Hawai‘i schools to receive $1.41M for healthy meals
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) announced on Friday, Oct. 7, that Hawai‘i will receive $1,417,688 in new federal funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to support school meal programs.
Real Estate Directory for October 7, 2022
Find the latest real estate listings, broker information and home improvement ideas.
Mayor thanks the credit unions
LIHU‘E — Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami announced that Oct. 20 is International Credit Union Day, Thursday during a gathering of Kaua‘i credit unions that traditionally mark the event with a photo op and proclamation with the mayor at the Mo‘ikeha Building, Lihu‘e Civic Center.
Kaua‘i COVID-19 Update; 90 new cases
Data released on Wednesday by the State Department of Health showed 90 new COVID-19 cases on Kaua‘i, and 1,273 new cases statewide.
Kaua‘i lays out plan for $10 million in American Rescue Plan funding
LIHU‘E — Child care is the number one priority in the county’s plan to spend $10.8 million included in the latest round of American Rescue Plan Act funding.
Happy Camper for Friday, October 7, 2022
October is here! Edie Ignacio Neumiller said there are pink aloha shirts for guys who want to display pink in support of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
Obituaries for Friday, October 7, 2022
• Ricardo Sales Fermin • Lolita ‘Loling’ Pascua Villanueva • John ‘JP’ Alexander Kalimahana Punua • Gordon James Mattos • Jane Tomoe Kuribayashi
Sister State Agreement signed in Japan
JAPAN — Six Kaua‘i Yamaguchi Kenjin Kai members — Cheryl Shintani, Brian Yamamoto, Steven Nishimura, Jaycie Matsunami, Sae Yamaguchi, a 2021-2022 exchange student from Yamaguchi University studying at the Kaua‘i Community College, and Noa Noguchi, a third year Kaua‘i CC student whose ‘ohana resides in Suo Oshima — recently returned from Japan where they were participants in the historic signing of the Sister State Agreement between the State of Hawai‘i and the Prefecture of Yamaguchi in Japan.
Kaua‘i police seek help in locating a missing woman
LIHU’E — The Kaua‘i Police Department said Wednesday it is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 64-year-old woman.
Oktoberfest celebration on Saturday at North Shore
KILAUEA — Volunteers are welcome, and needed for the Saturday Oktoberfest at the Porter’s Pavilion at the Anaina Hou Community Park, said Ben Karon, the Anaina Hou Community Park Director of Operations.
Waimea, Kaua’i pick up wins in girls volleyball
LIHU‘E — Waimea High School girls volleyball returned to the winner’s circle, and Kaua‘i High School picked up its fourth straight win on Tuesday during the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation girls volleyball games contested at the Clem Gomes Gym in Waimea, and the Kaua‘i High School gym in Lihu‘e.
Kaua‘i council approves first-of-its-kind sea level rise bill
LIHU‘E — With a unanimous county council vote, Kaua‘i is set to become one of the first counties in the nation to regulate construction based on future sea level rise projections.
Queen’s Bath access closed for winter
PRINCEVILLE — Effective now, the access gate to Queen’s Bath in Princeville is closed through winter, in the interest of public safety, according to a county press release.
Liddell aces Ocean Course Hokuala No. 16
LIHU‘E — Bouncing twice on the cart path before rolling onto the green helped Morgan Liddell of Kapa‘a, who snagged a Hole in One at the Ocean Course Hokuala No. 16 hole.
Another ace on Wailua’s 17th for Ikeda
WAILUA — Acing the 17th hole at Wailua Golf Course is getting to be old hat for Mitchell Ikeda.
Obituaries for Thursday, October 6, 2022
• Gordon James Mattos • Adelina Navor Negrillo • Kuniaki Shimauchi • Kuuipo Reiko Shimizu • Arthur ‘Atta Boa’ Wailani Kahale • Esther Kaleialoha Medeiros • Irwette Kalua Santiago
Biden and DeSantis join together in Ian recovery effort
FORT MYERS, Florida — President Joe Biden surveyed the devastation of hurricane-ravaged Florida on Wednesday, promising to marshal the power of the federal government to help rebuild as he comforted local residents alongside Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 foe.
Appeals court orders another review of revised ‘DACA’
NEW ORLEANS — A federal appeals court Wednesday ordered a lower court review of Biden administration revisions to a program preventing the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought into the United States as children.
Twitter under Musk? Most of the plans are a mystery
SAN FRANCISCO — A super app called X? A bot-free free speech haven? These are some of Elon Musk’s mysterious plans for Twitter, now that he may be buying the company after all.
Senators call for stronger rules on off-the-books suspension
WASHINGTON — Two Democratic senators urged the Education Department on Wednesday to strengthen regulations against quietly excluding kids from class because of behaviors related to a disability — a practice known as informal removal.
Climate change made summer drought 20 times more likely
Drought that stretched across three continents this summer — drying out large parts of Europe, the United States and China — was made 20 times more likely by climate change, according to a new study.
N Korea continues missile launches as US redeploys carrier
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea launched two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Thursday, as the United States redeployed one of its aircraft carriers near the Korean Peninsula in response to Pyongyang’s previous launch of a powerful nuclear-capable missile over Japan.
Putin signs annexation of Ukrainian regions as losses mount
KYIV, Ukraine — Russian President Vladimir Putin signed the final papers Wednesday to annex four regions of Ukraine while his military struggled to control the new territory that was added in violation of international laws.
France: Oscar winners cut off their hair for Iran protesters
PARIS — Oscar-winning actors Marion Cotillard and Juliette Binoche, as well as other French screen and music stars, filmed themselves chopping off locks of their hair in a video posted Wednesday in support of protesters in Iran.
UN Security Council splits, again, over North Korea missiles
Debate over how to handle a North Korean ballistic missile launch over Japanese territory split an already deeply fractured U.N. Security Council on Wednesday, with Russia and China insisting that U.S.-led military exercises in the region had provoked North Korea into acting.