State air riflery meet in Honolulu
HONOLULU — The first shots for the 2024 Hawaii Army National Guard Hawaii High School Athletic Association air riflery championships will go off on Tuesday morning at the Neal Blaisdell Arena in Honolulu.
KIUC receives AEE award for energy management
LIHUE — Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Energy Services Supervisor Scott Sato was in Tennessee on Sept. 24 to receive The Association of Energy Engineers - Western U.S. Region award for Institutional Energy Management on behalf of the cooperative.
Kalaheo Dental Groupholds candy buyback on Friday
KALAHEO — What are you going to do with all that candy collected while trick-or-treating?
KIUC looking for 2025 board election candidates
LIHUE — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative announced that the deadline for a KIUC board candidate application or a petition requesting to be considered for a KIUC board candidate is Nov. 14.
Happy Camper for Monday, October 28, 2024
Guest emcee Dylan Ancheta (he also emceed the Kauai Pop Warner Football League island-wide cheer competition on Sunday at the old Kauai High School gym) said the coolest (but it didn’t rain as much as Oahu) place at the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Kauai Region Fall Festival at the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital campus was the portable comfort stations.
“The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story” debuts Nov. 1
LIHUE — Executive produced by Teresa Tico, a Kauai attorney and award-winning documentary filmmaker, “The Shape of Things: The Dick Brewer Story” will have its Kauai debut on Nov. 1 at the Kauai Community College Performing Arts Center as part of the Hawaii International Film Festival.
Kauai Job Fair on Tuesday
LIHUE — With the latest state unemployment rate hovering at about 3 percent, the state’s Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the American Job Center Hawaii announced the 2024 Kauai Job Fair on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
YWCA raises awareness about domestic violence on Kauai
LIHUE — Traditionally, the YWCA of Kauai hosts a Domestic Violence and Week Without Violence with a candlelight vigil to honor victims of domestic violence.
Community Health Needs at next YWCA Community Resource Day
LIHU‘E — The Hawaii Healthcare Association of Hawaii will be hosting a Community Health Needs Assessment on behalf of Hawaii hospitals on Oct. 30 in conjunction with the YWCA monthly Community Resource Day at the YWCA main building located across Hardy Street from the state building.
Happy Camper for Saturday, October 26, 2024
Congratulations, Stephanie Iona, Laurie Yoshida, Aloun Farms and the many hands involved in growing and producing nearly 5,000, if not more, pumpkins for Kauai, Molokai and the Big Island to celebrate Halloween with carved jack-o-lanterns …
Kauai Sea Scouts honored by county
LIHUE — The Sea Scouts aboard USS Decisive were excited on Thursday when they learned that Oct. 24 was declared Kauai Sea Scouts Day by Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami.
Students immerse themselves in Newell’s shearwaters
WAILUA — A group of fourth grade students from Island School, Kumu Sabra Kauka, and representatives of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and other community groups, including Save Our Shearwaters, watched on Wednesday as the four rehabilitated Newell’s shearwater birds took to the skies over a Wailua beach assisted by the hands of the spectators.
Happy Camper for Friday, October 25, 2024
Mahalo Stephanie Iona for getting Aloun Farms to donate (and deliver) some 250 pumpkins to the county’s employee council for their annual celebration!
Kapaa girls, Kauai boys claim CPB KIF cross-country crowns
PUHI — The Island School girls cross-country team took the Central Pacific Bank Kauai Interscholastic Federation championship meet on Satruday, Oct. 19, at the Island School course by collecting 26 points when its top five runners broke the finish plane in the top eight positions.
Potts’ field goal seals 20-14 win for Kauai
HANAPEPE — Kauai High School’s Kaimana Inouye notched two touchdowns and Kai Potts booted two field goals on Saturday afternoon to lead the Red Raiders to a 20-14 win over Waimea High School in a Kauai Interscholastic Federation football game played at Hanapepe Stadium.
Drop off unused or unwanted prescription drugs on Saturday
LIHUE — Yes, there are a lot of events ranging from the Kapaa High School homecoming to a number of Halloween-themed festivities taking place throughout the island on Saturday.
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.
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.
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.
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.