Happy Camper for Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024
Alice Parker said the Senior Craft Fair taking place at the Lihue Neighborhood Center from 9 a.m. to noon today will feature plants, crafts, sewing and a country store from several different senior centers … have to go early before everything (especially the homemade food) sells out.
Search suspended for missing Anahola woman
LIHUE — The search for Hawaiian native Benetta Kaiwi was suspended on Thursday, Oct. 10.
Obituaries for Saturday, October 12, 2024
ERSOY: Stem cell therapy is changing medicine, part 1
CRITTER: Reef fish baby to adult color change
ISLAND HISTORY: Queen Liliuokalani’s three hanai children
39th Matsuri happens on Saturday
LIHUE — The doors to Kauai Matsuri Festival 2024 opened to the public starting at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.
Obituaries for Friday, October 11, 2024
Happy Camper for Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
Rev. Kerry Holder Joffrion and volunteer Tiffany Watkins from Alabama were thrilled when the 54 bags of St. Paul’s Tomatoes were attacked on Monday during the Pau Hana Market (and the free pumpkins are when?) at Kukui Grove.
International Credit Union Week starts on Monday
LIHUE — Credit unions on Kauai will join other credit unions from around the globe in celebrating International Credit Union Week, which starts on Oct. 14 and continues through Oct. 18.
KCSW distributes feminine hygiene products
LIHU‘E — The Kauai Committee on the Status of Women, or KCSW, donated and distributed feminine hygiene products to three outreach agencies, including the YWCA of Kauai, Catholic Charities and Kauai Economic Opportunity on Wednesday.
Hooser: A voter’s conundrum
Recently I received an email asking a simple and straightforward question that quickly became entangled in complicated thoughts and counter-thoughts.
Obituaries for Thursday, October 10, 2024
Harvest Festival in Kekaha on Saturday
LIHUE — The Kauai County Council, per an internal memo, was garbed in pink on Wednesday when the governing body presented a certificate to organizers and sponsors of the 11th annual Harvest Festival, which takes place at Kekaha Neighborhood Center on Saturday.
Search continues for missing Anahola women
LIHUE — Law enforcement authorities continue to request the public’s assistance in locating Bennetta Kaiwi, of Anahola, who has been missing for a few days.
Structure fire causes $25,000 in damage
LIHUE — A structure fire caused $25,000 in damage on Monday.
‘Superheroes’ can use help at ‘Trunk or Treat’ event
LIHUE — Online registration for the 2024 edition of “Trunk or Treat” started on Oct. 1 for the event that attracted more than 500 keiki during the 2023 run.
Kauai Independent Food Bank gets fall meals help
LIHUE — Kauai Independent Food Bank (KIFB) Executive Director Kelvin Moniz said the HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union’s $1,000 award made on Monday to the food bank was very appropriate, timely and needed.
Specialist to talk about large whale entanglement responses
PORT ALLEN — During the 2023 to 2024 humpback whale season (when the whales are in Hawaiian waters from Nov. 1 through May 30), the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration reported seven different entangled humpback whales that elicited 11 on-water response efforts mounted over an extremely busy two-month period.