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The exhibit on display through Aug. 24 features wall hangings, table runners, pillows and more.

While on Kauaʻi, the Hōkūleʻa crew will host canoe tours and activities for schools and the community while docked in Hanalei and Nāwiliwili from Aug. 16 through Aug. 25.

28-year-old Weston-Webb, a longtime resident of Kauaʻi, recently won silver at the Paris Olympics while representing her birth country, Brazil.

The results show that former mayor and current council member Bernard Carvalho Jr. leads the way with 7.6% of the votes (6,282), followed by longtime Council Chair Mel Rapozo in second with 7.3% (6,065).

“I’m scared. Cost-wise, We’re talking about waste to energy and landfills that cost hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars to construct. Where do we get that from?” said County Council Chair Mel Rapozo.

“People don’t get swept down our rivers and typically make it out,” said Kauaʻi Fire Captain Aaron Hawthorne.

The trail was among three nominees voted on by the public between Jul. 26 and Aug. 4, 2024, securing nearly 45% of the vote.

Longtime musician and on-air Maui radio personality of KPOA 93.5 FM was honored Aug. 3 with the award during the 47th annual Nā Hōkū Hanohano Awards at the Hawai‘i Convention Center in Honolulu.

A total of 11 of the 17 current candidates attended the event hosted by the Kapaʻa Business Association, with common themes for speeches including affordable housing, the cost of living, the landfill issue, and discussions of personal backgrounds and reasons for running.

You’ll be able to receive free glucose, cholesterol, body mass index and blood pressure screenings Saturday during the event at the Līhuʻe store on Kaua‘i. You can also get affordable immunizations including COVID-19; flu; human papillomavirus (HPV); pneumonia; tetanus; measles, mumps and rubella (MMR); varicella (chicken pox/shingles), whooping cough (TDAP); hepatitis A and B; and others.

Fiscal year 2025 Innovation Grants applications are being accepted now. The intent of the program is to deploy innovation on Kaua‘i in small business, technology, transportation, agriculture, local manufacturing, creative industries, workforce development, circular economies, tourism destination management and product development.

The museum is also attempting to raise the half a million dollars needed to install a fence following chronic destructive activity.

Officials advise the public to call the following numbers if KPD’s non-emergency dispatch line is out of service: 808-755-8516 or 808-652-7837.

The two-day event will feature solo and group dance performances, drumming and a fire knife contest.

The East Kaua‘i Community and Circulation Plan is intended to build on previous community planning efforts from the 2018 Kaua‘i Kākou General Plan with a focus on the unique challenges and opportunities of the East Kaua‘i district.

 According to recent data from Kaua’i Deputy Fire Chief Roger Mills, there have been a total of 122 brush fires so far in 2024. That can be compared to 196 brush fires in all of 2023, 262 in 2022, 211 in 2021, and 193 in 2020.

This proclamation authorizes the use of government resources to protect public health and safety, property and natural resources. It authorizes the Adjutant General to activate the Hawai‘i National Guard to deploy state resources, as needed, to aid in fire suppression and evacuation.

The body is in an advantaged stage of decomposition, making it more challenging to identify the body.

Updates will be provided as more information becomes available.

Ballot packets are only mailed to active voters.  If you have moved and have not updated your voter registration, you must do so before you can vote in this election.