Triple certification for nation’s largest coffee farm
KALAHEO — The Kaua‘i Coffee Company, the nation’s largest coffee farm, has earned three certifications guaranteeing increased worker and environmental protections.
Summer Event Series comes to Common Ground
KILAUEA — Community agriculture business Common Ground is inviting locals and visitors to attend its 2021 Summer Event Series.
Enterprise Holdings gives $33,000 to Hawai‘i community groups
LIHU‘E — Four Kaua‘i nonprofit organizations have received grants from Enterprise Holdings, the owner of the Alamo, Enterprise and National car rental agencies.
Demand for distance learning grows, need teachers
HONOLULU — The state Department of Education does not have enough educators to meet a growing demand for distance learning.
State’s unvaccinated population strains Hawaii’s healthcare system
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i is seeking hundreds of health-care workers to join its hospitals as the delta variant of the novel coronavirus surges within the state’s unvaccinated population.
North Shore’s Tatiana Weston-Webb heads to Mexico after Olympic surf
PRINCEVILLE — Tatiana Weston-Webb, the Kaua‘i resident who rode in the Olympics’ first-ever surfing competition, is back on tour after an “intense” experience in Japan.
County has enough cash to ‘cure’ rent delinquency
LIHU‘E — The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued an order suspending evictions in counties with high rates of novel coronavirus transmission.
Revived visitor industry soars, but job market underperforms
LIHU‘E — Job recovery is lagging behind a rebounding tourism industry as the delta variant of the novel coronavirus causes cases to surge, experts say.
Zina: Officers not there as enforcers
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Police Department officers are returning to the island’s three public high schools following temporary reassignment at the height of the pandemic.
County quickly matches jobs, work-seekers
A new county initiative, Ho‘ohana Kaua‘i, is a one-stop shop for job-seekers and hiring managers.
County to improve Hanalei Baseyard
The Hanalei Baseyard project will break ground later this month, following a planning process that included input from several community organizations, according to county officials.
Red Hot Chili Peppers’ singer selling North Shore home
WAINIHA — Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Kiedis is selling his Kaua‘i house for nearly $10 million.
Kaua‘i prosecutor resigning for nonprofit post
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Prosecuting Attorney Justin Kollar is stepping down in September after nine years in office.
Visitors fined $500 for viral monk seal harassment TikTok
LIHU‘E — The beachgoer filmed touching a Hawaiian monk seal will pay a $500 fine for her actions.
DOE addresses lead in Kaua‘i elementary schools
LIHU‘E — Four Kaua‘i County schools are taking action after a statewide initiative uncovered faucets and drinking fountains with elevated lead levels.
Farmers tackle new threat to island coffee trees
KILAUEA — The most-destructive disease known to the coffee plant has arrived on Kaua‘i, putting local growers on high alert.
Man jumps on shark ‘darting’ toward snorkeler
A tour-boat operator jumped on a shark to protect a solitary snorkeler earlier this month.
KIUC works to keep birds off power lines
The Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative is resuming the installation of bird diverters on power lines to reduce collisions with endangered nocturnal seabirds.
KPD reduces officer vacancy to 8
The Kaua‘i Police Department employs up to 162 sworn officers, and now it’s closer to that number than it has ever been in recent history.
Beach-goer’s truck stolen, set ablaze
KILAUEA — A Princeville man’s 2014 Toyota Tacoma was stolen from Kahili Beach, also known as Rock Quarry Beach, at the mouth of the Kilauea River, and set on fire less than an hour later, last week.