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The Waimea Town Celebration will bring west Kauaʻi together with events focused on heritage and inclustion for everyone from keiki to kupuna, from kamaʻāina to malihini.

U.S. Postal Service warns about online Casanovas targeting people seeking companionship with romance scams that involve sending money or valuables through the mail.

The website is an online resource celebrating Kaua‘i’s art, culture and community. It is made possible by a partnership between Kaua‘i Visitors Bureau, Kaua‘i County and Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

PulsePoint Respond is location-aware, alerting users trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, and willing to assist in an emergency and notifying them if someone in a public space nearby is experiencing a cardiac emergency.

Lane closures are scheduled for portions of Līhuʻe, Kekaha and Waikoko; a community meeting is slated for an upcoming renocation project at the Waimea tennis courts; the monthly Salvation Army ARC donation event is upcoming; second installment of property taxes also due soon.

Grove Farm Scholarship provides $20,000 each to 3 seniors from each of the Garden Isle’s high schools. Juniors and seniors, as well as college stuents, on the island can also apply to be paid summer interns at Hawai‘i Pacific Health facilities on the island.

Applications are due by 3 p.m. Feb. 21. The program runs from June 16 to July 24.

The lllegal Red Snapper and Tuna Enforcement Act would support Hawaiʻi fisherman and expose anyone trying to pass off cheap tuna for high-quality Hawaiʻi ahi.

Saam Fu Chinese Cultural Arts lion dance team invites everyone on the Garden Isle to celebrate and ring in the Chinese New Year at several venues Feb. 7-8 before this weekend’s Big Game.

Nutritious meals help children learn, play and grow during the summer when schools are not in session. Sponsors served free summer meals at 120 locations throughout the state last year, with the Hawaiʻi Department of Education serving free meals at 73 schools and alternative learning programs.

These ‘birds’ were blessed during event that kicks off annual field season, when conservationists head into the Garden Isle’s mountainous terrain for fieldwork aimed at protecting threatened and endangered Hawaiian forest birds.

The State of Hawaiʻi settled most of its legal claims against these companies and is expected to receive approximately a total of $150 million, by annual payments, through the year 2038.

Noelani Butcher of Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School in Līhuʻe was named the 2025 Hawai‘i School Counselor of the Year by the American School Counselor Association.

The Hanapēpē library opened in 1950 on land once covered by rice paddies and intended for a police station.

Walter Dods Jr. RISE Center is an integrated living and learning community, advancing sustainability practices through its design, construction and operations.

The Kawaihau Road raised crosswalk is part of the Kapa‘a Town resurfacing project by Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, which has been on the books since 2017.

Fireworks and firecrackers are only allowed to be ignited on private property between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Jan. 29.

In 2025, more than 9,000 residents in Hawaiʻi will be diagnosed with cancer, with more than 2,000 residents expected to die from the disease, according to the  American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Projections in 2025 mark an uptick in cases, but a decline in deaths compared to 2024.

Hot rods, muscle cars and land yachts have spent the past 12 months meeting at Talk Story Bookstore in Hanapēpē.

Sgt. Mike Nii and Officer Nicholas Kam were each awarded the Life Saving Medal because they “went above and beyond” to save the life of an unresponsive driver in December 2024.