The ‘rail skim’ lawsuit: We lost the battle, taxpayers won the war
A long time ago, in October 2015 to be more precise, the Tax Foundation of Hawaii sued the state. Why? Because at the time, the state was skimming 10 cents off every dollar that was being collected for rail, and it plopped the money into the state’s general fund, where it was spent on everything but rail.
Kapaa football team honored
HawaiiUSA Federal Credit Union, in partnership with ScoringLive, named the Kapaa High School football team as the 2019 winners of its “Life Matters Award” for their cleanup efforts following the April 2019 record-setting rainfall and flooding.
Stable economic growth continues
The state Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism released its second-quarter 2019 Statistical and Economic Report with first-quarter results.
More vendors join shopping site
POIPU — The Poipu Shopping Village recently opened an area for vendors selling fresh, locally-grown fruit and vegetables, artwork, jewelry and more.
Kauai vehicle sales hold steady
The Hawaii Auto Outlook released Monday says, “the majority of signs are pointing to a slowdown” in sales.
Left high and dry in Koloa
KOLOA — Jim and Denise Satterfield can only watch as hundreds-of-thousands of gallons of drinking water flow down the hillside past their once-thriving water bottling business.
Central Pacific Bank employees raise $104K
LIHUE — Central Pacific Bank recently announced its employees raised $104,772 to be donated to four nonprofit organizations in Hawaii.
Hawaiian awarded tentative Haneda route approval
HONOLULU – Hawaiian Airlines received a preliminary decision from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s to allocate a new slot to the airline for expanded service to Haneda Airport.
Scammers claim to be DEA
LIHUE — The Public Safety Narcotics Enforcement Division wants to alert the public to a recent phone scam. It has been reported that scammers, using the NED main office telephone number, are trying to fool physician offices into thinking they are in trouble with the Drug Enforcement Administration by telling them to pay money to get charges cleared otherwise they face arrest.
Seniors share con artists stories
LIHUE — An FBI agent spent two hours on Thursday afternoon teaching senior citizens how to protect themselves from cyber scams.