Obituary for Saturday, August 3, 2024
• Presentacion ‘Connie’ Navales Maglasang
Letters for Saturday, August 3, 2024
• ‘Undying gratitude’ • Boulder trouble
JONES: Quick quiz: Seven Fun Fitness Facts
Today, I thought that it would be fun for me to ask you a few questions. Enjoy!
CRITTER: Loggerhead — the honu that travels the world
Living in Hawai‘i we get to see a lot of green sea turtles and occasionally a hawksbill turtle feeding on limu close to shore while we are out surfing, diving or swimming.
ISLAND HISTORY: The Turning Point ghost at Kipu, Kaua‘i
William K. Yamanaka, PhD (b. 1931), the author of “Kipu-Huleia, The Social History of a Plantation Community” and “Huleia, the Journey Home,” was born and raised at Kipu Sugar Plantation’s (1907-1940) Rice Camp and was educated early on at Huleia Grammar School.
Girls flag football ready to hit the ground running
The former student-athlete and current DOE superintendent had just begun to speak at a press conference announcing the formation of girls flag football statewide. On the first of each month, on cue, Civil Defense sirens blare at 11:45 a.m.
Obituaries for Friday, August 2, 2024
• David W. Pratt • Patricio ‘Patty’ Borja Tayamen
Structure fire causes $750,000 in damage on Kahuna Road in Kapa‘a
KAPA‘A — A structure fire caused an estimated $750,000 in damage and displaced five people, as well as a pet, on Tuesday afternoon.
People come out on World Day Against Trafficking in Persons
LIHU‘E — Tuesday was designated by the United Nations as World Day Against Trafficking in Persons.
Obituaries for Thursday, August 1, 2024
• Michael Sheehan Kocher • Janel M. Rui
VA counselor will be on Kaua‘i
LIHU‘E — The Department of Veterans Affairs’ VA benefits counselors, who are assigned to the Honolulu VA Regional Office, will be on Kaua‘i on Aug. 13 and Sept. 10.
Nonemergency dispatch line disrupted, then fixed
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Police Department (KPD) experienced issues with their nonemergency dispatch line prompting ‘back up’ lines to open on Kaua‘i.
Bug man coming to Grove Farm Market
PUHI — The Kaua‘i Master Gardener program, in conjunction with Grove Farm Market, will be presenting another of its “backyard garden demonstrations” on Saturday at the Grove Farm Market’s Arts and Crafts Fair.
Shaping the future of Kilauea Town
KILAUEA — The small, charming community on North Shore, known for its history of sugar cane plantation, presented a blueprint for the beginning phases of the Kilauea Town Expansion Project, which will shape the future of Kilauea.
Obituaries for Wednesday, July 31, 2024
• Patrick Steven Laysa • Rita Lottie-Ann De Silva • Robert Agosto • Presentacion ‘Connie’ Navales Maglasang • Reef R. K. Oana • Kaleo Ho‘okano
Walmart Wellness Day on Saturday
LIHU‘E — Walmart Kaua‘i will join nearly 4,600 pharmacies across the nation in hosting Walmart Wellness Day on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
HOOSER: Get off the couch and vote
In 2022, 60 percent of primary voters or 513,715 Hawai‘i residents did not bother to vote. They chose to not even open an envelope, check off a few boxes, put it back in the return envelope and walk it out to the mail box.
New suspect kills himself decades after rape, murder of Dana Ireland
Hawai‘i’s most notorious unsolved crime — the assault and rape of 23-year-old Virginia visitor Dana Ireland, who was left for dead on Christmas Eve 1991 — took an unexpected turn with the suicide last week of a 57-year-old Hawaiian Paradise Park man, whose DNA was found in Ireland’s body and at her crime scenes three decades ago.
Obituary for Tuesday, July 30, 2024
• Patricio ‘Patty’ Borja Tayamen
Portions of Oka Street to close for roadwork
KILAUEA — A full road closure is scheduled for portions of Oka Street beginning Wednesday, July, 31.