University of Hawaii offers free AI training, certification
The University of Hawaii has partnered with Google to offer students and faculty across all 10 campuses free access to an online training course in artificial intelligence, Google’s “AI Essentials,”...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Rally for legislative bills on green fee, ag aid
Advancing bills crossed over from one side of the Legislature to the other on Thursday, reducing the number of bills alive from over 3,000 to under 800. In the Senate, 1,669 bills were whittled down to...
View ArticleHawaii County, HGEA reach COVID hazard pay agreement
Hawaii County has come to terms with the state’s largest labor union regarding hazard pay for those who worked during the COVID-19 pandemic. The arbitrated agreement will pay certain Hawaii Government...
View ArticleObituaries for Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Matthew Tomio Furutani Matthew Tomio Furutani, 71, of Kapaa, passed away at Wilcox Hospital on Jan. 29, 2025. He was born in Lihue, Hawaii, on Sept. 30, 1953, and retired from Kapaa Poi Factory....
View ArticleKauai’s Corey Nakamura honored
HONOLULU — Corey Nakamura, the Elsie Wilcox Elementary School principal, was honored on Saturday as one of the Department of Education’s Top 15 principals by the Island Insurance Foundation in...
View Article60 year old missile debris removed from homelands
WAIMEA — U.S. Navy personnel, along with volunteers with the Pacific Missile Range Facility PMRF Barking Sands, successfully cleared debris from a decades-old missile crash landing that occurred nearly...
View ArticleTrump tariffs expected to weaken isle tourism
Susan Webb, president of VoX International, which holds the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority contract to provide destination brand management and marketing services in Canada, boasted during HTA’s spring...
View ArticleKauai boys golf bumps Kapaa in Kauai Interscholastic Federation action
POIPU — Waimea High School golfer Koy Tsukayama soared to a 6-over 78 on Saturday during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation golf round played at the Poipu Bay Golf Course under windy conditions....
View ArticleMiss Kauai Filipina, Kauai Filipino Community Council donates food
LIHUE — Miss Kauai Filipina 2024 Aleah Yano was laden with food when she appeared at the Lihue Neighborhood Center on Sunday. Sponsored by the Kauai Filipino Community Council, whose president is Nancy...
View ArticleHina celebrates 104 years
WAIMEA — Hina Miyashiro spent her 104th birthday indulging herself with her favorite pastime — licking lollipops — at the Kauai Care Center. Surrounded by her two sons, Alan and Wayne, and one of her...
View ArticleBirds of a feather cart together
KILAUEA — Friends of Kauai Wildlife Refuge, the nonprofit Friends Group supporting Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, invites local community members and visitors to the third annual ‘Guided...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
What? You haven’t gotten your tickets for the Rotary Club of Poipu Beach One Fine Evening (of culinary, wine, and music experiences) that will take place on March 15 from 5:30 p.m. at the Kauai...
View ArticleHOOSER: The house money game — why rules matter
It’s not like the Hawai’i Senate is a model of sunshine and good government, but the House of Representatives keeps stepping in it. Frankly, the arrogance of the House is embarrassingly unrestrained....
View ArticleObituaries for Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Raynette Jean Texeira Raynette Jean Texeira, 71, of Lihue, passed away at Waimea Care Home on Feb. 4, 2025. She was born in Lihue, Kauai, on Sept. 26, 1953, and retired as a cook with Keoki’s...
View ArticleWaimea Canyon Middle School shines at leadership summit
HONOLULU—Waimea Canyon Middle School leadership students made an impact through their participation in the State Middle-Level Student Leadership Summit, which was recently held at the Hilton Hawaiian...
View ArticleScale of cuts to the VA in the Pacific unclear
With significant proposed cuts to the Department of Veterans Affairs by the administration of President Donald Trump, it’s not yet clear what that will mean for veterans in Hawaii and across the...
View ArticleMPD chief denies allegations he was enforcer for ‘Diddy’
Maui’s police chief denies allegations made by an alleged sexual assault victim of Sean “Diddy” Combs that he worked as an enforcer and facilitator for the rap mogul’s sex parties while working as a...
View ArticleFind a leak, fix a leak next week
LIHUE — Find a leak, fix a leak. The Department of Water, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s WaterSense Program, announces the 17th anniversary of...
View ArticleKilauea’s 13th episode ends after 12 hours of lava fountains
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory scientists say episode 13 of the ongoing Halemaʻumaʻu eruption ended at 3:13 p.m.Tuesday. The north vent ceased fountaining abruptly at 3:11 p.m., and subsequently, the...
View ArticleState launches Tax Cut Hawaii website
LIHUE — A new online website designed to assist Hawaii residents learn more about the state’s income tax cut and help calculate their estimated tax savings for the next six years has officially...
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