Statewide housing density bill curtailed
HILO, Hawai‘i — A proposal to increase housing density statewide was substantially cut on Monday after lawmakers chose to leave the matter to the counties.
Obituaries for Tuesday, April 2, 2024
• Jason Rafael Olores • Duane T. Souza • Geraldine Noelani Kanahele •Thomas Galicinao Soriano • Jennelle Balmidiano • Hidemi Okamoto
Hawai‘i observes April as ‘Tsunami Awareness Month’
LIHU‘E — Seventy-eight years ago on April 1, 1946, Hilo experienced an unexpected tsunami after the Aleutian Islands was struck by an earthquake that resulted in the deaths of 159 Hilo residents.
Bees causing a buzz on Big Island
HILO, Hawai‘i —The Big Island will be abuzz on Tuesday, April 2, about a proposal to allow bees to be kept on residential and other properties.
Obituaries for Monday, April 1, 2024
• Edmund F. Ku Malama Sr. • Kent Kimo Bender
County of Kaua‘i campgrounds to close for maintenance
LIHU‘E — The Department of Parks and Recreation (DOPR) has scheduled mandatory maintenance for County of Kaua‘i campgrounds.
U.S. military drains fuel from tank facility
HONOLULU — The U.S. military said it’s finished draining millions of gallons of fuel from an underground fuel tank complex in Hawai‘i that poisoned 6,000 people when it leaked jet fuel into Pearl Harbor’s drinking water in 2021.
Lane closures scheduled on Kaua‘i
LIHU‘E — A wealth of road-related projects are on tap at the start of the spring season with work stretching from the west end of the island to the north side, the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation said in a weekly update on Friday.
A volunteer effort at Boys & Girls Club, West Kaua‘i
WAIMEA — More than two years have passed since the Boys & Girls Club, West Kaua‘i moved into its current location in the old Waimea Dispensary building, or the Easter Seals Building, located adjacent to the Waimea High School campus.
KPD and DEA to host Drug Take Back Day
LIHU‘E — As part of a national 15th-year initiative, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Kaua‘i law enforcement are partnering up for National Drug Take Back Day.
Obituaries for Saturday, March 30, 2024
• Duane T. Souza • Roy ‘Kawa’ Kiyoshi Kawamura
CRITTER: Dangerous man o’ wars washing up on our beaches
While surfing at Makaha on O‘ahu’s South Shore one day, I went through a wave and felt like I had been bit by a huge shark. My entire body was in intense pain but when I surfaced I could not see any wounds and I was really confused as to what was happening.
ISLAND HISTORY: The harlots of Wailua Homesteads, Kaua‘i
In his book, “Kaua‘i As It Was In the 1940s and 1950s,” Mike Ashman (1921-2018), a radio broadcaster at KTOH radio, Lihu‘e, during 1940 and 1941, and later during 1948 through 1952, wrote a chapter about the harlots he’d heard tell of residing at Wailua Homesteads, Kaua‘i in 1940.
KCCC inmate dies following hit-and-run
LIHU‘E — A Kaua‘i Community Correctional Center inmate died from injuries suffered in a hit-and-run that occurred after he escaped from the facility.
Obituaries for Friday, March 29, 2024
• Edmund F. Ku Malama Sr. • Jovita C. Acob
‘City Protect’ program launched by Kaua‘i Police Department
LIHU‘E — To strengthen the community and enhance public safety, law enforcement authorities have introduced residents to a new elevated opportunity for crime solving.
Shaka inches closer to becoming official state gesture
HILO, Hawai‘i — Lawmakers and Hawai‘i residents alike appear to be vibing with a proposal to make the shaka the official state gesture of Hawai‘i.
Obituary for Thursday, March 28, 2024
• Elden Layne Nakashima
North Shore pancakes and hula are back
KILAUEA — The Kaua‘i North Shore Lions Club is bringing back its popular pancake breakfast following a five-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Female visitor injured while hiking in Koke‘e
KOKE‘E — A 60-year-old female visitor from Wisconsin was injured when she apparently had a misstep while hiking near the Waipo‘o Falls Trail on Monday.