Welcome to the Year of the Dragon

LIHU‘E — The Garden Island capitalized on a three-day holiday weekend to catch up on Lunar New Year celebrations from the West Shore through North Shore.

ABLE Prom lights up Royal Sonesta

NAWILIWILI — With strong support from the County of Kaua‘i, Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami and others, the Lihu‘e Missionary Church coordinated the ABLE Prom on Saturday at the Royal Sonesta Kaua‘i Resort and its renovated ballrooms.

Kapa‘a baseball gets two wins, Kaua‘i has one on Maui

MAUI — According to score sheets sent along by Masayo Sutton of The Maui News, Kaua‘i High School baseball took a 7-1 win over Lahainaluna High School and Kapa‘a High School dropped a 2-6 contest to the Baldwin Bears during a pre-season baseball tournament played on Friday on the Valley Isle.

TAX MAN: The constitutional amendment returns again

Back in 2018, we as voters were inundated with impassioned arguments on both sides of a proposed constitutional amendment (“ConAm” for short). The amendment would have given the State the power to impose a surcharge on real property tax, ostensibly to fund teacher pay raises.