Waimea and Kapaa football teams come up short

KAPAA — Number 2 power ranking by Scoring Live Kahuku High School took a 66-7 victory over Waimea High School, unranked despite winning back-to-back Hawaii High School Athletic Association Division II titles, on Saturday night at the Kahuku campus.

Labor Day Breakfast is 43 years old

LIHUE — The handwritten message atop a stuffed animal’s chest delivered the day’s message on Monday during the annual Lihue United Church of Christ (LUCC) Labor Day Breakfast at Lihue Parish Hall.

Sea Scouts celebrate 15 years

NAWILIWILI — Kauai is the only island to host a Sea Scout program in Hawaii, Sea Scout officials announced on Friday when the two troops, one in Kapa‘a and the other in Port Allen, gathered with friends and government officials to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Sea Scouts at Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor.

Occupancy up at Kauai hotels in July

LIHUE — Hotels on the island of Kauai put up some solid numbers in the first full month of summer, as hotel occupancy came in at nearly 80 percent while the average cost for a room was nearly unchanged.

Forgotten Navy waste dump holds up repairs at Radford High School

HONOLULU — Underneath the athletic fields and parking lots around Radford High School and Makalapa Elementary School, long forgotten toxic debris buried and left behind by the U.S. military has been holding up a series of long-needed renovations and repairs.

Big Island’s historic Takata Store sold

Hilo-based Puna Plantation Hawaii Ltd., the parent company of KTA Super Stores, KTA Express and KTA Pharmacy, will officially acquire K. Takata Store in North Kohala on Sept. 23.

4 dead, 2 hurt in Waianae dispute

HONOLULU — Four people were fatally shot and two were injured after a “neighbor-on-­neighbor dispute” between two longtime kamaaina families led to violence with a front loader and gunfire at a gathering late Saturday night in Waianae Valley.