Happy Camper for Friday, April 24, 2025
Gary Yates finally succumbed to the Kauai Interscholastic Federation baseball game because he had to drive so far, and it was way past how long he was up at the battle between Kapaa and Kauai high...
View ArticleBiggest fundraiser for St. Theresa School is this Friday, Saturday
KEKAHA — The St. Theresa School Carnival, the school’s biggest fundraiser of the year, takes place on Friday and Saturday from 6 to 10 p.m. Proceeds from the carnival are used toward the school’s...
View ArticlePurple canoe completes mission in Hanalei
LIHUE — Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami joined Cindy Fowler of the Alzheimer’s Association and caregiver Denise Robinson on Wednesday to congratulate Wendy Norcross and Frank Wattunen of Ely, Minnesota, for...
View ArticleVisitor rescued off Hoopii Falls Trail
KAPAA — On Wednesday, a 54-year-old San Diego visitor was rescued from Hoopii Falls Trail. Fire officials reported that on April 23, shortly before 11:15 a.m., firefighters with the Kaiakea Fire...
View ArticleHawaii lawmakers reach deal on nearly $20B state budget
State government funding is slated to be a little higher in the next two fiscal years compared with the current year under a budget agreement reached Monday evening by state House and Senate leaders. A...
View ArticleMulti-Agency Exercise scheduled
HANAPEPE — At the end of April, the County of Kauai, along with numerous agencies, will participate in a full-scale, multi-agency search and rescue exercise at Port Allen. County officials, along with...
View ArticleEDITORIAL: Pass green fee bill to fund climate resilience
It’s Earth Day, a time for reflection on how Hawaii is meeting its longstanding commitments to the environment, which is in increasingly fragile condition. Witness the effects of erosion, invasive...
View ArticleObituaries for Friday, April 25, 2025
Dominic Damon Rosa Sr. Dominic Damon Rosa Sr., of Lihue, passed away on March 31, 2025, at the age of 61. He was born on Sept. 11, 1963, in Placerville, California. He was preceded in death by his...
View ArticleJaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao wins Miss Aloha Hula
A 23-year-old registered nurse from Kauai was crowned Miss Aloha Hula 2025 Thursday night. Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina‘ala took home the most prestigious award that...
View ArticleKapaa wins Kauai Interscholastic Federation baseball marathon
LIHUE — The Kauai Interscholastic Federation baseball playoffs that were scheduled for today have been postponed to Tuesday. That decision was announced Thursday night by Kapaa High School Athletic...
View ArticleBill sets aside $807.5 million for Maui wildfire claims
Hawaii legislative leaders have agreed to fully fund the state’s share of Maui wildfire damage claims slated to be paid out over four years. A select group of lawmakers in the House and Senate agreed...
View ArticleISLAND HISTORY: Ghostly Hawaiian Night Marchers on Kauai
One night in 1930, Juliet Rice Wichman (1901-87) and her husband, Fred Wichman, were at home on their Wailua Ranch, located near today’s Hindu Monastery off Kuamoo Road, Kauai, when they heard the...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Saturday, April 26, 2025
Congratulations, Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao on earning the 2025 Miss Aloha Hula title at the 62nd Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo! (Karin Panui and Made Jiminez of Mailelani’s are there not to sell,...
View ArticleHawaii’s ‘bone collector’ caterpillar wears the body parts of dead prey
In a remote and lushly forested area of a single mountain range on the Hawaiian island of Oahu, scientists have discovered a carnivorous caterpillar species that makes a living in such a macabre way...
View ArticleAEA invites the public to attend the Older Americans Award ceremony
LIHUE – The Agency on Elderly Affairs (AEA) celebrates Older Americans Month and invites the public to attend the Older Americans Award Ceremony, taking place on May 15 at the Outrigger Kauai Beach...
View ArticleFirst Kubota Orange Day celebrated in Puhi
PUHI — Despite the lure of a YETI hardbody cooler, participants in the operator skills challenge did not overcome their shyness for media cameras on Friday at the Kauai branch of Bacon Universal in the...
View ArticleKauai marks its fourth water-related fatality
HANALEI — A California visitor was discovered unresponsive in the water off Hanalei Beach Park on Thursday. Investigators with the Kauai police announced that on April 24, at approximately 12:45 p.m.,...
View ArticleERSOY: The FDA’s new rules on ‘Healthy’ Food Labeling — what you need to know
It’s easy to get confused by what’s labeled as “healthy” in today’s food industry. For example, cereals marketed as heart-healthy might contain just a small amount of whole grains or fiber. Packages...
View ArticleCounty announces East Kauai Community and Circulation Plan workshops
LIHUE — The County of Kauai Planning Department invites community members to participate in a series of focused public workshops on the East Kauai Community and Circulation Plan. The workshops will...
View ArticleTAX MAN: When it comes to taxes, celebrate the small victories
At this time in our legislative session, in the chaos that is our system for making laws in this state, those interested in laws being made, like us in the Tax Foundation of Hawaii for instance, are...
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