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Obituary for Monday, August 24, 2020

Kate Liloa DeCosta Kate Liloa DeCosta passed away on Aug. 6, 2020, at the age of 57, in Honolulu. She was born on May 7,…

Meet ‘awela the Christmas Wrasse

Almost all snorkelers here in Hawai‘i have seen this extremely colorful fish on our shallow-water coral reefs, but few have ever seen one up close…

Soo-mi comes clean; Saet-byul gets her money back

Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles: Weekly Update “That’s The Way It Is” Episode…

Obituary for Friday, August 21, 2020

Gloria Jean Banquel Somalpong April 30, 1945 – August 2, 2020 Gloria Jean Banquel Somalpong of Makaweli passed away on Aug. 2, 2020. She was…

$4.5M NSF grant for Pacific cyberinfrastructure

HONOLULU — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $4.5 million grant to the University of Hawai‘i for cyberinfrastructure connection in the Pacific between the…

Island School has virtual field trip

LIHU‘E — The COVID-19 pandemic had all the art supplies locked away, said Penny Nichols, an art instructor with Island School Wednesday during a virtual…

Sushi Katsu closing after 24 years

LIHU‘E — Conditions from the COVID-19 pandemic trimmed the usually full Sushi Katsu to exclusively phone-in and take-out orders at the Japanese restaurant that takes…