Celebrating the Earth — Kaua‘i style
Allison Young of the current Leadership Kaua‘i was thrilled when Jodi Matsumoto showed up at the Kaua‘i Community College with two armfuls of plastic planting containers.
‘Gut and replace’ bill pending at Legislature
HONOLULU —State senators are pushing a bill that would fund and govern a Maui wildfire death and injury compensation fund, but the measure runs a risk of violating the Hawai‘i Constitution.
Regenerative tourism draws groups to isles
HONOLULU — Members of the American Association of Geographers, who were in Honolulu for their 2024 annual meeting, volunteered Sunday during an ocean and beach park cleanup at Magic Island where tons of trash were removed from the polluted peninsula and ocean.
Winfrey and Johnson give millions to wildfire victims
Lana Vierra misses the swing set at her Lahaina home, which was reduced to ashes in the wildfires that swept through her community last summer.
Voyagers extend winning streak in KIF boys volleyball
KAPA‘A —Despite challenges from the Menehune and the Red Raiders, the Voyagers continue to protect its undefeated status following the results of Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation boys volleyball matches on Friday.
Raiders and Voyagers win weekend matches
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i High School swept Waimea High School 5-0 and 5-0 for both the boys and girls fields, and Island School edged out Kapa‘a High School 3-2, and 3-2 on Saturday in Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation tennis matches played at the Waimea High School tennis courts and the Kapa‘a High School tennis courts.
Battling ‘Bows rally to win in extra innings
HONOLULU — On a WWE-themed day, the Hawai‘i baseball team was cookin’.
Hawai‘i lawmakers take aim at vacation rentals
HONOLULU — Amy Chadwick spent years scrimping and saving as a single mother of two to buy a house in the town of Lahaina on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Long Beach State wins Big West men’s volleyball title
Long Beach State has finished with the best record in the Big West in each of the past three regular seasons. The Beach finally have a conference championship trophy to show for it.
Happy Camper for Monday, April 22, 2024
Teya Silva was just one of the more than 60 vendors taking part in The Beach House Craft Fair on Sunday near Prince Kuhio Park where the high water mark from last week’s flooding clearly marked the height of flood waters.
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing mass bleaching
Coral reefs around the world are experiencing global bleaching for the fourth time, top reef scientists declared on Monday, April 15, a result of warming ocean waters amid human-caused climate change.
Island History for Saturday, April 20, 2024
Amara Coon could not attend the Special Olympics’ Rockin’ Range fundraiser on Friday because she was busy helping Rowena Contrades Pagan and her mom, Pat Coon, with the weekly relief day at Ho‘omana Thrift Store, which was flooded during last week’s rains that dumped more than 12 inches at the island’s highest rainfall reading.
Warriors get seventh win in girls softball
LIHU‘E — Kapa‘a High School softball pitcher Sienna Yamashita got the nod for winning the 12-7 Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation softball game against Kaua‘i High School on Wednesday night at Isenberg Park, the designated home field for the Red Raiders.
Terui earns state Character Counts! honor
LIHU‘E — Saturday was a special day for Kaira Terui, Lily Millard, Karissa Fuchigami, Tristan-Ckylar Andres, Austin Sadamitsu and Justin Ganir at the Lihu‘e Neighborhood Center, where the fourth grade students picked up their awards for the Kaua‘i Character Counts! citizenship contest.
Utilities focus on reducing risks
HONOLULU — Hawai‘i’s two regulated electrical utilities told a pair of state Senate committees on Thursday that they are trying to do as much as possible as fast as possible with wildfire risk mitigation.
Hawai‘i Supreme Court chides state’s legal moves on water after deadly Lahaina Fire
HONOLULU — The Hawai‘i attorney general’s office must pay attorney fees for using last year’s Maui wildfire tragedy to file a petition in “bad faith” that blamed a state court judge for a lack of water for firefighting, Hawaii’s Supreme Court ruled.
Happy Camper for Friday, April 19, 2024
What? Did you miss it? The Kaua‘i Beer Company hosted a Ramen Pop-Up with Aaron Matson on Sunday.
Kapa‘a wins and Kaua‘i splits makeup KIF tennis matches
LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i Interscholastic Federation tennis teams made up matches from April 11 when heavy rainfall forced postponements due to unplayable conditions.
Lawmakers seek Hawaiian Electric probe after blackouts
HILO, Hawai‘i — A trio of state lawmakers has called for an investigation into Hawaiian Electric after power outages Sunday on the Hawai‘i Island and O‘ahu.
Takeaways from two reports on deadly Lahaina Fire
HONOLULU — More than half a year after the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century burned through a historic Maui town, officials are still trying to determine exactly what went wrong and how to prevent similar catastrophes in the future. But two reports released this week are filling in some of the blanks.