County approaches Shipman about housing for evacuees

U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY photo

A pahoehoe flow fed by overflows from the fissure 8 lava channel was active along Nohea Street on Wednesday morning in Leilani Estates.

Hawaii County is looking beyond public lands for a potential land swap with Puna residents who lost their homes to lava.

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