Raising awareness about emergency preparedness
LIHUE — National Preparedness Month is observed every year in September to further raise awareness about the importance of preparing for any type of emergency. Last month, Hurricane Hone dropped more...
View ArticleNonprofits come together for a week of giving on the North Shore
PRINCEVILLE — Nonprofits on the North Shore of Kauai are taking center stage this week, launching initiatives that express how community-driven projects can create lasting change across the island....
View ArticleKapaa volleyball wins Kauai Interscholastic Federation first round
LIHUE — Kapaa High School girls volleyball took their match against Waimea High School in straight sets in a Kauai Interscholastic Federation match played at Clem Gomes Gym on Tuesday. The Menehune...
View ArticleAward winning art named at Kauai Society of Artists gallery
LIHUE — The collaborative efforts of artists Sally French and Samuel Schryver earned the non-cash Invitation Award from the Kauai Society of Artists Art Kauai 2024 that opened on Friday with an artists...
View ArticleKilauea erupts at Napau Crater with lava fountains as high as 30 feet
HILO, Hawaii — Lava returned to the remote Napau Crater in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park this week for the first time in nearly 30 years on Tuesday as Kilauea’s latest eruption continues. The current...
View ArticleLocked-out nurses take staffing concerns to Capitol
HONOLULU — A large crowd of locked-out union nurses from Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children showed up at the state Capitol on Tuesday morning to demonstrate their plight, and asking to...
View ArticleUH Manoa setting enrollment records
The University of Hawaii’s flagship Manoa campus eliminated application fees and increased scholarships for local high school students, helping to drive a new record for freshmen enrollment this fall —...
View ArticleHooser: How does Speaker Nadine Nakamura sound?
According to the coconut wireless, Representative Nadine Nakamura, who represents District 15 on Kauai (Haena, Wainiha, Hanalei, Princeville, Kilauea, Anahola, Kealia, Kapaa, portions of Wailua and...
View ArticleObituaries for Friday, September 20, 2024
Marie Maxima Dar Marie Maxima Dar, 57, of Kapaa passed away at home on Dec. 15, 2019. She was born on Kauai on Dec. 6, 1962 was a staff sergeant with the Hawaii Air National Guard. She was preceded in...
View ArticleBirths for Friday, September 20, 2024
• Keisha-lyn Kamakea and Ivan Pimental-Illastron greeted their daughter, Ivie-Rose Ku’ukeikialohao‘kalani Pimental-Illastron, weighing 5 pounds, 6 ounces, on July 25, 2024, at Kauai Veterans Memorial...
View ArticleClub 100 Memorial Service announced
HANAPEPE — The West Kauai Club 100 will host its 76th Memorial Service for fallen 100th Infantry Battalion veterans on Sept. 29 at the Kauai Veterans Cemetery in Hanapepe. The service that starts at 10...
View ArticleFirefighters battle blaze at Powerhouse Road in Wainiha
WAINIHA — A brush fire in the North Shore kept firefighters working overnight and into the day on Thursday. The Kauai Fire Department (KFD) said at approximately 8:35 p.m. on Wednesday, a call was...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Friday, September 20, 2024
Happy birthday to Kauai High School girls volleyball player Navaeh Smith (Game announcer Charles Woolfork spilled the beans during the team introductions), who celebrated Tuesday night when Kauai High...
View ArticleMenehune, Raiders sweep Kauai Interscholastic Federation air riflery
LIHUE — The Waimea High School boys and girls air rifle teams, and the Kauai High School boys and girls air rifle teams, posted sweeps over their respective opponent teams on Saturday during the Kauai...
View ArticleReport backs empty-homes tax on Oahu
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Appleseed Center for Law & Economic Justice is recommending that the Honolulu City Council impose a 3-5 percent empty-homes tax, citing a worsening housing crisis on Oahu...
View ArticleExtra volunteers at the food bank in Nawiliwili
NAWILIWILI — The Kauai Independent Food Bank was beneficiary of extra help when more than 50 volunteers showed up to help, starting on Monday afternoon. The volunteers from the three groups helped...
View ArticleFirst responders and residents honored for heroics
LIHUE — The Fire Commission, during its regular meeting on Tuesday, joined the Kauai Fire Department, including the Ocean Safety Bureau, in recognizing two groups of individuals — heroic residents and...
View ArticleStretch of Kalalau Trail to reopen
NAPALI COAST — A popular trail on the north side of the island is scheduled to partially reopen about two weeks after a virus sickened dozens of people and forced its closure. The Department of Land...
View ArticleAlaska sews up $1.9B Hawaiian merger
HONOLULU — The deal has closed. Alaska Air Group Inc., the parent company of Alaska Airlines, Wednesday morning announced that it had completed its $1.9 billion acquisition of Hawaiian Holdings, the...
View ArticleGolden parachutes deployed for top Hawaiian Airlines execs
HONOLULU — A few top Hawaiian Airlines executives are out of a job now that Alaska Airlines has acquired Hawaii’s largest air carrier, but they are being well compensated with “golden parachute”...
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