Soaking up CO2
The ocean is bearing the brunt of increased carbon dioxide (CO2), swallowing it up and helping to keep emissions out of the atmosphere.
Man gets 10 years for sexual assault of a minor
Mark Price, 56, of La Mesa, California, was sentenced Thursday to serve 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting a minor while visiting Kauai in May.
Trio re-elected to KIUC board
Kauai Island Utility Cooperative’s incumbent directors Calvin Murashige, Jan TenBruggencate and Peter Yukimura have been re-elected to the KIUC board. These three directors will each serve three-year terms ending March 2022.
Marine debris bar blessed
In celebration of World Water Day and the Net Patrol program’s 12-year anniversary, Surfrider Kauai Chapter members gathered at the Aqua Kauai Beach Resort on Friday.
Da Shadow: Kapaa Beach Park phone needs attention
There is a rusted pay phone located at Kapaa Beach Park that has become a safety hazard for park users. Can the county work with Hawaiian Telcom to remove this?
Action needed on affordable housing now
This letter is in response to the letter last week by Jody Kono (TGI Forum, March 15) asking for help to keep the Courtyards of Waipouli as affordable rental units.
Post those tax returns, darn it!
One of the more debate-worthy bills at our Legislature (Senate Bill 94) involves requiring candidates for president and vice president of the United States to post their tax returns on the Internet.
1946 Sakada Napoleon Comisap
When the Japanese Army invaded the Philippines in December 1941, Napoleon Comisap (1916-2000) – then residing in Laoag City with his wife, Dionisia, and infant daughter, Esmeralda – was called up by the 3rdBattalion, 13thInfantry Regiment, Philippine Army.
Song Joo schemes;Yi Yoo is ecstatic
Today, KBFD Celebrates 33 years of broadcasting in Hawaii.
Happy Camper for Sunday, March 24, 2019
Kudos to Moani Tolentino (she’s the new Hawaiian culture director at the Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort & Spa!), who got help from Sandi Quinsaat in hosting a great, two-day Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole (the state and county are closed Tuesday for the Kuhio holiday) Celebration (we need to call it a “ho‘olaule‘a”)!