LIHUE — Melissa McFerrin Warrack, the Specialty Leasing Manager and special events coordinator at the Kukui Grove, unexpectedly passed on Nov. 7 , 2025, at…
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LIHUE — Through Christmas Eve, The Garden Island will share daily, front-page stories about families and individuals (we don’t use their real names), who are…
The Kauai Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation reports the results of the Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) from Nov. 8. Fourteen volunteers collected and tested…
More than two years after the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires, disabled residents remain among the least recovered — still facing unstable housing, steep income…
The speaker of the state House of Representatives is asking law enforcement officials to investigate allegations that an unnamed state lawmaker accepted $35,000 in campaign…
LIHUE — If you ask any of the approximately three dozen people attending the blessing on Wednesday at the Kauai Philippine Cultural Center, their answer…
KOKEE — Kauai Fire Department firefighters contained a brush fire in the Kokee area, near mile marker 4, early Thursday morning. The fire was reported…
The state Board of Education on Wednesday approved a new four-year contract for Schools Superintendent Keith Hayashi, extending his tenure through 2029 and increasing his…
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs Board of Trustees has formally approved up to $6.1 million in emergency funding to support Native Hawaiian beneficiaries affected by…
As negotiations between the state and the Army continue over leased training lands, soldiers at Schofield Barracks are gearing up for a training exercise that…