geologist Katie Mulliken and research physicist Ingrid Johnson from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory spoke with HPR contributor Betsy Brown about the one-year anniversary of Kīlauea's continued fountaining.

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Dec. 23, 2025, marks one year since the ongoing eruption at Kīlauea began, bringing glowing displays of lava and fountains sometimes as tall as the Empire State Building.

New research suggests that Kīlauea experienced changes below its surface leading up to its catastrophic 2018 eruption.

Archeologist and anthropologist Tim Scheffler spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about a mysterious “pictogram” he found nearly 12 years ago in a cave near Pāhoa Town on Hawaiʻi Island.

Kīlauea erupted for six hours on Wednesday. Officials say lava fountains reached 1,300 feet, or 400 meters, before petering out. That is taller than New York's Empire State Building.