Art Kauai 2024 exhibit opens Friday

LIHUE — Artist Keith Orell needed an Artist’s Name on Saturday, the Artists’ Entry Day for the Art Kauai 2024, at the Kauai Society of Artists gallery at Kukui Grove Center.

Roadwork scheduled on Kauai next week

LIHUE — A boatload of road improvement projects are scheduled in the waning days of summer on Kauai, the Hawaii Department of Transportation said in an update on Friday.

The Point, HGV helps build homes in Waimea

WAIMEA — As part of the Hilton Grand Vacations HGV Serves program, a volunteer team from The Point at Poipu spent Wednesday working alongside homebuyers and Kauai Habitat for Humanity staff at the Huakai project in Waimea.

JONES: Majestic muscularity: Beaming with balance

Aloooooooha! I appreciate your question, but please note that I am not “Dr. Doug.” So, without diagnosing, I’m happy to provide my take, to give you my hope for your health. Please allow me to approach your specific issue in my typical tangential manner.

ISLAND HISTORY: A brief history of Puhi Camp, Kauai

Although previously published articles indicate that Grove Farm’s employee housing Puhi Camp (c. 1917-1980s) was built during the 1920s, newspaper accounts I’ve recently uncovered reveal activity at Puhi Camp as early as 1917.

Happy Camper for Friday, Sept. 6, 2024

Aloha, and good luck to Georgia Degracia (she was doing her final AV tech job on Saturday at the Wilcox Health Keiki Run), who is embarking on a new chapter of her life on the mainland. The Showtime Characters dedicated the August Toddler Tuesday program to Georgia with appearances of Lilo and Stitch. Mickey (Brenda Biehler Turville said those were Georgia’s favorite characters) … and she never got to see the trio of mermaids that showed up for the Kukui Grove Movie Night.