CHRISTMAS FUND: Retired senior needs basketball for grandson
Through Christmas Eve, The Garden Island will share daily, front-page stories about families and individuals (we don’t use their real names), who are facing challenges and would appreciate a little help this holiday season.
‘Too Much Life’ airs at KCC Performing Arts Center
PUHI — The movie premiere of “Too Much Life” will be held Dec. 28 at the Kauai Community College starting at 6:30 p.m.
EDITORIAL: Hawaii must gird for federal changes
Gov. Josh Green is astute a politician enough to know which fights to pick and choose — and he’s being balanced and careful.
ISLAND HISTORY: The sacred burials of Koaia Gulch, Kauai
In early 1939, Honolulu police officer Harry Shupak informed treasure hunter Julius Scammon Rodman (1912-2001) that in 1934, while pig hunting in Waimea Valley, Kauai, he’d discovered a thatched grass house perched high upon a cliff in Koaia Gulch that contained a mummified corpse.
CRITTER: Giant great white sharks headed to Hawaii
Scuba diving with a 20 foot long fish with big teeth that weighs over 3,000 pounds is quite thrilling but diving with five of these giant great white sharks at the same time is beyond description!
TAX MAN: Empty home tax tug-of-war
Many of us were following the progress of the City and County of Honolulu’s proposal for an Empty Homes Tax, which we wrote about here and here, and felt relieved when the City Council deferred the matter on Wednesday, December 11.
Holiday recycling encouraged
LIHUE — Garden Island residents and visitors are being advised to be mindful of the added waste that will be generated this holiday season.
Christmas, New Year’s closures
LIHUE — The holiday season is upon us and in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s Day holiday many establishments and offices will be closed.
Births for Saturday, December 21, 2024
• Vivian Hall • Xhanea Kahealani Christen Kamea Santiago • Oliver Lomongo • Clay Fons • Dean Pomaika’i Seishin Costa • Alayna Keilani Frankl • Kilohoku Michael Franklin Maglinti • Hezekiah Ho’ohekili Contrades • Max Ira Lyons
Obituaries for Saturday, December 21, 2024
• Domingo Alisna Sr. • Edward K. Keoho Sr.
CHRISTMAS FUND: Grandmother needs clothes for kids in her care
LIHUE — Through Christmas Eve, The Garden Island will share daily, front-page stories about families and individuals (we don’t use their real names), who are facing challenges and would appreciate a little help this holiday season.
Fire burns 3 acres on North Shore
KALIHIWAI — An accidental fire scorched three acres on Kauai’s North Shore Wednesday.
West side first responders busy Monday
LIHUE — Emergencies on the West Side engaged first responders continuously throughout the afternoon on Monday.
EDITORIAL: First DHHL high-rise must not be last
It’s been nearly 30 years since the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) acquired the property where the Stadium Bowl-o-Drome once stood.
Obituaries for Friday, December 20, 204
• Diann Mary Huddy • Thomas Atou
CHRISTMAS FUND: Hard-working family of 5 enjoy movie nights
LIHU‘E — Through Christmas Eve, The Garden Island will share daily, front-page stories about families and individuals (we don’t use their real names), who are facing challenges and would appreciate a little help this holiday season.
Moloaa man dies following traffic collision
MOLOAA — A man succumbs from his injuries following a traffic collision that occurred on Kauai’s North Shore on Dec. 17.
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.
Coast Guard extracts injured man from Midway Atoll
On Thursday the Coast Guard completed the medical evacuation of a 52-year-old man from Midway Atoll.
Hawaii Wildlife Fund sees uptick in marine debris
A June study found a correlation between the drifting movements of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the amounts of debris to wash ashore in Hawaii.