Drs. Paul, Janie Yoo celebrate openings
LIHUE — Drs. Paul and Janie Yoo celebrated the opening Monday of Kauai Dental Studio and Kauai Eye Institute, located at the back entrance to the former Kukui Grove Cinema.
Shopping center unveils holiday excitement plans
LIHUE — For the final weekend before Christmas, Kukui Grove Center, the largest shopping center on the island, announced a full schedule of shopping, entertainment and holiday magic that started Thursday.
Hawaii State FCU opens scholarship applications
HONOLULU — The Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, hereafter referred to as Hawaii State FCU, announced on Tuesday that the scholarship application period for its 2025 student scholarship program is open through the Feb. 28, 2025 deadline.
Matson employee food drive benefit Nana’s House, Hale Hoomalu
NAWILIWILI — One of the reasons for success in the Matson employees’ food drive is because they are personally involved with Child and Family Service, said Matson Kauai District Manager Patrick Ono.
Kauai Coffee resumes annual event
Coffee Kalikimaka was celebrated at the nation’s largest coffee plantation Saturday, as Kauai Coffee Company revived its holiday Open House at the site of the former McBryde Sugar.
TAX MAN: Save on your taxes with qualified charitable distributions
I’m sometimes asked, “What’s the biggest break that today’s tax code gives us?”
GIFCU gives more than gift cards
LIHUE — Tessa Belardo of the Department of Education could not help herself on Wednesday when she saw the 26 big bags of household items that were laid out on the tables.
Sputtering state auto sales forecast to fall 2.4% this year
Hawaii’s new-vehicle market remains stuck in neutral, and sales are forecast to decline for the third consecutive year.
Hawaiian to take over Seattle-based routes, add airplanes and crews
Hawaiian Air crews will fly new, nonstop routes from Seattle to Seoul’s Incheon International Airport and to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport starting in early 2025.
Marriott donates 2,645 pounds of food
NAWILIWILI — People need food, Kauai Independent Food Bank Executive Director Kelvin Moniz told a group of Kauai Marriott Beach Club associates, including Manager Sherri Sanchez Holcomb, Wednesday when the Marriott group arrived with three truckloads of food.
Kauai Made Holly Jolly
About 40 Kauai Made vendors and a lineup of entertainers coordinated by Shaka Laka Maka launched the holiday season at the Outrigger Kauai Beach Resort.
TAX MAN: Here’s to a productive 2025 legislative session
The last month of the year has begun. Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and its variants are behind us. And the 2025 legislative session is approaching with blinding speed.
Christmas craft fair, parade welcome holiday season to Lihue
LIHUE — The product is so new, it does not have a name, yet said Laura Cristobal-Andersland of the Salty Wahine Gourmet Hawaiian Salts on Friday during the Kauai Museum Christmas Craft Fair.
TAX MAN: Deferred maintenance leads to degraded services
One of the problems that has plagued Hawaii governments at all levels is “deferred maintenance.” Simply put, it means there’s stuff broken and there isn’t presently money to fix it, so it has to stay broken until some future time when the money is available.
Mele Makeke lights up Black Friday
LIHUE — The line of people waiting to get into Mele Makeke snaked past Bread & Deli Connection and down the entrance leading to the now-closed Macy’s on Friday at the Kukui Grove Center.
Black Friday starts early in Poipu
KUKUIULA — Black Friday promotions will start as early as 8 a.m. at The Shops at Kukuiula with the Lappert’s Hawaii “Breakfast-On-Us” campaign.
TAX MAN: Brush up on our legislative history
In my role with the Tax Foundation of Hawaii and in private practice as a lawyer, I often have occasion to visit the Capitol website, capitol.hawaii.gov, to do research. The more I have gotten to know the site, the more I understand that it has a great deal of resources to do legislative research.
State OKs Spectrum’s Kauai application
HONOLULU — The state’s Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs on Monday approved the Spectrum Oceanic LLC Application for Renewal of Cable Franchise for the County of Kauai.
Hawaiian Airlines to offer locals-only discounts
Hawaiian Airlines today is introducing a new locals-only program that could reshape the competitive neighbor-island landscape much in the way that Southwest Airlines’ bodacious long-running $39 one-way fares did after the carrier entered Hawaii’s interisland market.
TAX MAN: Charging convenience fees for our kids
Back in the Dark Ages when I was going to public school here in Honolulu, I could get my school lunch for a quarter. An extra half-pint carton of milk was a dime. Nowadays, a school lunch costs $2.75 for most kids, and for those who qualify for low-income treatment, it costs 40 cents.