Kauai hotel workers seek better pay and more
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i hotel union workers joined the thousand of workers across the nation that went on strike this past Labor Day weekend.
Council honors Peleke Flores, Malama Huleia
LIHUE — The Kauai County Council on Wednesday commended Peleke Flores “as Hawaii’s social champion” after Flores received the National Education Association (NEA) Ellison S. Onizuka Memorial Award during the 57th annual National Education Association meeting held in July in Philadelphia.
Keanu’s 7th anniversary helps Waialeale, Kipaipai at KCC
PUHI — Desaray Saito Brown said a mother’s love never dies as she handed Laheo Salazar a stack of Aloha Aina gift cards at the Waialeale Project office at Kaua‘i Community College.
KPD honors officers for saving man’s life
LIHU‘E — County of Kaua‘i officials honored the heroic efforts of two police officers in an award ceremony on Friday, Aug. 23.
Home sales soar in July
LIHUE — Sales of single-family homes more than doubled in July, as buyers snapped up houses at an eye-popping pace in the first full month of summer on Kauai.
Roadside vendors bill stalls on Big Island
A proposal to legitimize roadside merchants on Hawaii County roads still needs to cook for a little longer.
New call center building fails inspection
HILO, Hawaii — The long-delayed opening of the Hawaii County Emergency Call Center has been pushed back once again because the facility on July 29 failed a building inspection.
Kapi‘olani nurses give notice of 1-day strike
HONOLULU — The Hawaii Nurses’ Association on Tuesday filed 10 days’ notice that its 600 nurses at Kapi‘olani Medical Center for Women & Children will strike again Sept. 13. It would be a one-day strike on a Friday, shorter than the weeklong strike held in January.
‘Silva dome’ linked to Waianae attack was unpermitted
The city Department of Planning and Permitting has investigated at least 20 community complaints over the past two decades related to the house involved in Saturday’s Waianae Valley Road shooting.
Popular camping area shuttered
NAPALI COAST — A popular wilderness camping location was shut down for seven days after a number of people contracted a gastrointestinal illness while in the area within the last two to three weeks.
Hawaii hotel strikers resume work
HONOLULU — Padraig and Edel Byrne of Ireland are staying in Ko Olina but celebrated their wedding anniversary Tuesday afternoon on Waikiki Beach, where they spent their honeymoon 30 years ago.
Initiative works to keep Lahaina lands in local hands
Autumn Ness feels like a time bomb is ticking in her chest, but the explosion risk she’s worried about is in Lahaina’s residential property market a little over a year after roughly 3,500 homes were destroyed by fire.
State law required arrest of Waianae attacker’s killer
HONOLULU — Honolulu Police Department Chief Arthur “Joe” Logan said Tuesday that no decision has been made on whether to charge a 42-year-old Waianae man who fatally shot his neighbor after the 58-year-old man rammed a home with a fuel-laden front loader and shot five people, killing three, late Saturday night.
Salvation Army opens homeless shelter in Hilo
The Salvation Army has opened a long-awaited overnight homeless shelter in Hilo, with plans to expand it in the future.
Section of Napali Coast State Wilderness Park to close after gastrointestinal illness fells campers
NAPALI COAST — A popular wilderness camping location will be shuttered for seven days after a number of people contracted a gastrointestinal illness while in the area within the last two to three weeks.
Kaiola represents at Queen Liliuokalani
KONA, Hawaii — According to Kaiola Canoe Club coach Lori Parraga, the Kaiola Canoe Club fared well at the Queen Liliuokalani Canoe Race that wrapped up on Monday in Kona on the Big Island.
Badges and Buckets starts Thursday in Lihue
LIHUE — Starting Thursday, Kauai Police Department (KPD) officers will be joined by Kauai Special Olympics athletes and sponsors on the ground at Walmart store in Lihue to launch the annual Badges and Buckets fundraiser.
U.S. Department of Transportation holds fate of Alaska-Hawaiian merger
HONOLULU — Two weeks have passed since the proposed $1.9 billion merger between competitors Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines cleared what is traditionally considered its most significant regulatory hurdle. Now what?
New city law aims to spur affordable rental construction
HONOLULU — A city measure signed into law last week is meant to give private developers of affordable rental housing greater financial incentives to build on Oahu.
Neighbors’ complaint about speeding cars set off Waianae man’s deadly rampage
WAINANE VALLEY, Hawaii — The Waianae Valley “neighbor-on-neighbor dispute” that ended with four people dead Saturday night started with complaints about cars speeding to and from a nearby commercial party site owned by a 58-year-old man who responded with a violent rampage, according to a representative of the targeted family.