Food Drive Day on Saturday
LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i will host its largest fundraising event of the year, Food Drive Day, on Saturday.
Kapa‘a Bypass rehabilitation work begins
LIHU‘E — The weekday closure of the Kapa‘a Bypass Road for rehabilitation started this week.
Cesspool conversion grant applications period opens Aug. 28
LIHU‘E — The County of Kaua‘i’s Housing Agency announced the application period for the Residential Cesspool Conversion Grant Program will open on Aug. 28 at 7:45 a.m. The grant application program is scheduled to close on Sept. 27 at 4:30 p.m.
Quilters exhibit continues through Saturday
LIHU‘E — Artist mLea Ingram said on Tuesday that Jeni Hardy is present in spirit during the Garden Isle Quilters Exhibit and Sale that opened last Friday with the artists reception in the evening at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists gallery at the Kukui Grove Center.
Youth rally at convention hall on Friday
LIHU‘E — Young people, sixth grade through high school, are invited to attend the Island-Wide Youth Rally on Friday at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.
Hawai‘i woman killed in Seattle; lover charged
HONOLULU — A 25-year-old former Hawai‘i man has been charged with first-degree murder in last weekend’s grisly killing of his girlfriend, Zoey He, also 25, who was visiting him in Seattle from Honolulu.
City objects to proposed HPD reimbursement plan
HONOLULU — A plan to reimburse Honolulu Police Department (HPD) officers for the cost of purchasing uniforms, extra firearms and other on-the-job policing equipment is under scrutiny.
Jobless rate inches higher in July
LIHU‘E — The unemployment rate on Kaua‘i increased for the first time in 2024, when compared with the same month a year earlier, as more than one-half dozen sectors of the economy shed jobs in July.
DHHL apartment purchase plan draws demonstrators on Kaua‘i
A contentious plan by the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands to buy a Kaua‘i apartment complex for homesteading attracted demonstrators on Monday and Tuesday outside a Hawaiian Homes Commission meeting in Wailua.
Food Drive Day on Saturday
LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i will host its largest fundraising event of the year, Food Drive Day, on Saturday.
Kaua‘i Community College gets $1.19 million grant
PUHI — Kaua‘i Community College announced on Tuesday that it was awarded $1,194,119 by the U.S. Department of Education/Native Hawaiian Education Program.
Mokulele gets Lanai subsidies, grounds planes
Southern Airways Express LLC, doing business as Mokulele Airlines, began grounding a portion of its fleet to inspect and address findings of a routine maintenance check on Saturday — a day after the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded it roughly $4 million per year for two years in federal subsidies to provide essential air service to Lanai.
Territorial Savings acquisition is pending
HONOLULU — A Los Angeles-based super-regional Korean American bank is poised to become the owner of Hawai‘i’s fifth-biggest financial institution.
Battle over evidence in Ireland case heads to state’s top court
HILO, Hawaii — Hilo Circuit Judge Peter Kubota has told the Hawaii Supreme Court that his decision to release new information about the Christmas Eve 1991 abduction, rape and murder of Dana Ireland to lawyers representing two men wrongly convicted two decades ago trumps the desire of the Hawaii Police Department to keep the evidence confidential.
Hilo zoo urges visitors to not throw food, objects into animal enclosures
The staff at the Hilo zoo is urging visitors to keep their objects and hands away from the animals at all times after a rising number of foreign items have been found in some enclosures.
Hawaii telescopes spot ‘wicked fast’ star blazing across galaxy
HILO, Hawaii — A telescope atop Maunakea and a host of backyard astronomers have detected a rare star racing toward the edge of the galaxy at nearly unprecedented speeds.
Bonjolea II strong in Kaua‘i Channel Race
NAWILIWILI — Bonjolea II, a Sydney 36, topped the field of 15 boats during the 2024 Kaua‘i Channel Race that wrapped up on Aug. 10 at Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor.
Hawaiian-Alaska airlines proposed merger clears main regulatory hurdle
HONOLULU —A proposed $1.9 billion merger between competitors Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines cleared its most significant regulatory hurdle Monday after federal antitrust enforcers ended their review period without blocking the deal.
Visitor from Japan in critical condition after being pulled from water
LAWA‘I — A 66-year-old visitor from Japan was pulled from the water off Lawa‘i Beach in South Shore on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
Relay for Life celebrates cancer survivors on Kaua‘i
LIHU‘E — Hundreds of people of all ages converged at the Vidinha Stadium soccer fields for the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life on Saturday.