Break out gives Saiki the win at Garden Isle Racing Association Labor Day Drag Races
MANA — Gabby Saiki, piloting her ‘95 Honda Civic, took the NAPA Ladies Night Challenge on the first of two night races over the Labor Day Drag Races presented by the Garden Isle Racing Association at Kaua‘i Raceway Park in Mana.
Minimum-wage increase coming Oct. 1
LIHU‘E — Hawai‘i’s minimum wage will rise to $12 per hour on Oct. 1, and then will go up by $2 every other year until it reaches $18 per hour on Jan. 1, 2028.
Nick Meads aces Hokuala Ocean Course No. 5
NAWILIWILI — Hualani Duncan, the golf sales manager at Ocean Course Hokuala, described the hole-in-one feat of Nick Meads of Arroyo Grande, California Tuesday.
Hanalei man is 2022’s 7th traffic fatality
PRINCEVILLE — A 68-year-old Hanalei man died from his injuries after being struck on Kuhio Highway in Princeville Monday night.
3 displaced by Banyan Harbor fire Monday
NAWILIWILI — Kaua‘i Fire Department firefighters extinguished a structure fire that broke out in a Banyan Harbor unit on Monday that left three people from two units displaced.
Friday deadline for Office of Economic Development grant comments
LIHU‘E — The county Office of Economic Development invites the public to review and comment on proposals for fiscal year 2022-23 Innovation Grants.
Hawai‘i Children and Youth Day seek youth advocate nominations
HONOLULU — In its 29th year, Hawai‘i Children and Youth Day and Month events celebrate the talent, contributions and potential of treasured children and youth.
Obituaries for Thursday, September 15, 2022
• Cecilia Parra Texeira • Lucia Acas Reonal Riofta • David Cecelio Otoman
Abortion ban legislation adds to political challenge for GOP
CONCORD, N.H. — Don Bolduc didn’t have much time to celebrate winning the Republican nomination for Senate in New Hampshire on Wednesday before he and other swing-state GOP candidates were on the defensive.
Freight-rail strike could knock out commuter service too
ARLINGTON, Va. — September was shaping up as a good month for commuters on Virginia Railway Express outside the nation’s capital, with the service offering 30 days of free rides to lure back riders lost during the pandemic.
R. Kelly convicted of child porn, enticing girls for sex
CHICAGO — A federal jury in Chicago convicted R. Kelly on Wednesday of producing child pornography and enticing girls for sex after a monthlong trial in his hometown, delivering another legal blow to the Grammy Award winning singer who was once one of the world’s biggest R&B stars.
As ‘buy now, pay later’ plans grow, so do delinquencies
NEW YORK — Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is becoming increasingly difficult for some borrowers.
Biden approval rises sharply ahead of midterms: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s popularity improved substantially from his lowest point this summer, but concerns about his handling of the economy persist, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Ukrainian flag raised in retaken city after Russian retreat
IZIUM, Ukraine — Hand on heart, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy watched his country’s flag rise Wednesday above the recaptured city of Izium, making a rare foray outside the capital that highlights Moscow’s embarrassing retreat from a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
Storm moves up east China coast after blowing over Shanghai
BEIJING — A tropical storm was advancing up China’s eastern coast Thursday after bringing typhoon-strength winds and heavy rains to Shanghai overnight.
A new space race? China adds urgency to US return to moon
WASHINGTON — It’s not just rocket fuel propelling America’s first moonshot after a half-century lull. Rivalry with China’s flourishing space program is helping drive NASA’s effort to get back into space in a bigger way, as both nations push to put people back on the moon and establish the first lunar bases.
China, Russia, Central Asia leaders hold security summit
BEIJING — Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and leaders from India and Central Asian nations headed to Uzbekistan on Thursday for a summit of a security group formed by Beijing and Moscow as a counterweight to U.S. influence.
UN chief and Russia’s Putin discuss war in Ukraine
UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said he spoke to Russian President Vladimir Putin Wednesday about exporting Russian fertilizer through Ukraine’s Black Sea ports to address a growing global food crisis that threatens multiple famines.
Fatal Hawaii ambulance fire linked to oxygen device
HONOLULU — Preliminary findings from an investigation into an ambulance fire that killed a patient and injured a paramedic last month show the blaze originated in an oxygen device that is routinely used, officials in Hawaii said Wednesday.
Sailor killed at Pearl Harbor is laid to rest, at last
CHICAGO — A 21-year-old sailor was laid to rest Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II.
Candidates come out for Lihu‘e coffee hour
LIHU‘E — There were more candidates in the general election than kupuna who showed up for the Tuesday coffee hour coordinated by Pam Jardin of the Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center seniors.
Keala Foundation Early Intervention Camp helps kids avoid substance abuse
‘OMA‘O — The kids participating in the pilot program of the Keala Foundation’s Early Intervention Camp spent their summer studying Hawaiian culture, working out, learning to gut fish and diving with sharks off Ni‘ihau.
Operation Christmas Child packs first shoe boxes
LIHU‘E — More than 3,840 shoe boxes for the 2022 Operation Christmas Child were distributed Saturday during a church and community group leadership gathering at the Kaua‘i Veterans Center, the new home for Operation Christmas Child.
Kailea Lucy receives water polo scholarship from Westcliff University
Hanalei resident Kailea Lucy is using her talents in the pool as she pursues her dreams in Southern California, taking advantage of an incredible opportunity: a 90% paid water polo scholarship to Westcliff University.
Kaua‘i runners strong at cross country invitational
PUHI — Kaua‘i High senior Brennen Corregedore, coming off a strong finish in the Kaua‘i Half Marathon last week, set the pace for the boys with a 17-minute, 17.94 second finish Saturday when the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation hosted an invitational cross country race at Island School, where the Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association state meet will be held Oct. 29.