Big Island nonprofit hopes to benefit from moon landings
The arrivals of two lunar landers on the moon this week bodes well for a Hawaii island nonprofit company’s plan to set up a permanent observatory on the moon. The Waimea-based International Lunar...
View ArticleBasketball program begins Monday
KALAHEO — The Department of Parks and Recreation announced it has officially added the March Madness Basketball Day Camp to its Spring 2025 Fun Program. The program is open to children in grades third...
View ArticleVacation Bible School at Hanapepe Salvation Army
HANAPEPE — The Salvation Army, Hanapepe Corps will be offering Vacation Bible School to young people ages 7 and older during the Spring Break. VBS will take place at the 4465 Puolo Road address in...
View ArticleThe total lunar eclipse visible Thursday night
LIHUE — Shutter bugs get your cameras ready as a Total Lunar Eclipse will occur Thursday night and into early Friday, March 14 that is expected to turn the moon blood red for everyone in Hawaii. The...
View ArticleBirths for Thursday, March 13, 2025
• Tita Kuhaulua and Evan Wise greeted their first child, a girl, ‘Ohaniwoa ‘Ouluka‘ikekūhohonukūpa‘aka‘ili‘iliōū‘olewaihuake‘anakā Kuhaulua-Wise, weighing 8 pounds, 3.8 ounces, on Dec. 31, 2024, at...
View ArticleObituaries for Thursday, March 13, 2025
Ronald T. Valdez Ronald T. Valdez, of Eleele, passed away on Feb. 21, 2025, at the age of 76. He was born on Dec. 9, 1948, in Lihue. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by his...
View ArticleHawaii students face fallout from cuts to school food, education
President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly canceled two federal programs that directly support local food purchases and school nutrition efforts in a budget-cutting move that is expected to...
View ArticleHawaii’s tax revenue collection outlook is gloomy
A gloomy new forecast is depressing the amount of state tax revenue Hawaii’s Legislature has available to finalize its budget for the next two fiscal years. The state Council on Revenues on Wednesday...
View ArticleSuper American Circus is back!
Children and adults of all ages are asked to join the circus this weekend as Hawaii’s favorite show makes its grand return to the Garden Island. The Super American Circus has returned to Kauai for an...
View ArticleCalifornia woman visits Hawaii to honor fallen Vietnam War soldier
Kathy Strong is on a mission to honor a fallen Vietnam War soldier she never met. This week that mission brought her to Hawaii. In 1972 at the age of 12, she got a metal bracelet in her Christmas...
View ArticleUH not on ‘chopping block,’ Green says
Gov. Josh Green said White House officials reassured him Tuesday that the University of Hawaii “is not on the chopping block for antisemitism” just one day after the Trump administration warned UH and...
View ArticleParents seek flexibility in preschool subsidies
Bills advancing through the state Legislature aim to support families with preschool-age children, but many parents are calling for greater flexibility in qualifying for child care subsidies. Their...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Plan for effects of Medicaid cuts
Nobody knows for sure how budget cuts from Capitol Hill will land in Hawaii and other states. But the omens for Medicaid, the massive health-care program that assists lower-income populations, do not...
View ArticleObituaries for Friday, March 14, 2025
Elizabeth ‘Betty’ May Eberle Unanian Elizabeth “Betty” May Eberle Unanian, a beloved wife, teacher, and champion for animals, passed away peacefully on Feb. 14, 2025, at the age of 97, surrounded by...
View ArticleISLAND HISTORY: Sightings of Madame Pele on Kauai
Pele, the Hawaiian volcano goddess, is believed to have appeared in various forms to mortals throughout the Hawaiian Islands. One such appearance occurred on March 30, 1926, when a mysterious haole...
View ArticleMenehune get TKO win over warriors
KAPAA — Waimea High School baseball pushed four runs across the plate in the fourth inning, and the Menehune found three more runs in the fifth inning on Wednesday during the Kauai Interscholastic...
View ArticleMayor shares message of hope
LIHUE — The current state of uncertainty in the nation did little to affect Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami’s seventh State of the County address on Thursday at the Moikeha Building. If anything, Kawakami...
View ArticleWildfire mitigation: Bringing out the sheep, goats to keep vegetation in check
When Raia Olsen, owner of Oahu Grazers, pulls up to the solar farm in Mililani and lets her flock of sheep out of the trailer, they know just what to do. Once she opens the trailer gate, the white...
View ArticleKapaia Foundation announces scholarship
KAPAIA — The Kapaia Foundation on Thursday announced the availability of a $1,000 academic scholarship to a graduating high school senior who demonstrates qualities passed on from Hawaii’s sugar...
View ArticleLifeguard internships start Monday
LIHUE — The Kauai Ocean Safety Bureau with support from the Hawaii Lifeguard Association announces the start of an inaugural Junior Lifeguard Internship Program. Starting Monday, four enrolled...
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