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Talk Story: Ipo Yoshioka

Kauai High School boys basketball coach Ipo Yoshioka has a long-standing history with the sports of basketball and baseball. He became inundated in the culture…

Mi Na comes clean

Following are this week’s synopses of shows on KBFD TV, which televises Korean dramas with English subtitles. Weekly Update Flower in Prison Episode 7; Episode…

Births for Sunday, December 29, 2019

• Dustin and Jaime Villatora greeted their third child, a boy, Damon Kaulana Villatora, weighing 6 pounds, 12.8 ounces, on Nov. 20, 2019, at Wilcox…

Reporter recalls flying with Safari

LIHUE — Safari Helicopters celebrated its 30th year in business on Oct. 1, 2017. It is the second-oldest helicopter business on Kauai, behind only Jack…

Arrest log for Saturday, December 28, 2019

October 22 • Violate terms or conditions of release on bail, criminal contempt of court: 2:40 a.m., Nunies, Dylan Kekoa, 21, male, Lihue. • Unauthorized…

Fireworks on Kleinfeld’s birthday

LIHUE — Bryan Kame‘enui said setting off firecrackers for New Year’s is a family tradition. “My grandparents told us we burn firecrackers for good luck,”…

Protesters accept offer from Kim

The protesters blocking the Maunakea Access Road have accepted an offer from Mayor Harry Kim to clear the road in exchange for a guarantee that…

Hokulei trying to save the trees

LIHUE — The opening of the Pacific Fireworks shop at Hokulei Village shopping center was greeted with the sounds of chain saws and power blowers…

Obituaries for Friday, December 27, 2019

Nancy Nakasone Blalock Nancy Nakasone Blalock of Wailua passed away peacefully on Nov. 6, 2019. at the age of 97. Born Shigeko Nakasone on April…