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Happy Camper for Friday, January 8, 2021

Patrice Pendarvis (the puppies were at home during her gallery-sitting stint) said working with the ripped rice paper (a departure from her watercolor rendering of…

Pu’u ola’i Beach on Maui to close temporarily

KAHULUI — Sunday afternoon and nighttime beach parties with drum circles, nudity, illegal alcohol and other illicit substances, coupled with hundreds of mask-less people in…

Hawai’i preps for Big West opener against Cal Poly

RIVERSIDE, California —The University of Hawai’i at Manoa basketball team hopes to take advantage of added preparation time for their upcoming Big West conference schedule.…

Court: Giacobetti can return to mainland

LIHU‘E — A motion was granted on Tuesday morning by Fifth Circuit Court Chief Judge Randal Valenciano to allow a Moloa‘a man permission to travel…

State launches AlohaSafe Alert app

LIHU‘E — The Hawai‘i State Department of Health in partnership with aio Digital and the Hawai‘i Executive Collaborative have launched AlohaSafe Alert, an exposure notification…

Letter for Thursday, January 7, 2021

Hold Trump accountable If the 25th amendment isn’t exercised today to remove Trump immediately from office, it has no meaning. Today, Trump again disgraced the…

Obituaries for Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Florencio ‘Flo’ Espinosa Jr. Florencio “Flo” Espinosa Jr., 49, of Anahola, passed away on Dec. 20, 2020, at Wilcox Medical Center. He was born on…

HOOSER: Hawaii frontline workers deserve a raise

Pandemic or no pandemic, minimum-wage workers in numerous states, cities and counties across the United States will be receiving a raise this year. According to…

Letters for Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Reducing traffic creates a better experience The argument against the visitor fee for parking made sense with respect to policing it, the cost of hiring…

Happy Camper for Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Lori Almarza of the Kaua‘i United Way (have you caught the Wave of Compassion yet?) said the Pau Hana Market is really big because Ron…