Some Hawaii hotel officials expect tourism to recover slowly
HONOLULU — Some hotel executives don’t expect a quick recovery for Hawaii’s tourism industry.
BYU-Hawaii to begin weekly virus testing for those on campus
HONOLULU — While classes will be largely online because of the coronavirus pandemic, Brigham Young University-Hawaii said it will test all staff and students who are on campus every week when the semester starts Jan. 6.
Mural depicts Salt Pond’s origin
For over two weeks, artists have converged on the pavilion at Salt Pond Beach Park to tell the origin story of the Hanapepe salt beds and an imagined underwater seascape from the shores of the beach.
Feral goat-hunting permits offered
LIHU’E — The state Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife announced the availability of applications for special feral goat hunt in Hunting Unit A, Kekaha Game Management Area.
Lihu‘e post office safe from closure
LIHU‘E — On Sunday night, the U.S. Congress passed the COVID Relief Bill, which among other things approved the transition of a $10 billion loan to the U.S. Postal Service in March and into a grant with conditions.
County leaving single-use plastics in 2020
LIHU‘E — Starting Friday, a policy prohibiting county funds from being used for single-use, disposable plastics will go into effect.
Hualani’s donates a portion of proceeds to two organizations
LIHU‘E — Hualani’s restaurant at Timbers Kaua‘i is donating 10% of proceeds on two consecutive nights to the Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank and Sustainable Coastlines, Tuesday, Dec. 29, and today, Wednesday, Dec. 30.
Wailua man held on $100,000 bail
LIHU‘E — A Wailua man’s bail was set at $100,000 at his Monday morning hearing in Fifth Circuit Court.
RSBA hosts New Year’s Day fireworks
LIHU‘E — The Rice Street Business Association is hosting a pandemic and family-friendly, park-and-watch firework show on New Years Day, Friday, Jan. 1, at Vidinha Stadium, benefiting the Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i Branch.
County announces holiday closures
LIHU‘E — In observance of New Year’s Day, County of Kaua‘i offices will be closed on Friday, Jan. 1, along with all refuse transfer stations and the Kekaha Landfill.
Surfer Sebastian Zietz looks to make progress in the WSL circuit
HALE‘IWA — Kaua’i-born professional surfer Sebastian Zietz, aka Seabass, credits his success as a surfer to the nature in which he grew up on the island of Kaua‘i.
Happy Camper for Wednesday, December 30, 2020
Kudos to Kelvin Moniz and the anonymous donor to the credit unions’ food drive for providing all those gift cards to Kaua‘i Special Olympic athletes.
Escaping the Tiger: How stress is undermining your fitness goals
I’ve noticed a trend in my work with clients over the years. It’s particularly common with a certain type of individual: the doer, the manager, the go-getter, the boss.
HOOSER: Use COVID cash to help small businesses
Within the next 14 days at least $21 million ($600 per person) and possibly up to $70 million ($2,000 per person) will fall from the sky and into the pockets of local Kauai residents.
Letters for Wednesday, December 30, 2020
• Cartoon very well placed • Trump defense only raises questions • Trump defense lacking evidence
Obituaries for Wednesday, December 30, 2020
• Catalina Jane ‘Cathy’ Counts • Dardanelle F. Ka‘auwai • William ‘Bill’ Harry Adams • Frederico B. Bergonia
DOH announces one new case of COVID-19 Tuesday
The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported one new case of COVID-19 on Tuesday.
Christmas bombing marks another dark day for Nashville
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When Sandy and Geff Lee finally saw a photo of the building that was home to their Nashville boutique on the day after the Christmas morning bombing, a quiet came over the room.
Perdue, Loeffler find alliance with Democrats they attack
ATLANTA — President Donald Trump’s call to more than triple pandemic cash relief for individual Americans has scrambled political calculations made by Georgia’s two Republican senators in the closing week of their high-stakes runoff campaign.
New US dietary guidelines: No candy, cake for kids under 2
Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. The first U.S. government dietary guidelines for infants and toddlers, released Tuesday, recommend feeding only breast milk for at least six months and no added sugar for children under age 2.
With deadline looming, group wants more census documents
With the Census Bureau days away from likely missing a year-end deadline for turning in numbers used for divvying up congressional seats, President Donald Trump’s administration still hasn’t turned over documents showing how it’s crunching the data on a shortened schedule, according to a coalition of municipal governments and civil rights groups.
Boeing Max returns to US skies with first passenger flight
American Airlines flew a Boeing 737 Max with paying passengers from Miami to New York on Tuesday, the plane’s first commercial flight in U.S. skies since it was grounded after two deadly crashes.
First reported US case of COVID-19 variant found in Colorado
DENVER — The first reported U.S. case of the COVID-19 variant that’s been seen in the United Kingdom has been discovered in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis announced Tuesday.
Trump’s $2K checks stalled in Senate, GOP blocks vote
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s push for bigger $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks stalled out Tuesday in the Senate as Republicans blocked a swift vote proposed by Democrats and split within their own ranks over whether to boost spending or defy the White House.
Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate
WILMINGTON, Del. — President-elect Joe Biden criticized the Trump administration Tuesday for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic.