Last call for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes
For people working on Operation Christmas Child shoe boxes, Christina Ensman, the Operation Christmas Child Hawai‘i regional coordinator, said the shoeboxes need to be dropped off at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center by 6 p.m. on Monday, the final day of the Operation Christmas Child National Collection Week.
‘Ohi‘a lehua thriving on Hawai‘i Island
Established 23 years ago, Waimea Nature Park now can boast of having a collection of native ‘ohi‘a trees in at least nine different colors.
Food donations, distributions, government help offered
LIHU‘E — Gov. David Ige on Thursday signed a fifth emergency proclamation extending the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program emergency allotment benefits, a program backed by federal COVID funding, through Jan. 16, 2023, the Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency reported.
Book sales help Kumu’s Cupboard
LIHU‘E — There were many reasons why people purchased books from Sheila Bradley of USBorne Books and More on Saturday during the book sale being held behind the stage at the Kukui Grove Center food court.
Happy Camper for Sunday, November 20, 2022
Katrina Sahut of the Wilcox Medical Center Gift Shop said shoppers come special for See’s Candies because that’s one of the few, if any, places where they can get those chocolates in person, and Jason Camat of the hospital’s Environmental Services department was as proud of the hospital’s recycling and reuse program as he was of the robot that uses ultra-violet light to disinfect things as large as a room.
Kaua‘i Police Department issues open carry permit under new guidelines
LIHU‘E — After they revised their permitting process in response to the landmark Supreme Court ruling in State of New York v. Bruen, the Kaua‘i Police Department has begun issuing new open carry permits.
Kaua‘i road closures for the week of Nov. 20 – 26
KAPA‘A — The county Department of Public Works and Grace Pacific LLC announced that portions of Mailihuna, Hau‘a‘ala and Kawaihau roads will be closed, and detours will be put in place, from Monday through Friday, Nov. 21 to 25, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., for continued construction of the improved intersection. No work will occur on Thursday, Nov. 24, Thanksgiving day.
ISLAND HISTORY: 19th century Kaua‘i medical doctor James W. Smith
Dr. James W. Smith, Kaua‘i’s only medical doctor for much of the 19th century, was born in Connecticut in 1810, educated at the New York College of Physicians and Surgeons, and sailed to Hawai‘i from Boston, Massachusetts with the “Tenth Company” of American missionaries, arriving on Kaua‘i with his wife, Melicent, in 1842.
K-DRAMA: Shi-joon professes his love for Ji-na
Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
CRITTER: Meet ‘ako‘ako‘a the Hawaiian Super Coral
In 2012 I shot 100 hours of video of the brown rice corals along the entire Kaua‘i North Shore and was just stunned at the beauty and diversity of this amazing coral species.
TAX MAN: Cleaning house at Office of Hawaiian Affairs
A financial investigation, by auditing firm Plante Moran, recently confirmed 22 instances of “fraud, waste, or abuse” at our Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
BBB: Ultimate Guide to Holiday Shopping
As the saying goes, it’s the most wonderful time of year. Cheery music, holiday parties, festive decorations. It can make even the grinchiest people beam with glee. But the gift-giving season comes with a price and the 2022 holiday shopping season promises to be an unpredictable one.
Obituaries for Sunday, November 20, 2022
• Mihoe Enoki Yamamoto • Shirley Iha • Heide H. Lardizabal • Bill Kaipo Asing • Manuel Medeiros • Loran Alapaki Gonsalves
Musk restores Trump’s Twitter account after online poll
LOS ANGELES — Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory.
New special counsel has long career confronting corruption
WASHINGTON — The year was 2010 and the Justice Department’s prestigious public integrity section was still recovering from a costly debacle over the withholding of exculpatory evidence in a case against Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens.
Massive snowfall buries cars, keeps falling in western NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Piles of snow, in some places taller than most people, buried parts of western and northern New York as a lake-effect storm pounded areas east of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario for a third straight day Saturday, with possibly even more to come.
Walker, Kemp campaign in Ga. together for the 1st time
SMYRNA, Ga. — Fresh off his commanding reelection, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Saturday played the role of dutiful Republican soldier as he campaigned for the first time alongside Senate hopeful Herschel Walker after spending months steering clear of his ticket-mate.
House GOP pushes Hunter Biden probe despite thin majority
WASHINGTON — Even with their threadbare House majority, Republicans doubled down this week on using their new power next year to investigate the Biden administration and, in particular, the president’s son.
‘We survived’: Kherson comes alive after Russian withdrawal
KHERSON, Ukraine — A week since the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson was liberated, residents can’t escape reminders of the terrifying eight months they spent under Russian occupation.
UK PM Sunak makes surprise trip to Kyiv, boosts defense aid
KYIV, Ukraine — British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised 125 anti-aircraft guns and other air-defense technology as he made an unannounced visit Saturday — his first — to Ukraine’s snow-blanketed capital for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
VP Harris to visit, support Philippine island amid sea feud
MANILA, Philippines — Vice President Kamala Harris would underscore America’s commitment to defending treaty ally the Philippines with a visit that starts Sunday and involves flying to an island province facing the disputed South China Sea, where Washington has accused China of bullying smaller claimant nations.
China, US officials to attend Southeast Asia defense meeting
BEIJING — The defense chiefs of rival powers China and the U.S. will both attend next week’s expanded meeting of Southeast Asian security ministers in Cambodia, opening up the possibility the two will hold face-to-face discussions.
Historic compensation fund approved at UN climate talks
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt — For the first time, the nations of the world decided to help pay for the damage that climate change has done to poor countries, but they finished marathon climate talks on Sunday with a deal does not further address the root cause of global warming — the burning of fossil fuels.
Cockfighting ban challenge in US territories dismissed
HONOLULU — A judge dismissed a lawsuit by a man in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands challenging a ban against cockfighting in U.S. territories.
Wilcox Medical Center hosts students for a health career fair
LIHU‘E — Wilcox Medical Center hosted more than 250 students, primarily high school juniors and seniors from Kaua‘i’s public high schools for the first Wilcox Health Career Fair on Friday morning.