Kapaa No. 4 at D II state volleyball competition
LIHUE — Kapaa High School girls volleyball, winner of the Central Pacific Bank Kauai Interscholastic Federation title, received the No. 4 seed in Division II of the New City Nissan Hawaii High School Athletic Association girls volleyball state championship.
Healthy fall living in Waimea
WAIMEA — “West side! Best side!” chanted emcee Dylan Ancheta on Saturday on the campus of the Kauai Veterans Memorial Center.
Obituaries for Monday, October 28, 2024
• Milton K. Chung • Stanley Agoot • Peter Michael Alisna Sr.
The Kauai Bus is free on Election Day
LIHUE — In an island-wide effort to make voting easier and accessible for everyone on Election Day, all public transportation will be gratis on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
KIUC receives AEE award for energy management
LIHUE — Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Energy Services Supervisor Scott Sato was in Tennessee on Sept. 24 to receive The Association of Energy Engineers - Western U.S. Region award for Institutional Energy Management on behalf of the cooperative.
Kalaheo Dental Groupholds candy buyback on Friday
KALAHEO — What are you going to do with all that candy collected while trick-or-treating?
KIUC looking for 2025 board election candidates
LIHUE — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative announced that the deadline for a KIUC board candidate application or a petition requesting to be considered for a KIUC board candidate is Nov. 14.
Lane closures scheduled on Kauai
LIHUE — A number of road-related projects are on tap in the week ahead, as work crews look to finish off as many projects as possible in the final days leading up to the start of the rainy season on Friday, Nov. 1.
Obituaries for Saturday, October 26, 2024
• Sgt. Eugene Delos Reyes • Alan E. Faye, Jr. • Rosemary Leialoha Morris • Stanley Agoot
Births for Saturday, October 26, 2024
• Wyatt Byram • CSerena Lillian Ishida • Makana Tancayo-Anderson • Kaiven Ahonui Lau
ERSOY: Stem cell therapy is changing medicine (part 2)
After reading my first column about stem cell therapy you may be thinking about asking your physician to learn more about how it might help your specific health issues. It can offer one of the most therapeutic approaches for some diseases and health problems, including joint pain, osteoarthritis and sports injuries.
CRITTER: Rare pake ulua the Bigeye Trevally
I was scuba diving off my kayak on a deep water ledge at Pua’ena Point outside of Hale’iwa and got a big surprise. This 100-foot tall underwater cliff is open to the deep blue water and I often see game fish there like the Giant Trevally (ulua aukea) and the Bluefin Trevally (omilu), but on this dive I saw a large shape emerging out of the blue water and I thought it might be a humpback whale.
ISLAND HISTORY: Hawaii’s independent sugar growers and Manuel Aguiar Jr.
Independent sugar growers in Hawaii worked their land as a joint effort with the sugar plantation in their vicinity.
YWCA raises awareness about domestic violence on Kauai
LIHUE — Traditionally, the YWCA of Kauai hosts a Domestic Violence and Week Without Violence with a candlelight vigil to honor victims of domestic violence.
Community Health Needs at next YWCA Community Resource Day
LIHU‘E — The Hawaii Healthcare Association of Hawaii will be hosting a Community Health Needs Assessment on behalf of Hawaii hospitals on Oct. 30 in conjunction with the YWCA monthly Community Resource Day at the YWCA main building located across Hardy Street from the state building.
Obituaries for Friday, October 25, 2024
• Alan E. Faye, Jr. • Harumi Sakai Morita
Visitor dies after being pulled from water off Kauapea Beach
KILAUEA — A 62-year-old visitor from New York was pulled from the water off Kauapea Beach on the North Shore earlier this week.
Students immerse themselves in Newell’s shearwaters
WAILUA — A group of fourth grade students from Island School, Kumu Sabra Kauka, and representatives of the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and other community groups, including Save Our Shearwaters, watched on Wednesday as the four rehabilitated Newell’s shearwater birds took to the skies over a Wailua beach assisted by the hands of the spectators.
Hawaii likely to see wetter-than-average rainy season
After a slow start to Hawaii’s wet season this month, forecasters project above-average rainfall from December through April, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Timeshare industry is growing in Hawaii
Timeshares in Hawaii are growing.