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Back to School Bash this Saturday

Nearly 8,900 students will return to class on Aug. 4, according to estimates from the new Kauai Complex Area Superintendent Leila Maeda-Kobayashi. Maeda-Kobayashi was one…

Traffic fatalities skyrocket on Oahu

The death toll on Hawaii roadways continues to climb, with 70 traffic-­related fatalities already tallied at the halfway mark. That’s close to a 50% increase…

Green enacts $40B state biennium budget

Gov. Josh Green signed the nearly $40 billion executive biennium budget bill on Monday, June 30, 2025. Allocating $19.8 billion to state operations for fiscal…

Senior State softball coming to Kauai

LIHUE — A short slate of three contests at Isenberg Field closed the 26-game Kauai Senior Softball 60s Division calendar for 2025. “We now have…

Wildfire risks increasing through dry summer

Hawaii should be prepared for higher wildfire risks as the islands enter hotter months following the second driest wet season in the last 30 years.…

New LPNs celebrate their commitment

Eighteen Licensed Practical Nurses, or LPNs, emerged on Friday following the Kauai Community College Nursing program Summer Commencement of the Class of 2025 cohort, and…

OHA drops Mauna Kea lawsuits for new approach

In a major shift in strategy, the Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees voted Thursday to withdraw two longstanding lawsuits related to Mauna Kea,…