Judy Collins concert next week
Judy Collins is coming to Kauai.
Fresh bread, healthy sandwiches
Smells of savory soups and fresh bread dominate the corner of Kukui Grove Center next to Macy’s, where more often than not you’ll find loaves just out of the oven and a line out the door.
Festival of Lights ends soon
There is one more opportunity to take in the free, 22nd annual Festival of Lights before it closes its 2018 run at the Historic County Building in Lihue.
Public libraries ready for ‘Reading Challenge’
The Hawaii State Public Library System has been selected to be one of over 100 libraries around the world to participate in the 2019 Winter Reading Challenge, designed to encourage communities to read this winter.
Hirono to donate pay to food banks
U.S. Sen. Mazie K. Hirono announced that she will donate pay she receives during the partial government shutdown to food banks in all four counties across Hawaii.
Obituaries for Friday, December 28, 2018
• Felicidad Baatis Valdez • Peter Allen Tegan • Catalino Garo Domingo Sr.
Nourishing body and soul
Hosting guided tours is just one of the many ways Michelle Lemay nurtures herself and her community. It’s a way to preserve the island and spread aloha at the same time.
Fines for fake service animals
Claiming an ordinary dog to be a service animal will soon be illegal in Hawaii.
Happy Camper for Friday, December 28, 2018
Happy retirement to Helaine Perel of The Shops at Kukuiula (and to Val Rynda of FM97!), who was enjoying her final Kauai Culinary Market Wednesday, stopping to chat with Aida Dolfo, who had guests Jeff, Carson, Lauren and Tristy Tara of California in tow, enjoying the aroma of those sliders before hitting the next level.
Heisman finalists Tagovailoa, Murray front-and-center in Orange Bowl matchup
The College Football Playoff semifinals are upon us. This weekend, two teams will punch their tickets to the College Football Championship game.
The Cotton Bowl features No. 2 Clemson (13-0) against No. 3 Notre Dame (12-0), and the Orange Bowl will pit together No. 1 Alabama (13-0) and No. 4 Oklahoma (12-1).
Ainofea featured in Forbes piece
LIHUE — A local clothing company had humble beginnings but recently received some national recognition.
Vance Pascua, Ainofea owner and CEO, was the subject of a interview by a Forbes Magazine contributing writer. The interview was published online earlier this week.
Shutdown solution seems unlikely before Dems take House
It’s looking increasingly like the partial government shutdown will be handed off to a divided government to solve in the new year — the first big confrontation between President Donald Trump and Democrats — as agreement eludes Washington in the waning days of the Republican monopoly on power.
Israeli PM to stay for Brazil inauguration after all
Despite earlier reports, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to attend the inauguration of Brazilian President-elect Jair Bolsonaro.
Poet fears for his people as China ‘Sinicizes’ religion
Cui Haoxin is too young to remember the days of his people’s oppression under Mao Zedong.
Thailand acquits deputy PM in luxury watch scandal
Investigators in Thailand acquitted the deputy prime minister of criminal charges of failing to declare assets a year after he was discovered to have several luxury watches that would have been out of reach of his government salary.
3 British tourists die in Iceland crash, 4 severely hurt
An SUV carrying seven people from two British families plunged off a bridge Thursday in Iceland, killing three people and critically injuring the others, authorities said.
Indonesia raises alert, widens danger zone around volcano
Indonesia raised the danger level for an island volcano that triggered a tsunami on the weekend, killing at least 430 people in Sumatra and Java, and widened its no-go zone.
Storm whips up blizzards, dumps snow in Dakotas, Minnesota
Post-holiday travelers were finding driving difficult as a winter storm dumped heavy snow and whipped up gusty winds across parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota on Thursday.
Franklin attorney: $3 million in back taxes paid to IRS
Aretha Franklin’s estate has paid at least $3 million in back taxes to the IRS since her death in August, an attorney for the late Queen of Soul’s estate said Thursday.
Nation’s oldest World War II vet dies in Texas at age 112
Richard Overton, the nation’s oldest World War II veteran who was also believed to be the oldest living man in the U.S., died Thursday in Texas, a family member said. He was 112.
Nationwide internet outage affects CenturyLink customers
Many CenturyLink customers across the U.S. were without internet Thursday amid a lengthy outage that stretched from New York to California.
Furious Iraqi lawmakers demand US troop withdrawal
President Donald Trump’s surprise trip to Iraq may have quieted criticism at home that he had yet to visit troops in a combat zone, but it has infuriated Iraqi politicians who on Thursday demanded the withdrawal of U.S. forces.
Government shutdown likely to stretch into next week
Chances look slim for ending the partial government shutdown any time soon.
US stocks shake off slide with late-afternoon rally
Stocks mounted a swift turnaround on Wall Street Thursday after a late-afternoon rally erased the steep losses from earlier in the day.
Congo election unrest spikes; EU ambassador ordered to leave
Congo’s march toward Sunday’s election took a nasty turn on Thursday as the government ordered the European Union ambassador to leave the country within 48 hours after the EU prolonged sanctions against the ruling party’s presidential candidate