Proposing a secondary school
KILAUEA — More than one proposal is in the works for a middle and high school on Kauai’s North Shore.
Saluting the military
BARKING SANDS — The pizza party was a hit at Shenanigans on Friday as community members and military personnel gathered at the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility for Military Appreciation Day.
Ready for a garden party
HA’ENA — Limahuli Garden’s parking lot has been full of construction vehicles instead of visitor traffic for the past year.
Menehune marching on
For 45 years, Diane Daniells has been teaching preschool on the North Shore.
Pancake perfection
All eyes were on Kauai High seniors Angelica Aligado and Romina Castillo in the Kauai Marriott Resort & Beach Club’s kitchen last Thursday afternoon.
Holo Holo in the hunt
Kauai’s Holo Holo Charters is in the running for national recognition on the 2019 USA Today 10 Best Reader’s Choice list, and it’ll be your votes that’ll help them cinch the title.
Kapahi Bourbon battle
KAPAA — Two shipping containers sit side by side in an empty field just past Kapahi Park on Kawaihau Road. Empty, that is, except for a single palm tree that signifies the planned home for Kauai’s newest distillery.
Balancing access and safety
PRINCEVILLE — Nobody has been cited for trespassing at Queen’s Bath since the fence and gate went up across the trailhead in September 2018.
North Shore high school proposed
KILAUEA Keiki all over the island still know the name Ric Cox.
No cause of death yet for Kekaha beached whale
Scientists say the whale calf that washed up on the shores of Kekaha Beach in January appears to be a failure-to-thrive case, with predators involved.
Prevent the spread
Even before Kauai’s native ohia trees started showing signs of the fungus that causes rapid ohia death, biosantitation was already top of mind for many throughout Hawaii.
Cali to outlaw chlorpyrifos
California followed in Hawaii’s footsteps on Wednesday in moving to ban the pesticide chlorpyrifos, used to combat insects on more than 60 different crops in the state.
Counting corals
Recent reports from Kauai’s North Shore are pointing to new coral growth.
Living by the ‘Golden Rule’
SAN DIEGO — Kauai sailor Connie Burton made history on Wednesday aboard a 34-foot sailing boat named Golden Rule bound for Hilo.
Kekaha fish kill
KEKAHA — State officials are saying an algae bloom killed hundreds of fish in a drainage canal between Waimea and Kekaha during the first week of May.
Host a tumbler for six months, learn how to reduce waste
There’s an octagonal bin sitting outside the cafeteria at Island School and, inside, things are growing.
Preserving plants and animals
Three little plants cling to the edge of a cliff in Kalalau Valley. They’re the only left of their species, thought to be extinct in 2016, and were discovered in January by scientists with the National Tropical Botanical Garden.
Multi-media dance party tonight in Princeville
Music, live painting, henna and dancing are all on tap at the Church of the Pacific from 5 to 10 tonight.
Food, games, family
Ezekiel Tuers made it to the top of the climbing wall for the first time Friday night at the St. Catherine School annual carnival.
‘Fruitful’ session, says Nakamura
Thursday marked a wrap for the 2019 state legislative session.