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Meet pu puhi the giant horned helmet shell

Most divers never see this huge, 15-inch-long marine snail except in the roadside shell stands. Hawai‘i has the largest helmet shells in the world, and…

Letters for Sunday, March 21, 2021

Taxes pay for state government Once again (Sunday, March 14) The Tax Man comes out against taxes. Just think of him as “The No Tax…

Obituaries for Friday, March 19, 2021

Josephine Edica Yadao Asuncion Josephine Edica Yadao Asuncion, 84, of Kilauea, passed away at Wilcox Medical Center on March 9, 2021. She was born in…

Happy Camper for Friday, March 19, 2021

The green theme (yes, Keoki’s Paradise and Duke’s too used that green box of Girl Scout cookies in the special hula pie!) went so well,…

VOICES: Here we go again with killing cats

Has everyone forgotten what we just went through a few years ago? I do not understand why the County Council allocated $50,000 to trap and…

Births for Friday, March 19, 2021

• Jamie and Matthew Serviss greeted their daughter, Lillian-Ualani Genevieve Serviss, weighing 9 pounds, 3 ounces, on Jan. 20, 2021, at Kaua‘i Veterans Memorial Hospital.…

VOICES: Prepared to care for the community

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kaua‘i has been extremely fortunate to have the lowest number of COVID-19 cases of any county in the…

Letters for Thursday, March 18, 2021

Find out if dental hygienist is vaccinated Recognizing the importance of protecting patients and risks involved, health-care workers were identified as some of the very…

OED receives money to help workforce re-entry

LIHU‘E — The Office of Economic Development (OED) will receive another round of federal funds, $310,173, for its Workforce Innovations and Opportunities Act (WIOA) program…