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Miss Hawaii Filipina pageant on Kauai

LIHUE — In less than 20 days, we’ll find out who the 2019-20 Miss Hawaii Filipina will be, said Nancy Apalla of the Kauai Filipino…

Nominate your favorite nonprofit

LIHUE — Three Kauai nonprofits have $20,000 grants coming their way, and it’s the public that gets to choose who gets the money. Part of…

Road closures coming

LIHUE — Road closures and delays are scheduled on Kauai throughout July, as both county and state crews and contractors are doing road work. Closures…

Understanding foodborne illness

HONOLULU — Surveys from the state Department of Health Disease Outbreak Control Division started landing in mailboxes on Wednesday as part of a campaign to…

Concert in the Sky yields winners

Ricky Carveiro’s mom had to show picture identification to Ron Wiley Thursday during the Kauai Hospice Concert in the Sky at the Vidinha Stadium soccer…

Most West Freedom Fest

MAJORS BAY — More than 6,000 people gathered at Shenanigans on the Pacific Missile Range Facility base Wednesday afternoon to take advantage of the sun,…

Sentence reduced for drive-by shooter

LIHUE — A Kapaa man who has spent the last 10 years in jail for a drive-by shooting will get five years knocked off of…

Rust confirmed in java plums

WAILUA — Rust has been confirmed in java plum tree samples from the Wailua Homesteads area. Confirmed on Wednesday by Janice Uchida, a mycologist at…

Prosecutors try to seize $140,000

LIHUE — The Kauai County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is asking for court approval to seize roughly $140,000 in cash that police allegedly confiscated during a…

Last native lowland bog ‘thriving’

A flesh-eating plant stretches sticky fuchsia tentacles into the balmy air of Kauai’s Kanaele Bog. It waits until an insect mistakes the shiny droplets on…