COURTESY PHOTO: From top to bottom: Lava-ocean entries at Piton de la Fournaise Volcano, Indian Ocean (photograph from Imaz Press, Reunion); Stromboli Volcano, Italy (photograph from Stromboli Online); and Kilauea Volcano, Hawai`i (photograph by Don Swanson).

COURTESY PHOTO: In recent weeks, new lava flows have broken out from the active lava tube system between the Pu`u `O`o vent and the ocean. These include a brief but spectacular flow over the sea cliff at the coast and, for the first time since early February, a long `a`a flow on Pulama pali.

COURTESY PHOTO: View of the East Lae`apuki bench from the west. The dashed line shows the approximate seaward extent of the area lost during the collapse. Photo by Greg Santos, NPS.

COURTESY PHOTO: The Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce has named Tennyson Noyes as its new executive officer. Noyes recently moved to Hilo from Arizona where she managed several businesses on the famed Route 66.

COURTESY PHOTO: PacificBasin Communications announced the promotion of Kristin Gonzales to art director for Honolulu magazine. Prior to this promotion, Gonzales served as advertising art director for the magazine.

COURTESY PHOTO: Hawaiian Airlines has appointed Janis Saito Bumgarner as senior director – labor relations. Bumgarner is responsible for maintaining relationships among Hawaiian’s six labor groups and administering the contracts of its largest union group, the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Lodges 141 and 142.

COURTESY PHOTO: Sequence showing a process called \"gas-pistoning\" at the Drainhole vent in Kilauea\'s Pu`u `O`o crater. Gas accumulates beneath a column of lava in the vent until it begins to rise, pushing the lava column (the \"piston\") upward. When the gas reaches the surface, it suddenly escapes into the atmosphere, producing fume and throwing some spatter near the vent. The vent is about 10 meters (30 feet) across. U.S. Geological Survey photographs taken by time-lapse camera.

A freeway closure turned H-1 westbound into a parking lot on Tuesday, Sept. 5. Commuters spent as many as six hours in traffic. Photo by Ryan Ozawa.

Waikīkī Beach is one of the new squares in an modern version of the Monopoly board game, where the 22 national landmarks and their positions on the new board were chosen via an online poll. In Monopoly Here & Now, the prices have also been updated: Waikīkī Beach will now cost you $2.2 million, rather than $220, which is what the spot cost as Indiana Avenue. Landing on the space will cost you at least $180,000, or $10.5 million if there\'s a hotel. Honolulu\'s neighbors on the board are Disneyworld in Orlando and Camelback Mountain in Phoenix. Image copyright Hasbro, Inc.