Stories by Stephanie Shinno

Kauai Veterans Museum renovating

LIHUE — The doors of Kauai Veterans Museum are currently closed, but inside volunteers have been busy readying the space for a transformation.

Delivering for the needy

Hawaii Foodbank Kauai branch will deliver food island-wide with greater ease now that it has a 2020 International Trucks delivery vehicle.

Kauai Voices prepares a ‘Mixed Plate’

Kauai Voices is serving a mixed plate of five different music genres: Blues, gospel, jazz, Hawaiian and country at their “Mixed Plate” concerts. There are four concerts coming starting this weekend.

Talk story with Ashley Nagaoka

Kauai girl Ashley Nagaoka has been doing Oahu TV news for a total of eight years as a general assignment reporter. She recently celebrated her third-year anniversary at Hawaii News Now.

Human trafficking

LIHUE — A forum on human trafficking on Thursday was filled with some blunt, uncomfortable talk, but they were topics that organizers said needed to be brought into the open.

‘REAL ID’ deadline Oct.1

LIHUE — The county Department of Finance is announcing new hours of operation for the Drivers Licensing Division, beginning next month.

It’s aloha for ‘Wala‘au’

“Wala‘au with Dickie Chang” is ending. It was a show on Kauai’s local TV channel that started from humble beginnings. From writing scripts in a cab to pitching the idea to investors, Chang remembered the work it took to make “Wala‘au” happen.