EDITORIAL: New ‘green’ energy order needs many details
Gov. Josh Green issued an executive order on Wednesday aimed at dramatically stepping up Hawaii’s production of renewable energy, adding to the deluge of political news that fell on Hawaii along with...
View ArticleLeilani hoike on Saturday
LIHUE — The Grammy Awards in Los Angeles are done, but Grammy level presentations come to Kauai on Saturday at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall. Grammy-nominated Kumu Hula Leilani Rivera Low...
View ArticleMayor’s track meet coaches meeting on Feb. 13
LIHUE — Department of Parks and Recreation officials will host a coaches meeting for the annual Mayor’s Youth and Track Meet on Feb. 13, starting at 6 p.m. at the Lihue Neighborhood Center. This year’s...
View ArticleWaimea JROTC shooting in Utah this weekend
WAIMEA — Five Waimea High School JROTC cadets — Rochelle Uri, Fredy Padamada, Gian Gawaran, Rhomsen Fermin and Alexandria Bueno — will be firing air rifles in Sandy, Utah, today and Saturday. Retired...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Friday, February 7, 2025
Chinese New Year, or the start of the lunar new year, started on Jan. 29. According to tradition, the Spring Festival celebration continues until Feb. 12 with the Lantern Festival. That means if you...
View ArticleBill would ban immigration detention centers on state land
Immigration detention centers would be banned on state and county lands, and other bills in the Legislature also would ensure due process for any detainees. The bills have drawn both condemnation and...
View ArticleFirst climate fee bills pass initial hearing, with concerns
Gov. Josh Green’s bills to fund Hawaii’s climate change response by increasing the state’s hotel room tax and dedicating all of the interest from the $1.5 billion rainy day fund were unanimously passed...
View ArticleSenate Democrats hold the floor in overnight protest of Trump nominee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — There was no nursery rhyme reciting nor phone book reading. No cots wheeled out for senators to catch naps in between speechifying. But one by one Wednesday night and into Thursday,...
View ArticleSouper Sunday is happening
PUHI — Susan Pittman of Clayworks at Kilohana said Wednesday that the bowls for Souper Sunday should be ready on Friday. “Souper Bowl Sunday is happening,” Pittman said. “The handmade bowls are in the...
View ArticleSenate committees move fireworks bills as sixth Aliamanu victim dies
On the same day that a sixth victim died following the Aliamanu New Year’s fireworks blast, various state Senate committees passed bills Wednesday that would increase fines and penalties for people who...
View ArticleChiefess counselor is named School Counselor of the Year
LIHUE — In conjunction with National School Counseling Week 2025, the Hawaii Department of Education and the American School Counselor Association announced Noelani Butcher of Chiefess Kamakahelei...
View ArticleObituaries for Saturday, February 8, 2025
Dianne Pearl Mikami Dianne Pearl Mikami, of Kapaa, left this world on Dec. 9, 2024, peacefully in her sleep. Born and raised in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania, in 1939. In 1957, she enlisted in the...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Keep going on Hawaii students’ progress
There’s no doubt that cheers erupted in public schools statewide — and at Hawaii’s Department of Education (HIDOE) — when the “nation’s report card” for 2024 was released last week, showing Hawaii’s...
View ArticleTAXMAN: Dedicated funding?!
When we do our work here at the Foundation, we get to review a LOT of bills in detail because they involve tax or public financing. This year we are following more than 300 bills out of nearly 3,200...
View ArticlePuna man accused of neo-Nazi sexploitation, ‘horrific acts against children’
Two men, including one from Puna, have been arrested for allegedly participating in a neo-Nazi child exploitation enterprise that groomed and then coerced minors to produce sexual abuse material and...
View ArticleLetters for Saturday, February 8, 2025
E-bikers need rules “Two Keiki injured after e-bike collision” — I hope that the two recover quickly! Some time ago (approximately a year), I’ve written a Letter in the TGI Forum concerning keiki on...
View ArticleISLAND HISTORY: Eugene Ressencourt, Honorary Governor of Waikiki
In early August 1962, gutsy Eugene Ressencourt (1911-74), Bill Joy and Henry Kam made a treacherous descent from Kokee into Kalalau Valley. Ressencourt said, “It was excruciatingly body-wracking and...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Saturday, February 8, 2025
The Kauai Quilt Show (where is the Dave Lester’s famous shirts quilt?) and Boutique (Bev Gotelli said they have Valentine’s Day, Christmas and other hand-sewn specialties in addition to the antique...
View ArticleBurns Intercollegiate tees off at Hokuala
NAWILIWILI — The 48th John A. Burns Intercollegiate golf tournament will contest at the Ocean Course at Hokuala from Feb. 13-15. The Burns Intercollegiate is described as the University of Hawaii...
View ArticleHealth care internships available
LIHUE — Hawaii Pacific Health announced Thursday that it is currently accepting applications for the 2025 Health Careers Summer Internship. The program is a six-week paid internship program that is...
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