Matsuri overflows the convention hall
Costume contest at Hanapepe Halloween on Oct. 25
Pumpkins roll out ahead of Halloween in Kekaha
Happy Camper for Monday, October 14, 2024
Red Raiders air rifle wins outside of Kauai
Medicare forum on Wednesday in Lihue
LIHUE — AARP Hawaii and the Hawaii State Health Insurance Assistance Program will host a forum in Lihue on Wednesday to help people review their benefits and choose appropriate plans during the Medicare Open Enrollment that runs from Oct. 15. to Dec. 7.
Happy Camper for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Alice Parker said the Senior Craft Fair taking place at the Lihue Neighborhood Center from 9 a.m. to noon today will feature plants, crafts, sewing and a country store from several different senior centers … have to go early before everything (especially the homemade food) sells out.
39th Matsuri happens on Saturday
LIHUE — The doors to Kauai Matsuri Festival 2024 opened to the public starting at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
Happy Camper for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
Rev. Kerry Holder Joffrion and volunteer Tiffany Watkins from Alabama were thrilled when the 54 bags of St. Paul’s Tomatoes were attacked on Monday during the Pau Hana Market (and the free pumpkins are when?) at Kukui Grove.
International Credit Union Week starts on Monday
LIHUE — Credit unions on Kauai will join other credit unions from around the globe in celebrating International Credit Union Week, which starts on Oct. 14 and continues through Oct. 18.
KCSW distributes feminine hygiene products
LIHU‘E — The Kauai Committee on the Status of Women, or KCSW, donated and distributed feminine hygiene products to three outreach agencies, including the YWCA of Kauai, Catholic Charities and Kauai Economic Opportunity on Wednesday.
Kauai sweeps KIF cross-country races
Red Raiders sweep quad meet
Harvest Festival in Kekaha on Saturday
LIHUE — The Kauai County Council, per an internal memo, was garbed in pink on Wednesday when the governing body presented a certificate to organizers and sponsors of the 11th annual Harvest Festival, which takes place at Kekaha Neighborhood Center on Saturday.
‘Superheroes’ can use help at ‘Trunk or Treat’ event
LIHUE — Online registration for the 2024 edition of “Trunk or Treat” started on Oct. 1 for the event that attracted more than 500 keiki during the 2023 run.
Kauai Independent Food Bank gets fall meals help
LIHUE — Kauai Independent Food Bank (KIFB) Executive Director Kelvin Moniz said the HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union’s $1,000 award made on Monday to the food bank was very appropriate, timely and needed.
Specialist to talk about large whale entanglement responses
PORT ALLEN — During the 2023 to 2024 humpback whale season (when the whales are in Hawaiian waters from Nov. 1 through May 30), the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration reported seven different entangled humpback whales that elicited 11 on-water response efforts mounted over an extremely busy two-month period.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, October 9, 2024
Warriors shut down Menehune in KIF football
Spreading the word about smoke alarms on Kauai
LIHU‘E — Kauai County Council Chair Mel Rapozo said on Tuesday that the use of a simple device can reduce the risk of deaths from a fire by more than 50 percent.