Stories by Dennis Fujimoto

Culture and love come together in Lihu‘e

Feb. 09, 2024

LIHU‘E — There is something for everyone, said Malia Nobrega-Olivera, a board member of ‘Ahahui ‘Olelo Hawai‘i, and faculty at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge.

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A peaceful coexistence at Barking Sands

Feb. 08, 2024

MANA — Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Louis Lea of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands said there has been a significant comeback of the nene through the help of statewide conservation efforts. PMRF has documented as many as 637 individual nene.

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Marites Yano to lead KFCC

Feb. 08, 2024 • Updated 12:21 a.m.

LIHU‘E — Marites Yano and the 2024 board members were recently installed to lead the Kaua‘i Filipino Chamber of Commerce (KFCC) by Judge Kathleen Watanabe at the Kaua‘i Philippines Cultural Center.

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Kapa‘a overpowers Menehune in boys basketball

Feb. 08, 2024 • Updated 2:36 p.m.

WAIMEA — Kaua‘i High School spoiled Island School’s Senior Night with a 47-39 win and Kapa‘a High School overpowered the Menehune, 76-53 on Tuesday night during the Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation boys basketball games.

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E Kanikapila Kakou celebrating 41st year

Feb. 06, 2024

NUKOLI‘I — E Kanikapila Kakou will celebrate the opening of its 41st year of bringing music, hula, and stories of Hawai‘i on Monday, starting when doors to the Outrigger Kaua‘i Beach Resort open at 5 p.m.

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Lady Warriors top seed at DII basketball tournament

Feb. 06, 2024
The Kapa‘a High School girls basketball team, the current Hawai‘i High School Athletic Association Division II state champions, earned the No. 1 seed for the 2024 Heide & Cook HHSAA Division II girls basketball championships, which runs from Tuesday through Friday on O‘ahu.
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Waimea, Kapa‘a win Friday night KIF boys hoops

Feb. 06, 2024
LIHU‘E — Waimea High School and Kapa‘a High School posted victories in Kaua‘i Interscholastic boys basketball games played on Friday night at Clem Gomes Gym in Waimea and Bernice Hundley Gym in Kapa‘a.
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Happy Camper for Monday, February 5, 2024

Feb. 05, 2024
Sonia and Eddie Topenio (they were doing their weekly farmers market shopping at Grove Farm Market on Saturday) said there were about 80 people, including Mark Perriello and a lot of professional people like Kaua‘i Community College Interim Chancellor Margaret Sanchez, who came to check out the county’s latest housing presentation on Thursday night at Kaua‘i Philippines Cultural Center.
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Group of Japanese students visit Kaua‘i

Feb. 05, 2024
LIHU‘E — Peace and shaka signs blossomed in the cold winds that blanketed Kaua‘i High School on Thursday, when a group of 14 students from Japanese high schools met 20 students from the Kaua‘i High School Japanese Club for the first time during a local style dinner hosted by the club.
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Connecting to Kaua‘i’s endangered forest birds

Feb. 05, 2024
LIHU‘E — The primary objective of Makahiki o na manu, or the Year of the Forest Birds, is to rekindle people’s pilina, their relationship, with the native forest birds, said Julie Diegmann of the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project on Wednesday.
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Diabetes workshop starts on Tuesday

Feb. 04, 2024

LIHU‘E — The first Better Choices, Better Health interactive workshop, focusing on a Diabetes Self-Management system, will start on Tuesday for six weeks through either teleconference or virtually through Microsoft Teams.

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