Search for missing swimmer continues at Anini Beach
ANINI BEACH — A search for a missing swimmer continued on Monday, one day after a 59-year-old visitor from Arizona became detached from a group of snorkelers and did not return to shore.
Obituary for Monday, November 4, 2024
• Beverly Kehaulani Kanahele
Expect election day lines, delayed results
State and city elections officials expect long lines of people exercising their right to vote in person — and even register to vote — on Election Day, Tuesday, reminiscent of the 2020 presidential race when voting sites across every island county could not close at 7 p.m., delaying results for the public and political candidates.
Roadwork scheduled on Kauai
LIHUE — Three ongoing projects are going to make traveling through certain parts of the island a little more challenging for motorists next week.
Obituary for Saturday, November 2, 2024
• Alan E. Faye, Jr.
JONES: Your sugar fix: How sweet it is!
My keiki and I are surrounded by candy chaos, with bags, baskets, and buckets of sweet treats strewn all over the house. I know that sugar isn’t good, but I’m eating it with mixed emotions, joy and happiness. Seriously, is a little dandy candy really that bad? What’s your take on giving in?
ISLAND HISTORY: Hawaiian sugar was refined in California and on Oahu
The California and Hawaiian Sugar Company (C & H) refinery, founded in 1906 at Crockett, CA, refined Hawaii-grown sugar until 2017, the year it refined Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.’s final shipment of raw sugar.
Visitors and spending fall in September on Kauai
LIHUE — A significant drop in the number of visitors to the island of Kauai in the final month of summer, weighed heavily on the money people spent while on holiday during the period.
Obituaries for Friday, November 1, 2024
• Alan E. Faye, Jr. • Stanley Agoot • Beverly Kehaulani Kanahele
Cesspool grant program notifies 100 awardees on Kauai
LIHUE — A grant program aimed at helping island residents convert cesspools on their properties has selected 100 recipients, each of whom are eligible to receive a $20,000 reimbursement.
Obituary for Thursday, October 31, 2024
• Patricia Rosalina ‘Saling’ Gagarin Reyes
Kauai boys air rifle get historic state win
LIHUE — The Kauai High School boys air rifle team did not realize the historic value of their victory on Tuesday at the 2024 Hawaii Army National Guard Hawaii High School Athletic Association air riflery championships on Oahu.
HOOSER: Political inspiration from jersey No. 6
He doesn’t know me at all and I only know him as jersey No. 6. He’s probably 9 years old, maybe 10. His actions on the soccer field this past Saturday should make us all very proud, and remind us of how civil society is supposed to act.
Obituaries for Wednesday, October 30, 2024
• Alvin “Al” Tadani • Helen Akutagawa • Sgt. Eugene Delos Reyes • Rosemary Leialoha Morris • Stanley Agoot • Eugene Edward Fernandez • Dorothy G. Kaneshiro
Community Climate Fair on Saturday
LIHUE — The Kukui Grove Center, in partnership with the Hawaii State Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Commission, is presenting the Community Climate Fair on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kukui Grove Shopping Center.
Lydgate Campground to close for two weeks
LIHUE — The Department of Parks and Recreation (DOPR) announced that Lydgate Campground will closed for about two weeks for rehabilitation.
Veterans Celebration on Saturday at Vidinha Stadium
LIHUE — Everyone is invited to the Veterans Celebration that takes place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Vidinha Stadium soccer field on Saturday.
Obituaries for Tuesday, October 29, 2024
• Herbert T. Miyasaki • Todd Phillip Jebens
Births for Tuesday, October 29, 2024
• Keawe Kinzie • Colton Dennis Kamuelakukuiamauikaponohanohano Soto • Lawakua Kekia‘iokahili Bento • Chance Tadashi Kala‘ikea‘ali‘ikupono Tomas-Tamagawa