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How to find open Kaua‘i hiking trails

Editor’s note: This story was inspired by a question received via our COVID-19 Q&A series contact. If you have a question or tip, please share…

From bikinis to face masks

Detroit has Ford and General motors abruptly halting car production to switch quickly to making ventilators to treat the gravest of COVID-19 patients. And now…

Kaua‘i COVID-19 Q&A: Any cases on Niihau

Editor’s Note: Questions about stay-at-home orders can be submitted to tinyurl.com/TGIQ-A and The Garden Island staff will do our best to find you an answer…

Unemployment frustrations

LIHUE – Applying for unemployment has been a headache for many Kaua‘i residents who are working to file claims after being furloughed or laid off…

Happy Camper for Monday, April 13, 2020

Happy birthday, Jane “CJ” Nakashita (yes, there are people who still remember you), who spent her special day in COVID-19 isolation with her two doggies…

14 days inside

KOLOA — Thursday marked Jose Balintona Jr.’s first day of freedom since he landed on the island two weeks ago. Sort of. Balintona arrived in…

Keeping keiki from vaping

KAPA‘A — Kodie Kaina, a freshman at Kapa‘a High School doesn’t use electronic cigarettes anymore, but she started vaping as a sixth-grader when she was…

Donation, federal $$$ help island

KILAUEA — Dr. Priscilla Chan and her husband, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, part-time residents of Kilauea, have donated $1 million toward COVID-19 relief on Kaua‘i,…

Couple arrested for violating quarantine

LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i police Friday arrested Adam Schwarze, 36, of ‘Aiea, O‘ahu, and Desiree Marvin, 31, of Alexandria, Virginia, for violating the state’s COVID-19 mandatory…