Obituaries for Saturday, June 8, 2024
• Ruby Kawaiulailiahi Pia Cummings • Tina Marie Leilani Soboleski (Aki) • Evelyn Rivera Bonachita (Melendez)
Births for Saturday, June 8, 2024
• Negev Scott Rifenbark • Lenley Shae Largusa • Kyleia U’ilani Valente • Joc Kabe Kauluwela Fernandez • Alihikaua Kaiyo Rosa-Toki
CRITTER: What is killing our corals in Kaua‘i?
In 2010, I took my first boat ride down the magical Na Pali Coast and stopped at Nualolo Bay to snorkel. The water was crystal clear and the corals were just stunning. Huge mound and pork chop corals mixed in with golden and pink antler and cauliflower corals.
ISLAND HISTORY: Larry Rivera’s early days at the Coco Palms Hotel
In 1951, Lawrence ‘Larry’ Rivera (1930-2023), was hired at the Coco Palms Lodge, which Alfred and Veda Hills had opened for business that same year as a lodge of 24 rooms with 5 employees.
Kilauea Neighborhood Center to close for construction work
KILAUEA — The Department of Parks and Recreation (DOPR) announced that the Neighborhood Center is set to close for construction work.
American Idol winner playing at Freedom Fest
MANA — Iam Tongi, the American Idol 2023 winner is coming to Kaua‘i, and the people of Kaua‘i are being invited to see the popular entertainer, states an announcement by the Pacific Missile Range Facility’s Morale, Welfare and Recreation program.
Road closures planned next week
LIHUE — Get ready for multiple road closures on the westside and eastside of Kauai next week.
Hospitalizations, ER visits quickly rising in Hawai‘i due to COVID
HONOLULU — The number of emergency room visits and patients hospitalized for COVID-19 have been increasing at an accelerating pace in Hawai‘i.
Happy Camper for Saturday, June 8, 2024
Happy World Ocean Day!
Obituaries for Friday, June 7, 2024
• Michael Manzano Abigania • Emily Ortiz Artaho • Patrick Joseph Delos Reyes Sr. • Mary Ann Akana Bender
Fishing on Father’s Day in Nawiliwili
NAWILIWILI — Prizes are the keyword to the Nawiliwili Yacht Club’s Keiki edition of the Father’s Day Fishing Tournament, which will unfold at the Nawiliwili Small Boat Harbor area on June 16.
FestPAC kicks off with wa‘a ceremony
HONOLULU — A few thousand people showed up Wednesday morning at Kualoa Regional Park to attend the wa‘a ceremony, kicking off the start of the 13th Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture, which officially begins today.
Happy Camper for Friday, June 7, 2024
Kumu Hula Kapu Kinimaka-Alquiza, of Na Hula O Kaohikukapulani, and the Kamanawa Foundation present the halau’s Hula Ho‘iki 2024 on Sunday at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.
Obituaries for Thursday, June 6, 2024
• Mary Lou Correa • Evelyn Rivera Bonachita (Melendez) • Leilani J. Arruda • Michael Manzano Abigania • Magdalina ‘Maggie’ Mission • Emilia ‘Loling’ Respicio Galicinao • Myra Otei Nishiie
HOOSER: What’s your na‘au got to do with it?
Someone said to me recently, “Why do you bother doing the work you’re doing? Nothing you or I do is going to make a difference.”
Shave Ice for summer at Pau Hana Market
LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i County Farm Bureau is helping the Kaua‘i High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) club by offering the club a space at its Pau Hana Market on Mondays at Kukui Grove Center.
Full-scale, multi-agency exercise at Port Allen on Friday
‘ELE‘ELE — In an effort to better prepare for emergency situations, multiple county and state agencies are holding a joint training exercise at Port Allen Small Boat Harbor on Friday.
Obituaries for Wednesday, June 5, 2024
• Dorothy Marie Texeira Moura • Leonida Defuntorum Leones • Floyd ‘Floyd Boy/Fred’ Libre • Peter Randall Riopta • Rev. Dr. Harold ‘Doc’ Itsuo Ayabe • Michael Manzano Abigania
Births for Wednesday, June 5, 2024
• Daylen Kana‘ipono Tumaneng • Kaia Marie Kawaiolohia Pagador • Kynlee Ann Kanile‘a Pagador • Haru Kaveri-Singh Malhi-Momohara
Loaves and Fishes food distribution Wednesday
LIHU‘E — You needed to be here, earlier in the morning, said Saint Michael’s and All Angels Episcopal Church volunteer Yvonne Johnson on Monday in the church’s parking lot.