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Kouchi recovering after surgery

LIHUE — Senate President Ron Kouchi is recovering after successful rotator cuff surgery on Oahu Monday. Kouchi is expected to take about three weeks from…

Miss Kauai contestants wanted

The Miss Kauai USA Organization is searching for contestants to compete in the 2019 Miss Kauai USA and Miss Kauai Teen USA pageant, which is…

Kaumuali‘i unveiled

LIHUE — Traffic slowed as Rice Street fronting the Kauai Museum was coned off to just a single westbound lane to accommodate the overflow crowd…

‘Our future leaders’

WAIKIKI — Kapaa High School’s Hannah Collins-Doijode was named Kauai County’s “Most Outstanding Citizen-Scholar” Award recipient at the 15th Annual Citizen-Scholar luncheon held at the…

Warriors fall short to Kohala in quarterfinals

Kapaa High School’s varsity softball team lost to Kohala High School of the Big Island Interscholastic Federation in the quarterfinals of the 2019 DataHouse Softball…

Man gets 5 years for porn

LIHUE — A Kauai man was sentenced Thursday to five years in jail for possession of child pornography. Ruben Kamanawa Santos, 54, formerly of Kapaa,…

‘Never conquered’

For decades, when Billy Lemn drove through Lihue, he would ask his wife why there were no statues of the island’s past rulers. “Where was…

Robust reefs, fewer floods

LIHUE — Kauai’s coral reefs protect the island from about $11 million worth of damages every year, according to a new study released by the…