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Kauaʻi health office conducting survey about emergency preparedness, pandemic impacts

The Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response survey known as CASPER to assess the emergency preparedness level and current wellbeing of Kauaʻi households.

Create an emergency plan as hurricane season starts

AARP Hawai‘i is hosting a free hurricane-preparedness webinar hosted by author Dennis Hwang.

Grow “Seeds of Knowledge” at your Kaua‘i library

Participants in the Summer Reaching Challenge can reap rewards including entires for the Grand Prize drawing provided by Alaska Airlines.

Kupuna on Kaua‘i can compete in Kiwanis spelling bee

Net proceeds from this annual event, presented by Alaska Airlines, will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association.

Hawai‘i Food & Wine Festival tickets now on sale

The Hawaiʻi Food & WIne Festival was co-founded by James Beard Award-winning chefs Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong.

Good Jobs Hawaiʻi provides free skills training for hundreds of residents

The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi and industry partners, offers free skills training in high-demand industries through Good Jobs Hawaiʻi.

U.S. Rep. Jill Tokuda keynote speaker at Kaua‘i Memorial Day event

The Memorial Day Observance will also include members of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, and the Waimea High School JROTC, which will post and retire the colors.

Petco Love donates $20,000 to Kauaʻi Humane Society

The national nonprofit Petco Love is donating $20,000 to the Kauaʻi Humane Society in support of its lifesaving work for animals on the island.

Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope captures closeups of Sun

The Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope images feature a variety of sunspots and quiet regions of the Sun obtained by the Visible-Broadband Imager, one of the telescope’s first-generation instruments.

Volcano Watch: Hawaiian oral stories of legends can provide light on past eruptions

Some Hawaiian stories, including the one about the two chiefs of Kahuku who became the two hills of Nāpuʻuapele, can be traced to the eruptions they record.

American Savings Bank invests more than $4.3 million in Hawaiʻi Community Lending

American Savings Bank’s investment comes at a time when the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, under the leadership of new director Kali Watson, plans to spend $600 million in state funds for housing.

NOAA predicts a near- or above-normal hurricane season for Central Pacific

The 2023 Central Pacific hurricane season starts June 1, and this year forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a 50% chance of above-normal tropical cyclone activity.

County of Kaua‘i announces holiday closures

The Waimea swimming pool will observe Memorial Day on May 30 and will be closed that day.

Immortal Henrietta Lacks cells advance cancer research, free talk on May 27

“Henrietta Lacks left a legacy that has impacted research in Hawaiʻi and throughout the world,” said Brenda Hernandez, University of Hawai‘i Cancer Center researcher.

Mālama Kauaʻi’s FEED Orchard Grants to increase fruit production, food access

Mālama Kauaʻi will distribute 18 FEED Orchard Grant Awards this summer in order to increase fruit production and provide local fruit for food access programs.

Florida man airlifted from Koke‘e on Tuesday

Responders found the man about 40 feet down a steep side of a ridge with injuries to his back.

Antique shop on Maui raided for selling illegal turtle shells, whale tooth ivory

Dozens of illegal wildlife items were confiscated from the Antique Freak shop in Wailuku on Maui during a Tuesday raid by the State of Hawai’i and NOAA Office of Law Enforcement.

Hawaiian monk seal born on Waikīkī beach to be relocated after weaning

Pualani, a Hawaiian monk seal pup who was born in mid-April on Kaimana Beach in Waikīkī, will be relocated after she is weaned from her mama Kaʻiwi.

2 Kaua‘i companies join Hawai‘i business incubator

XLR8HI, the leading community for Hawaii entrepreneurs, unveiled its sixth cohort of local companies who participated in preX, an investment readiness and business scaling hyper-accelerator program.

Hawai‘i Tourism Authority awards contracts in the United States and Canada

The contracts are for destination stewardship, visitor education and brand management throughout North America.
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