County investigates container apartments
KAPA‘A — The 14 modified shipping containers on the boardwalk of the NoKa Fair in Kapa‘a have housed more than a dozen people since late 2020.
Council candidate forums are Oct. 13, 14
LIHU‘E — The YWCA of Kaua‘i announced County Council candidate public forums Thursday and Friday, Oct. 13 and 14 from 5 p.m. at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.
Local news briefs for Sunday, October 9, 2022
• Kaua‘i Climate Action Forum is Oct. 12 • Joy Pigao is named new executive director of Life’s Bridges
Kaua‘i road closures week of Oct. 9 – 15
KILAUEA — The state Department of Transportation announced intermittent closures on Kuhio Highway of approximately 5 minutes between Kapuna Road and Wailapa Road from Monday through Friday, Oct. 10 to 14, between 8 a.m. and 3 p.m., to spray joint sealant on the highway.
Letter for Sunday, October 9, 2022
• Speak up Tuesday for Wailuanui
VOICES: Hotel on Coco Palms site ‘wrong approach’
Our experience with the pandemic taught us firsthand how important it is for us to better manage our industries in a way that supports the regeneration of our resources and people’s well-being.
Births for Sunday, October 9, 2022
• Rafaella Ka‘ualani Kaui • Amalie Muilan Say • Lowen Luccceshi Cui • Emberly Dawn Sugimura • Josiah-John Iokepa Kawaihauekahukama Palenapa Likelio
Happy Camper for Sunday, October 9, 2022
What? Pluto is going to lead the Dog Fanciers of Kaua‘i costumed dog parade coming up Saturday at Kukui Grove Center in Lihu‘e (it’s the same time as the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation football game where Kaua‘i High hosts Waimea High at Vidinha Stadium in Lihu‘e).
CRITTER: Pohaku puna the mound coral that protects against hurricanes
Pohaku puna is our natural seawall here in Hawai‘i that helps protect our coastline from hurricane damage.
ISLAND HISTORY: Eliza Sinclair purchased Ni‘ihau from Kamehameha V in 1864
Eliza Sinclair (1800-1892) had prospered as a rancher in New Zealand after arriving there from Scotland in 1841, but she’d not been content there since the deaths at sea in 1846 of her husband and her eldest son.
TAX MAN: Words about our love-hate relationship with ‘P3s’
Our state has a love-hate relationship with public-private partnerships (P3). P3s are where public (government) interests and funds partner with private companies to cooperate and share risks and benefits.
K-DRAMA: Ah-reum is trapped; Ji-hwan seeks Min-young
Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles.
Obituaries for Sunday, October 9, 2022
• Lolita ‘Loling’ Pascua Villanueva • Arlene Evalani Chun • Bessie Duran Garbo • Norma Costales Bautista • Ruth Leilani (Kailikini) Naumu • Kuniaki Shimauchi • Fred and Lois Lydgate Coleman • George Mukai • Hannah Pakaka Ka‘iwi Noblisse
In her own words: Justice Jackson speaks volumes from bench
WASHINGTON — Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman on the Supreme Court and its newest justice, said before the term began that she was “ready to work.” She made that clear during arguments in the opening cases.
Racial equity in marijuana pardons requires states’ action
By pardoning Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession, President Joe Biden said he aimed to partially redress decades of anti-drug laws that disproportionately harmed Black and Latino communities.
Breonna Taylor warrant details deepen mistrust in police
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Recent revelations about the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor’s death have reopened old wounds in Louisville’s Black community and disrupted the city’s efforts to restore trust in the police department.
Disasters like Ian pose extra risk for fragile older people
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Older people with limited mobility and those with chronic health conditions requiring the use of electrically powered medical devices were especially vulnerable when Hurricane Ian slammed into Southwest Florida, and experts warn such risks to society’s oldest are growing as disasters increase with the impact of climate change.
Documents: Florida migrant transport planning began in July
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Florida officials began planning to transport migrants to other states in July and told potential contractors their task would be to relocate them on a voluntary basis, according to state documents.
Blast on bridge to Crimea hurts Russian supply lines, pride
KYIV, Ukraine — An explosion Saturday caused the partial collapse of a bridge linking the Crimean Peninsula with Russia, damaging an important supply artery for the Kremlin’s faltering war effort in southern Ukraine and hitting a towering symbol of Russian power in the region.
NKorea launches 2 missiles toward sea after US-SKorea drills
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest of a recent barrage of weapons tests, a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula was inflaming regional tensions.
Hurricane Julia near Nicaragua after lashing Colombia island
MEXICO CITY — Hurricane Julia closed in on Nicaragua’s central Caribbean coast late Saturday after lashing Colombia’s San Andres island in a near pass soon after strengthening from a tropical storm in the afternoon.
Mourners pray at Thai temple filled by children’s keepsakes
UTHAI SAWAN, Thailand — Grief-stricken families prayed Saturday at a Buddhist temple filled with children’s keepsakes, flowers and photos of the smiling toddlers who were slain as they napped on blankets at a day care center in northeastern Thailand.
UN: Ukraine nuclear power plant loses external power link
BERLIN — Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the biggest in Europe, has lost its last remaining external power source as a result of renewed shelling and is now relying on emergency diesel generators, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday.
Greater Good Charities Good Fix spay/neuter clinic available through Sunday
KAUMAKANI — There is still time for people to take advantage of the free spay/neuter clinic being offered by the Greater Good Charities Good Fix program.
DOH conditionally approves first phase of Red Hill defueling
HONOLULU – The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) conditionally approved the U.S. Navy’s unpacking plan to remove existing fuel from the three pipelines at the Red Hill Bulk Fuel Storage Facility.