Limu named after Kaua‘i marine educator
HONOLULU — A team of scientists recently published the scientific description of a new species of red algae from the Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument that was named after a widely-respected marine educator and scientist, Yumi Yasutake of Kaua‘i who passed away on April 30, 2021, at the age of 41.
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Zonta Red Dress campaign to bring attention to Indigenous females
LIHU‘E — Garbed in the Zonta Club of Kaua‘i orange shirts, members of the club worked alongside volunteers and show leaders of the Kaua‘i Society of Artists to ready the KSA gallery for the KSA Small Work Big Show exhibit that opens on Friday with an artists’ reception at Kukui Grove Center.
Clean up work paying off at Kalalau
KALALAU BEACH — A crackdown on illegal campers over the years is paying big dividends at Napali Coast State Wilderness Park.
Kaua‘i COVID-19 update: 54 new cases
HONOLULU — Data released on Wednesday by the state Department of Health showed 54 new COVID-19 cases on Kaua‘i from Nov. 8 to Nov. 14, and 1,049 new cases statewide.
Brun associates Kai and Huihui sentenced for roles in drug trafficking conspiracy
LIHU‘E — With the recent sentencing of two players in former County Council Member Arthur Brun’s illegal drug trafficking operation, the case against the Kaua‘i drug ring is nearly closed.
Happy Camper for Friday, November 18, 2022
Mahalo, Brandon Yoshimoto, Darlene Chun, and all those “Mc Our Day” (McDonald’s) ‘ohana on celebrating its first McNight in a long time (pandemic, ‘as why) Wednesday to benefit Kaua‘i High School Project Grad (yep, the schools are back, too!). Twenty percent of proceeds between 5 to 8 p.m. benefit Kaua‘i High, or whoever the designated beneficiary is during that time frame.
Obituaries for Friday, November 18, 2022
• Judith Bohnert Breyer • EJ Nalani Iwasaki • Heide H. Lardizabal • Bill ‘Kaipo’ Asing • Rosita Gabriel • Loran Alapaki Gonsalves
Pelosi to step down from House leadership, stay in Congress
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Thursday that she will not seek a leadership position in the new Congress, ending a historic run as the first woman with the gavel and making way for a new generation to steer the party after Democrats lost control of the House to Republicans in the midterm elections.
More Twitter workers flee after Musk’s ‘hardcore’ ultimatum
Twitter continued to bleed engineers and other workers on Thursday, after new owner Elon Musk gave them a choice to pledge to “hardcore” work or resign with severance pay.
Potentially dangerous storm moves into Buffalo, western NY
BUFFALO, N.Y. — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency Thursday for parts of western New York ahead of a dangerous storm that had the potential to dump several feet of snow on some communities on the eastern ends of Lake Erie and Lake Ontario.
Republican Boebert’s tight race likely headed to recount
DENVER — Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert, a renowned conservative firebrand whose combative style helped define the new right, is likely headed to an automatic recount in her bid to fend off a surprisingly difficult challenge by a Democratic businessman from the ritzy ski town of Aspen.
Lake refuses to concede in Arizona governor’s race she lost
PHOENIX — Refusing to concede, Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, said Thursday she is assembling lawyers and collecting evidence of voters having trouble casting ballots on Election Day as she considers her next move.
Russia launches missile barrage on Ukraine as 1st snow falls
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian airstrikes targeted Ukraine’s energy facilities again Thursday as the first snow of the season fell in Kyiv, a harbinger of the hardship to come if Moscow’s missiles continue to take out power and gas plants as winter descends.
Japan: NKorea missile test shows potential ability to hit US
SEOUL, South Korea — The Japanese defense minister says a North Korean missile test-launched Friday could potentially reach the entire continental U.S.
Scientists try to bolster Great Barrier Reef in warmer world
KONOMIE ISLAND, Australia — Below the turquoise waters off the coast of Australia is one of the world’s natural wonders, an underwater rainbow jungle teeming with life that scientists say is showing some of the clearest signs yet of climate change.
Asia-Pacific leaders seek unity on war, economic ills, virus
BANGKOK — Pacific Rim leaders were striving to find common ground on the war in Ukraine and other dire threats to humankind in an annual meeting that began Friday at a heavily guarded venue in Thailand’s capital.
U.S. moves to shield Saudi crown prince in journalist killing
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration declared Thursday that the high office held by Saudi Arabia’s crown prince should shield him from lawsuits for his role in the killing of a U.S.-based journalist, a turnaround from Joe Biden’s passionate campaign trail denunciations of Prince Mohammed bin Salman over the brutal slaying.
2 Hawaiian men guilty of hate crime in white man’s beating
HONOLULU — A jury on Thursday found two Native Hawaiian men guilty of a hate crime for the 2014 beating of a white man who was fixing up a house he purchased in their remote Maui neighborhood.
Kouchi back as state Senate president
The state senator from Kaua‘i will keep his post as Senate president next year.
Scammers target utility customers via cryptocurrency
A group of utilities and agencies issued an advisory on Wednesday, Nov. 16, warning residents of Hawai‘i to be on the lookout for scams involving cryptocurrency kiosks and cash apps for mobile phones.
Obituary for Thursday, November 17, 2022
• EJ Nalani Iwasaki
North Shore artists display works of art
Shades and hues as vast and remarkable as the colors of the rainbow could be seen in the works of art presented for everyone’s enjoyment at the Princeville Community Fine Arts Exhibit.
Connecting with the homeless
The House Connect outreach event presented by the County Housing Agency in partnership with community agencies and groups continues on Thursday at The Salvation Army Lihu‘e Corps, starting at 10 a.m.
Council approves affordable housing funding commitment
In a move to set a floor for affordable housing funding, the Kaua‘i County Council unanimously approved a measure on Wednesday that would allocate 2 percent of real property tax revenue each year to a housing development fund.