No major injuries in shark attack
KEKAHA — Doug Moore was sitting on his surfboard when he felt a sharp pain in his right index finger around 8:30 a.m. at Davidson’s Beach on Monday.
New food pick up hours
NAWILIWILI — Kaua‘i Independent Food Bank announces new emergency food pickup hours for the month of June.
Pu‘uopae Bridge closed for construction
Pu‘uopae Bridge to be temporarily closed for construction work on June 4 and from June 15 to June 19
Ball python turned in after being found in Kahaluu
HONOLULU – A ball python snake was turned in to authorities on Tuesday, May 26th by a resident who said he found the snake while hunting in a forested area in Kahaluu, O`ahu.
More quarantine-related arrests on Oahu
HONOLULU – A student attending college in Hawai‘i was arrested this morning by Special Agents from the Investigation Division of the Dept. of the Attorney General. 21-year-old Venasio Vaipulu was reported by a witness.
Evolving ideas on opening safely
Hawai’i is now not only one of the most beautiful places in the world but also one of the most COVID-free. The big question everyone is grappling with is how to safely reopen our economy with limited tourism.
Happy Camper for Monday, June 1, 2020
Rhonda Cabelo said the one nice thing about Police, Pastors & Platters at the Puakea Golf Course is how the event brings all the people together — living together, working together and getting through this COVID thing.
Ignacio Neumiller to state commission on women
The Hawai‘i State Commission on the Status of Women announced the appointment of new commissioners, including Edie Ignacio Neumiller for the County of Kaua‘i and Stacey Moniz for Maui County.
The Salvation Army accepting donated goods
The Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center will be accepting donations on Friday, June 19, in Lihu‘e, at the county Kaua‘i Resource Center at the Lihu‘e transfer station, 3460 Ahukini Rd., from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Happy Camper for Sunday, May 31, 2020
Beth Haddock said the curbside microphone installed by John “The Big Guy” Belliveau of A/V Kaua‘i last year is coming in real handy since Pietro’s at the Po‘ipu Shopping Village reopened after being shut by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Free breakfast, lunch programs at schools to continue
State Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi and state Rep. James Kunane Tokioka announced the extension of the state Department of Education’s grab-and-go breakfast and lunch program on Kaua‘i, through July 17.
Obituaries for Sunday, May 31, 2020
• Ernest Souza ‘Ernie’ Carvalho Jr. • Davin Jasen Koerte • Masao ‘Murphy’ Yamamoto • Bernice Aiko Kubota
Letter for Sunday, May 13, 2020
• Something wrong with virus vaccine news
The bell buoy that drifted from California to Kaua‘i
In September 1925, The Honolulu Advertiser newspaper published an account of a bell buoy that had broken from its moorings off the California coast over 30 years earlier and had drifted more than 2,500 miles until it reached Kaua‘i.
What to do with federal COVID money
This week our Legislature will be recessing after working on one of its important tasks: figuring out how to spend $1 billion of federal money that is being made available to Hawaii under the CARES Act.
Beach safety, now
LIHU‘E — Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami said the COVID-19 pandemic has emphasized how important Kaua‘i’s beaches are to the community, Monday during the announcement of June 1 through 7 being Hawai‘i Beach Safety Week.
Restaurants reopen dine-in
LIHU‘E — Larry Feinstein of the Kaua‘i Beer Company said they never closed.
Gymnastics, dance combine forces
PUHI — June 1 marked a new page for Kaua‘i Gymnastics Academy — when the handover from Jack and Kay Leonard to Tiffany and Pono Dick of the Aloha Dance Studio is complete.
Fifth Circuit Court reopens
LIHU‘E — Walking into Pu‘uhonua Kaulike Building, visitors will need to pass a verbal health screening.