#Kauai

A year ago, Kapaa High School opened its 2011 season with a dominating 35-0 performance over visiting Kamehameha Schools Maui. The victory set the tempo for Kapaa’s first Kauai Interscholastic Federation championship since 1989.

Waves eroded approximately 15 feet of the highway shoulder between July 16 and 19. The repairs are aimed at preventing the imminent collapse of the highway.

The total reward now being offered has grown to $30,000 in the monk seal killings on Maui and Kauai.

The Board of Trustees for the Office of Hawaiian Affairs traveled to Kaua‘i for the first in a series of five community meetings with Native Hawaiians on the Neighbor Islands.

Maui ranks in the top five family vacation destinations for summer 2011, according to travel booking giant Travelocity.

Mayhem at the Mansion II was held on Saturday, Feb 5, 2011 at Kilohana Mansion, Puhi, Kauai RESULTS Amateur Kickboxing: Ola Lum (O2) def. Marcus Vierra (Kauai Pankration) Unanimous decision after 3 rounds Pankration: Ryne Yoshimura (HMC) def. Abe Mohr (KTI) TKO via Referee stoppage at 2:59 in Round 3 Kai Iwasaki (HMC) def. Keone Martins […]

Blaine Kobayashi was sworn in yesterday as Maui’s newest District Court Judge for the Second Circuit court encompassing Maui, Molokai and Lanai.  Kobayashi fills the vacancy created by the expiration of the term of Judge Simone Polak. Prior to his judicial appointment, Kobayashi served as a partner with the Carlsmith Ball law firm, representing individual […]

Mike White, 2010 Makawao Council candidate profile, Transcript:  Introduction:  Good morning, my name is Mike White.  I’m running for the Makawao-Haiku-Paia council seat and I’m a life-time resident of Hawaii.  My family first settled on Kauai and Niihau over 160 years ago.  Although I look very haole, and have a very haole name, I’ve been very […]

Nearly 4,000 Hawaii households will receive a final knock on the door from local Census workers within the next few weeks, as the U.S. Census Bureau wraps up data collection.   The operations, called Nonresponse Residual Followup, will seek to clarify information on 2010 Census forms that were either mailed back late, incomplete, or unclear […]

Construction begins next month on 12 Kauai homes totaling $2.1 million dollars.   The homes will be built in the Piilani Mai Ke Kai subdivision in Anahola, Kauai, under a partnership between the Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) and the non-profit Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement (CNHA).  The Kauai project is the first in a series of self […]

The National Weather Service issued a Flash Flood Watch for Kauai, Niihau & Oahu from late Saturday night to Sunday evening.  Heavy rainfall will increase the potential for flash flooding. An approaching cold front and associated upper trough will combine to increase the potential for heavy rainfall and flash flooding. Precautionary/Preparedness actions:  A flash flood […]

By Wendy Osher In her fourth State Of The County Address today, Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares challenged the state administration and the Legislature to examine other sources of revenue before cutting the counties share of income from the hotel room tax. [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDRaZ3pm-UY /] “Taking away the TAT revenue from the counties breaks a promise […]

By Wendy Osher Hawaii local census offices are hoping to hire more than 3000 temporary workers to assist in the effort of counting the state’s population for the 2010 Census.  Officials say an estimated 300-400 people will be hired in Maui County.  Temporary jobs of up to two months include census takers, enumerators and crew […]

By Jade Moss A young girl’s quest to find herself lies at the heart of the opera-length hula drama, Holo Mai Pele: Hi’iaka Wahinepo-aimoku and, as Hawaiian myth would have it, she transcends physical limitations and evolves to flourish into a goddess.  Bringing the legend of Pele and her youngest sister, Hi’iaka, back to contemporary […]

Halau O Kekuhi presents a sequel to their famed Holo Mai Pele at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center Saturday night, January 30, 2010.  The show continues the epic journey quest of Hiiakaikapoliopele, the youngest sister of Pelehonuamea, in her undertaking to fetch Lohiau, the chief of Haena Kauai. Halau O Kekuhi will act out […]

A series of west northwest swells are expected in the islands this week.  The swells were generated by a series of strong storms and will affect the north and west facing shores through most of this week. The first swell arrived overnight and will linger through the day with advisory level surf expected.  A second, […]

Surfer Greg Long takes the title in the 25th Annual Quicksilver in Memory of Eddie Aikau surf competition.  Long pulled off a perfect 100 point ride in the final heat on the north shore of Oahu, securing first place and a $55,000 paycheck. The final heat also featured a perfect-point ride by Chilean surfer Ramon […]

Federal officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the successful arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing a Hawaiian Monk Seal on Kauai earlier this year. Special Agent William Pickering called the April 19, 2009 incident a heinous act.  The 5-year-old male seal was found deal at the […]

A High Surf Warning remains in effect for the north and west facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai and Maui until 6 p.m. on Wednesday. The first day of the advisory brought 45-foot surf to the north shore of Maui.  Three jet skis were lost Monday in the surf at Peahi where big-wave riders […]

A northwest swell is expected to reach Maui Saturday afternoon bringing advisory level surf. The swell is being generated by a former typhoon that turned into a powerful storm off the Western Aleutian Islands earlier this week. High Surf will first affect Niihau and Kauai on Saturday morning with surf rising to 12 to 15 […]