Kapaa runs wild in 64-0 romp in KIF football
KAPAA — Kapaa High School defender Amanaki Tuulangavalu put an end to Kauai High School’s day under the the record-breaking temperatures at Bryan J. Baptiste Sports Complex on Saturday. With about a...
View ArticleSmoke alarms installed at Kaumakani homes
KAUMAKANI — Fire prevention week extinguished with the successful installation of more than 100 smoke alarms on the west side of Kauai. The National Fire Prevention Week Campaign concluded on Oct. 12...
View ArticlePUC probing utility’s role in deadly Lahaina wildfire
The state Public Utilities Commission has issued more than 30 information requests totaling nearly 200 questions to Hawaiian Electric, as part of an ongoing investigation into the Aug. 8, 2023, Lahaina...
View ArticleHawaii seawater to become jet fuel
Imagine an aircraft carrier being able to turn seawater into an endless supply of fuel for fighter jets. A Texas company backed by the U.S. Office of Naval Research plans to do some potentially...
View Article$1.6B state plan aims to boost housing around rail stations in Iwilei, Kapalama
A state plan is being advanced to foster development of nearly 28,000 new homes around planned city rail stations in Iwilei and Kapalama. The estimated $1.6 billion endeavor includes roughly $850...
View ArticleTwo hikers rescued in separate incident on North Shore
HANALEI — First responders were kept busy on Monday with a pair of air rescues on the North Shore. The Kauai Fire Department (KFD) conducted the air rescues after a couple of hikers found themselves in...
View ArticleObituaries for Friday, October 18, 2024
Magdalena Layaoen Parubrub Magdalena Layaoen Parubrub, of Koloa, passed away on Sept. 20, 2024, at the age of 101. She was born on Oct. 14, 1922, in Baay, Butac, Ilocos Norte,Philippines. She was a...
View ArticleBirths for Friday, October 18, 2024
• Wilmar Sagocio and Alicia Kilpatrick greeted their first child, a boy, Archer Orlando Lawai‘a Sagocio, weighing 5 pounds, 8.7 ounces, on Aug. 23, 2024, at Wilcox Medical Center. • Jasper K. Martin...
View ArticleCelebrating Filipino American History Month
LIHUE — The Kauai Philippine Cultural Center (KPCC), one of two recipients of Safeway gifts during the grand reopening of the Safeway Lihue on Wednesday, will be the site of the inaugural Kauai...
View ArticleYoung Brothers seeks rate hikes
The cost to ship most cargo between islands in Hawaii could jump 20 percent on average, and in instances up to 45 percent, next summer under a plan by the state’s regulated interisland tug-and-barge...
View ArticleHappy Camper for Friday, October 18, 2024
Safeway Senior Vice President Kevin Lovell, after looking at the Safeway Lihue store (it’s in the Hokulei Shopping Village) on Wednesday, did not know whether it was Christmas or fall because of the...
View ArticleAlvarez installed as Miss Kauai Veteran
LIHUE — Retired U.S. Air Force General and Kauai Veterans Council Commander Mary Kay Hertog could not help herself and gasped audibly after learning the amount of money being contributed by Jeffrey...
View ArticleKapaa wins in straight sets in Kauai Interscholastic Federation volleyball
KAPAA — Kapaa High School girls volleyball celebrated its Senior Night by taking both the junior varsity and varsity contests on Tuesday in Kauai Interscholastic Federation matches played against...
View ArticleLiquor commission lawsuit settled, plaintiffs confirm
A 2021 federal lawsuit filed by the owners of a Chinatown nightclub and a guide to the islands catering to the LGBTQ+ community in which they alleged anti-gay discrimination by investigators working...
View ArticleReal Estate Directory for October 18, 2024
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View ArticleObituaries for Saturday, October 19, 2024
Emil Tyner Trinidad Emil Tyner Trinidad, of Lihue, passed away on Sept. 2, 2024, in Lihue at the age of 38. He was born on Dec. 3, 1985, in Lihue. He was preceded in death by grandfather Ricardo E....
View ArticleISLAND HISTORY: Queen Emma’s sojourn on Kauai during 1870 and 1871
Queen Emma (1836-85), the wife of King Kamehameha IV, made three visits to Kauai. The best-known of these took place during the winter of 1870 and the spring of 1871. The other visits occurred in 1856...
View ArticleTwo fires on east side of Kauai
ANAHOLA — Two fires broke out on the east side amid a red flag warning on Thursday. The Kauai Fire Department (KFD) responded to calls of a brush fire along Kuhio Highway in Anahola near the...
View ArticleHalloween Trick-Or-Treat Run on Oct. 26
OMAO — The Kauai Ballet Academy welcomes 5K trail runners, high school runners and keiki to its 5K Trail Run and Keiki Trick-Or-Treat Run that will take place on Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Omao Dirt...
View ArticleHawai‘i Lodging & Tourism Association reveals endorsements in Kauai County...
LIHUE — A statewide tourism organization with deep ties to the hospitality sector has thrown its weight behind one-half dozen candidates running for the Kauai County Council in the 2024 General...
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