Utilities focus on reducing risks
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i’s two regulated electrical utilities told a pair of state Senate committees on Thursday that they are trying to do as much as possible as fast as possible with wildfire risk mitigation.
Terui earns state Character Counts! honor
LIHU‘E — Saturday was a special day for Kaira Terui, Lily Millard, Karissa Fuchigami, Tristan-Ckylar Andres, Austin Sadamitsu and Justin Ganir at the Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center, where the fourth grade students picked up their awards for the Kaua‘i Character Counts! citizenship contest.
Warriors get seventh win in girls softball
LIHU‘E — Kapa‘a High School softball pitcher Sienna Yamashita got the nod for winning the 12-7 Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation softball game against Kaua‘i High School on Wednesday night at Isenberg Park, the designated home field for the Red Raiders.
Island History for Saturday, April 20, 2024
Amara Coon could not attend the Special Olympics’ Rockin’ Range fundraiser on Friday because she was busy helping Rowena Contrades Pagan and her mom, Pat Coon, with the weekly relief day at Ho‘omana Thrift Store, which was flooded during last week’s rains that dumped more than 12 inches at the island’s highest rainfall reading.
RICK STEVES: Soak in opulence at Budapest’s thermal baths
Centuries ago, the towns of Buda and Pest, the leading cities of a mighty Hungarian kingdom, united to become Budapest.
ISLAND HISTORY: Original Coco Palms Hotel employee Harriet Kamala Kaholokula
Kohala, Hawai‘i-born Harriet Kamala Kaaumoana Kaholokula (1924-2004) was one of the first employees hired by manager Grace Buscher after Lyle “Gus” Guslander opened the Coco Palms Hotel in 1953.
Homelessness strategic plan to be drafted by county
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i County Housing Agency will begin its process to develop a Kaua‘i County Homelessness Strategic Plan.
KEO announces energy assistance programs
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Economic Opportunity (KEO) continues its commitment to supporting families in need with the announcement of the start of its Hawai‘i Home Energy Assistance Program or H-HEAP.
Obituaries for Saturday, April 20, 2024
• Hillie Andam Gallegos • Gregoria ‘Jeannie’ Oroc • Kathleen ‘Kathy’ Watts • Alan Baldwin King • William Neil Rapozo, Sr. • Thomas Galicinao Soriano