Births for Monday, September 30, 2024
• Kalanikaumakaowākea Damasco • Teinui Hala‘ionahoku Gonsalves-Miguel • Malohi Lawrence Taufatofua
TAX MAN: I. T. E. M. (Incompetence Takes Everyone’s Money)
Our latest major government snafu comes to us courtesy of the Hawaii Department of Education (DOE). Their teachers are underpaid enough as is, but through some mysterious turns of events, they wound up stiffing hundreds of teachers for multiple pay periods.
Mamet’s ‘November’ is coming to Kukui Grove Center, Common Ground
LIHUE — “November,” presented by West of the Rest Performing Arts, is coming to Kukui Grove Center, starting Oct. 3.
Kits delivered in time for Fire Prevention Week
LIHUE — Kauai Fire Department Chief Michael Gibson and the Kauai Fire Department Prevention Bureau did not need a smoke alarm on Thursday when State Farm Insurance agent Eric Kaneda delivered a Fire Prevention Week kit.
Blessing held for Lima Ola housing project
ELEELE — A small group of dignitaries participated in the blessing of the Lima Ola Supportive Housing Project in Eleele on Friday.
Roadwork scheduled on Kauai
LIHUE — A number of road-related projects are on tap in the days ahead, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said in an update on Friday, Sept. 27, as the fall season enters its second week on the island of Kauai.
Obituaries for Saturday, September 28, 2024
• Patrick ‘Naka’ Keawe Kahikuonamoku Nakaahiki • Emil Tyner Trinidad
Births for Saturday, September 28, 2024
• Riley Blitz • Kainoa Igne • Tosh Kawakawa Koehne • ‘A‘ali‘ikumakanimaiaua‘ohemakaninanaekula‘i Kaupiko Kalama Kuehu-Cope • Asher Jaze Tanagon
ERSOY: How does our environment affect our health?
We all know that our environment can have a big effect on the way that we think and behave — the people we live together with, and which town or city or culture we live in. For example, if we are surrounded by people who are highly stressed then most likely we can feel their stress and it will affect us. Most of the time we may not actually realize how our environment is affecting us, and yet it can still change our reactions and behaviors.
CRITTER: Dying corals equal homes falling into the sea
9 years ago I first noticed the corals out in front of Sunset Beach Oahu starting to get sick and die.
ISLAND HISTORY: Kauai land transactions of Victoria Kamamalu and Ruth Keelikolani
Both Princess Victoria Kamamalu and Princess Ruth Keelikolani sold their Kauai landholdings.
Free Kauai Community College fall semester concerts announced
LIHUE — Sarah Tochiki, of the Kauai Community College Instrumental Music, announced the bands fall semester schedule of free, and no reservations required, concerts.
West side sports courts to get resurfaced
LIHUE — A trio of westside sports courts are in line for some capital improvement work after the Kauai County Council approved the receipt and expenditure of $1.65 million from the state.
Obituaries for Friday, September 27, 2024
• Joaquin Nicholas Arruda Jr. • Loretta Rapada Agosto • Murray C. Hudson
Queen’s Bath shuttered for public safety through winter
PRINCEVILLE — The access gate to Queen’s Bath has been closed through the 2024-25 winter season in the interest of public safety.
Still time to register for Ohana FitFest
LIHUE — Leaders of the North Shore Give and Ohana FitFest were honored, congratulated and commended by the Kauai County Council during a certificate presentation at a County Council meeting on Wednesday.
Letter for Thursday, September 26, 2024
• Climate change
Obituary for Thursday, September 26, 2024
• Murray C. Hudson
Home sales surge in August on Kauai
LIHUE — A sizzling summer real estate season racheted up the heat in August, as home sales hit a new monthly high this year on the island of Kauai.
OZone wins Wells, Race No. 3.
NAWILIWILI — The fourth race of the Nawiliwili Yacht Club Gene Wells Memorial Series will take off on Thursday, Sept, 26, when the first flags fly starting at 5 p.m.