Happy Camper for Saturday, March 29, 2025
According to a flier floating around town, Sunday is a good day for a Car Show and Parts Meet at Kukui Grove from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the lot where the Pau Hana Market meets across from Da Warehouse....
View ArticleISLAND HISTORY: Filipino sugar plantation immigrant Agapito Sadang
Born in Ilocos Norte, Philippines, in 1906, Agapito Sadang was recruited by the Hawaii Sugar Planters’ Association, and upon his arrival in 1926 at Honolulu aboard the ship “President Cleveland” he was...
View ArticleERSOY: A new sport that you may have never heard of
What do you get when you combine running, strength training, functional fitness and a community-driven competition that welcomes all levels of ability? The answer is HYROX, the rapidly growing global...
View ArticleTAX MAN: You want to raise the TAT by HOW much?
We are past the halfway point in our current legislative session, and there are still plenty of bills to watch out for. Two of them that are still alive propose a rate change in the Transient...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Gird for change in education funding
As in nearly every aspect of President Donald Trump’s remaking of federal government operations, the announced dismantling of much of the U.S. Department of Education has thrown Hawaii’s own public...
View ArticleObituaries for Saturday, March 29, 2025
Walter Don Ines Walter Don Ines, of Kekaha, passed away on March 11, 2025, at the age of 86. He was born on Dec. 23, 1938, in Waimea, Kauai. He was a retired TSGT with Hawaii Air National Guard 150th...
View ArticleHawaii tax credits scrutinized by state lawmakers
Hawaii lawmakers have been busy this year assessing whether there should be more or fewer ways to earn state income tax credits, a year after approving historic tax cuts that ramp up through 2031. At...
View ArticleTanuki excites Japanese exchange students
LIHUE — Moriyama Japan exchange student Yuriko Hatayama became excited on Friday when she learned about the 50-year-old bigger-than-life tanuki that found a new home at the Kauai Museum. “I have one,”...
View ArticleTrump’s tariffs cast doubt on Hawaii vehicle sales forecast
Hawaii’s auto dealers ended 2024 down 3% in sales and were expecting a rebound this year until the enthusiasm was abruptly halted when President Donald Trump announced 25% tariffs on foreign auto...
View ArticleCommittee and DOE might loosen student news publication rules
Student journalists like Joseph Mai would face fewer hurdles while publishing their work under two House resolutions that remain alive in the state Legislature. The House Education Committee passed HR...
View ArticlePrince Kuhio Day eve event rallies support for Hawaiian Homes funding
The state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands held a unity rally Tuesday at the state Capitol to pay tribute to Prince Kuhio a day ahead of his birthday and to counteract recent resistance to homestead...
View ArticleWarriors, Menehune survive Friday night scares
LIHUE — Waimea High School and Kapaa High School volleyball teams survived scares on Friday night during the Kauai Interscholastic Federation boys’ volleyball games. Playing against Island School at...
View ArticleHegseth reaffirms U.S. commitment to Philippines
MANILA — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reaffirmed Washington’s “ironclad” commitment to a defence treaty with the Philippines on Friday and pledged to deploy advanced capabilities to its partner...
View ArticleHannemann resigns amid HTA controversy
The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority is back in the hot seat with state legislators and the public as it undergoes more leadership shake-ups while dealing with allegations that procedural deficiencies allowed...
View ArticleObituaries for Monday, March 31, 2025
Walter Don Ines Walter Don Ines, of Kekaha, passed away on March 11, 2025, at the age of 86. He was born on Dec. 23, 1938, in Waimea, Kauai. He was a retired TSGT with Hawaii Air National Guard 150th...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Pandemic lessons linger over isles
Five years ago this month, life in Hawaii completely changed in response to the deadly, worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Lessons were dramatically presented — but have we learned them? On March 4, 2020,...
View ArticleDaniel Kahikina Akaka State Veterans Home opens in Kapolei
The long-planned Daniel Kahikina Akaka State Veterans Home finally opened its doors Wednesday in Kapolei as the family of its namesake, the late U.S. senator from Hawaii, bestowed the facility with a...
View ArticleThese iguanas got carried away and ended up 5,000 miles from home
For decades, the native iguanas of Fiji and Tonga have presented an evolutionary mystery. Every other living iguana species dwells in the Americas, from the Southwestern United States to the Caribbean...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Monday, March 31, 2025
Kudos to Toni Wass and Vicky’s Fabrics for shifting on the fly. Vicky’s was supposed to have Debbie Maddy and the Shibori workshops at the Kauai Society of Artists gallery, but the schedule was...
View ArticlePaul Zina announced as new Alakai O Kauai Director
KOLOA — The Governing Board of Alakai O Kauai announced on Friday afternoon that it has chosen Paul Zina the new director for Alakai O Kauai starting in the 2025-26 school year. “Our dedicated and...
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