Returning homeless to the mainland could become permanent
Popular and successful efforts that have returned over 800 homeless people to the mainland since 2015 would become permanent if either of two bills in the state Legislature becomes law this session. In...
View ArticleHilo grandmother sentenced to probation in child starvation case
A 67-year-old Hilo woman was sentenced Thursday to 10 years of probation for her role in starving her developmentally disabled 9-year-old granddaughter to death in 2016. In a deal with prosecutors,...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Monday, February 17, 2025
Ron Wood and Janice Akiyama had their traditional before-the-first curtain performance of the Kauai Community Players’ “Ripcord” at the Kukui Grove food court on Valentine’s Day when Sarah Tochiki was...
View ArticleBullying of teachers persists; DOE lacks resolution
Lawmakers for the third time have introduced a bill aimed at strengthening workplace safety for educational workers following concerns from advocates about the state Department of Education’s handling...
View Article‘UnPresidents Day’: expressing displeasure with Musk, Trump
A biologist, and two biotechs from the Wildlife Refuges were fired on Friday afternoon. The trio was among more than 400 people who held signs on Monday expressing their displeasure with President...
View ArticleCuts to Hawaii’s federal workforce loom
Fear and uncertainty loom large over how much smaller the federal workforce in Hawaii will become under an unfolding multipronged effort by President Donald Trump, though the impact may be less,...
View ArticleGabbard’s intelligence role will be tested immediately
Hawaii’s Tulsi Gabbard will be tested immediately on how she will handle threats to national security and U.S. troops as America’s new director of national intelligence. “That test is coming, and it’s...
View ArticleBLNR approves Haena comfort station
HAENA — The state Board of Land and Natural Resources, hereafter shortened to BLNR, on Friday gave its approval to Hui Makaainana, the nonprofit steward of the Haena State Park, for the construction of...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: A perilous test of fundamental law
President Donald Trump sprang into action on “day one,” as promised, issuing a flurry of executive orders and installing a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) intent on slashing federal...
View ArticleRed Raiders earn No. 2 seed at states
LIHUE — Kauai High School boys basketball, the Central Pacific Bank Kauai Interscholastic Federation champions, will start its bid for the Hawaii High School Athletic Association Division II state...
View ArticleObituaries for Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Juanita Arcangel Mamaclay Juanita Arcangel Mamaclay, 99, of Fort Worth, Texas, formerly of Kekaha, Kauai, passed away peacefully on Jan. 18, 2025, at Mustang Creek Estates, an assisted living-memory...
View ArticleLet the fun begin at Waimea Town Celebration
Kaisen Castillo got a Times Supermarket gift card, and Makani Kaiwi got one, too on Tuesday — all for eating a Spam musubi from Times Supermarket during the Eating contests at the Waimea Town...
View ArticleHawaii GOP hopes era of cooperation leads to new laws
A handful of House Republican bills have passed out of their initial committee hearings for the first time in a decade, giving Republicans hope that all of the talk this year of cooperation between...
View ArticleNuclear power exploration legislation gains steam
State lawmakers are advancing further this year down a path toward possibly using nuclear power to make electricity in Hawaii. Two Senate committees this month have pushed forward a bill to establish a...
View ArticleWashington man apprehended in counterfeit jewelry scam
LIHUE — Law enforcement apprehended a suspect involved in an apparent counterfeit jewelry scam this past weekend. This past Saturday, at approximately 6 p.m., Kauai police responded to reports of two...
View ArticleFlorida reports most U.S. shark bites, Hawaii distant second
The U.S. is again leading the way. While shark attacks dropped around the world and in the U.S. last year, the U.S. again had the highest reported number of unprovoked bites. There were a total of 28...
View ArticleShark incidents occur throughout Hawaii
State records show there were a total of five shark attacks in Hawaii last year, including the tragedy that ended the life of well-known surfer and lifeguard Tamayo Perry on Oahu’s North Shore. But...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
The Kauai District Hawaii History Day is this Saturday at the Kauai Community College…see the kind of interesting tidbits that are out there when you become involved in who is waving signs at the...
View ArticleHOOSER: House of cards
If it looks like I’m “picking on the State House”, it’s because the House keeps messing up — egregiously, in your face kine messing up. The latest fiasco involves the Chair of House Finance, Rep. Kyle...
View ArticleObituaries for Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Charlotte Aiko Kaneholani Charlotte Aiko Kaneholani, 78, of Anahola, passed away at Wilcox Memorial Hospital on Dec. 31, 2024. She was born in Hawaii on July 13, 1946, and was employed as a seamstress...
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