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Feds fund unemployment bonus program

HONOLULU – The Federal Emergency Management Agency announced Sunday it has approved a $193,933,095 grant to Hawai‘i to provide those unemployed due to COVID-19 with…

Pi‘ikoi Building wall gets splashes of color

A skateboarder rumbled by as Mayor Derek Kawakami congratulated muralists Seth Womble and Sam Schryver on the completion of the Holua mural on the east-facing…

10 KCCC inmates released

LIHUE — The Hawai‘i Supreme Court issued a list of names of 10 Kaua’i County Community Correctional Center inmates released Wednesday and Thursday because of…

Mayor lauds quarantine efforts

LIHU‘E — The Kaua‘i Police Department is currently monitoring more than 1,300 people in quarantine on Kaua‘i, Mayor Derek Kawakami said Friday. On Thursday, 1,605…

Items donated to Salvation Army

AHUKINI — “Dog? Did anyone mention a dog?” David Chun of the Salvation Army Adult Rehabilitation Center wanted to know. “I’ll take a dog —…

Businesses awarded grants

LIHU‘E — As of Friday, the Kaua‘i Small Business Boost Program approved and awarded 650 grants to local businesses, totaling $5 million of the county’s…

Surge testing offered in Hanapepe

HANAPEPE — Malama Pono Health Services technicins Bianka Tasaka and Sherry Oyamot have both taken the test themselves. “Keep going back,” Tasaka said Tuesday at…

Quilt show opens with reception

Quilt show opens with reception A quilt exhibit, sale and opening reception is today from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Kaua‘i Society of Artists…

Child and Family Service gets help

NAWILIWILI — The Child and Family Service team led by Natalie Jenson, CFS Director of Programs, came in several cars to move the food contributed…

COVID-19 cases surge at OCCC

HONOLULU — One O’ahu Community Correctional Center staff member and nine OCCC inmates tested positive for COVID-19, according to the Department of Public Safety COVID-19…