Food Drive Day on Saturday
LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i will host its largest fundraising event of the year, Food Drive Day, on Saturday.
Obituaries for Thursday, August 22, 2024
DHHL apartment purchase plan draws demonstrators on Kaua‘i
A contentious plan by the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to buy a Kaua‘i apartment complex for homesteading attracted demonstrators on Monday and Tuesday outside a Hawaiian Homes Commission meeting in Wailua.
Jobless rate inches higher in July
LIHU‘E — The unemployment rate on Kaua‘i increased for the first time in 2024, when compared with the same month a year earlier, as more than one-half dozen sectors of the economy shed jobs in July.
City objects to proposed HPD reimbursement plan
HONOLULU — A plan to reimburse Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officers for the cost of purchasing uniforms, extra firearms and other on-the-job policing equipment is under scrutiny.
Hawai‘i woman killed in Seattle; lover charged
HONOLULU — A 25-year-old former Hawai‘i man has been charged with first-degree murder in last weekend’s grisly killing of his girlfriend, Zoey He, also 25, who was visiting him in Seattle from Honolulu.
Youth rally at convention hall on Friday
LIHU‘E — Young people, sixth grade through high school, are invited to attend the Island-Wide Youth Rally on Friday at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.
Quilters exhibit continues through Saturday
LIHU‘E — Artist mLea Ingram said on Tuesday that Jeni Hardy is present in spirit during the Garden Isle Quilters Exhibit and Sale that opened last Friday with the artists reception in the evening at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists gallery at the Kukui Grove Center.
Cesspool conversion grant applications period opens Aug. 28
LIHU‘E — The County of Kaua‘i’s Housing Agency announced the application period for the Residential Cesspool Conversion Grant Program will open on Aug. 28 at 7:45 a.m. The grant application program is scheduled to close on Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Kapa‘a Bypass rehabilitation work begins
LIHU‘E — The weekday closure of the Kapa‘a Bypass Road for rehabilitation started this week.