Reflecting on lessons learned from Maui wildfires
When the Maui Emergency Management Agency named Darryl Oliveira its interim administrator in the wake of the Aug. 8, 2023, wildfires, which killed more than 100 people, they tapped the extensive experience of a career Big Island first responder and emergency manager.
Sea-level rise risk erodes Hawaiian homestead plan
Plans for a Native Hawaiian homestead community in Ewa Beach have been scaled back due to issues including sea-level rise and flood risks that have inflated estimated development costs.
Free pumpkins at fall festival in Waimea
LIHUE — The last of the free pumpkins given away to celebrate Halloween will be available on Saturday when the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Kauai Region presents the Healthy Living Fall Festival on the campus of the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital in Waimea.
Kapaa boys still alive in KIF bowling
LIHUE — With a week remaining on the Kauai Interscholastic Federation bowling calendar, Kapaa High School boys captured the Week 5 bowling to stay alive in the Central Pacific Bank KIF title chase.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Tickets for the Kauai Visayan Club 23rd International Costume Ball are still available by calling Adrian Ardiente at 808-940-4725.
Maryanne Kusaka celebrated at Hall of Fame induction
WAILUA — Saturday was a special day at the Lydgate Park where former mayor Maryanne Kusaka had the day named after her while participating in the official induction of Ke Ala Hele Makalae into the Rails to Trails Conservancy’s Hall of Fame.
Births for Wednesday, October 23, 2024
• Ryenn Blake Kahalaopuna Villanueva • Odin Rufo Ekolu Kini Cardenas-Ramos • Alaka‘i Tabura • Zeliah Ann Bowers • Keiki Hanau Mua Jeffries
Obituaries for Wednesday, October 23, 2024
• Ray Anthony Williams Sr. • Emil Tyner Trinidad • Loretta Rapada Agosto • Magdalena Layaoen Parubrub • Wayne Ajimura • Tamar Kamala Mersberg • Layne Katsumi Shigeta • Ernest Thane Caires • Eugene Edward Fernandez
HOOSER: Candidates on a string — super PACs at work
The biggest threat to democracy is not unregulated immigration, but rather the unregulated and unlimited flow of money into political campaigns on both sides of the aisle.