FMPR scholarship applications being accepted
LIHU‘E — Applications for the 2024 Fujita & Miura Public Relations (FMPR) Scholarship are currently being accepted.
Pot legalization bill advances in Legislature
HILO, Hawai‘i — A bill that would legalize the recreational use of cannabis by adults 21 and over cleared its first legislative hurdle on Tuesday.
KIF announces swimming All-Stars
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation on Friday released the 2024 KIF Swimming All-Stars, which included the Central Pacific Bank KIF champions, the Kaua‘i High School boys, and the Island School girls.
Judge rules for state in Aina Lea case
SOUTH KOHALA, Hawai‘i — After multiple lawsuits, property changing hands and land use disputes, the state of Hawaii prevailed on the latest litigation involving the Villages at Aina Lea, a long-planned development in South Kohala, mauka of the Mauna Lani Resort.
Happy Camper for Saturday, Friday 17, 2024
Bonjolea II, a 36-foot Sydney, did not have her new spinnaker Black Beauty on hand when the Nawiliwili Yacht Club sounded the horn on its fourth race of the new sailing season.
A note to our readers
LIHU‘E — The Presidents Day edition of The Garden Island will not be delivered via mail because the United States Postal Service will be closed in observance of the holiday on Monday, Feb. 19.
ISLAND HISTORY: Sugar manufacturing at a typical Hawaiian sugar mill
During the 1980s, when a yearly harvesting season was complete at McBryde Sugar Co., I would be temporarily reassigned from my job as a haul cane truck driver to the Koloa mill electric shop, where I assisted journeymen electricians and became acquainted with a maze of mill machinery designed to produce raw sugar from sugarcane.
Red Carpet Gala tickets available online
LIHU‘E — Tickets for The Zonta Club of Kaua‘i Foundation Red Carpet Gala are now available online.
CRITTER: Hawaiian sunrise shells are common, but hard to find
While scuba diving along Kaua‘i north shore at 80 feet deep a half mile offshore I found an area of the seafloor that was littered with small rocks on the sand.
Births for Saturday, February 17, 2024
• Violet Kahealani Pomaikai Kaikanani Puahi Nuesca Rita • Maleiya Emiko Melchor Nagaoka • Scout Ryder McCann • Alilia Kamokulehuaopanaewa Latuniupulu
Obituaries for Saturday, February 17, 2024
• Sheilah Sanae Thomas • William Carrillo, Jr. • William ‘Billy’ Kalaukahiki Lemn