HVO clears final hurdle in move to UH-Hilo

An artist’s rendering of the new HVO campus, set to break ground this summer at UH-Hilo.

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Kelsey Walling/Tribune-Herald The temporary site of the Hawaii Volcanoes Observatory can be found at the Hilo Iron Works building.

In a couple of years, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists and support staff should be able to move from their temporary headquarters at Hilo Iron Works and a Keaau warehouse and into fancy new digs at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.