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Happy Camper for Sunday, July 7, 2019

Kudos to all (!!!) the organizers of the three major Fourth of July celebrations — the Freedom Fest (mahalo, Tom Clements and Sara Sexton, and…

Understanding foodborne illness

HONOLULU — Surveys from the state Department of Health Disease Outbreak Control Division started landing in mailboxes on Wednesday as part of a campaign to…

Obituaries for Saturday, July 6, 2019

Clayton Pihaleo Ah Tong Chow Clayton Pihaleo Ah Tong Chow, of Kapaa, passed away on June 17, 2019, at the age of 61. He was…

Belly up to a different kind of bar

The colorful walls of Potions in Wailua are lined with dried herbs that go directly into house-made teas, tisanes and kombuchas. And that’s just scratching…

Saddle up for Koloa plantation days

Evening outdoor movies at Poipu Beach Park kick off almost three weeks of celebration on Kauai’s Southside for Koloa Plantation Days. Every year in July,…

Happy Camper for Friday, July 5, 2019

Sharleen Andrade Balmores (she’s The Rancher’s Daughter!) is the sixth generation of a Kauai paniolo ‘ohana, and is ready to start the Paniolo Heritage celebration…

Most West Freedom Fest

MAJORS BAY — More than 6,000 people gathered at Shenanigans on the Pacific Missile Range Facility base Wednesday afternoon to take advantage of the sun,…

Letter for Thursday, July 4, 2019

County should limit Niihau development I wonder if people know that a helicopter ferries big-game hunters to Niihau where some African animals were imported so…

Rust confirmed in java plums

WAILUA — Rust has been confirmed in java plum tree samples from the Wailua Homesteads area. Confirmed on Wednesday by Janice Uchida, a mycologist at…

Obituary for Thursday, July 4, 2019

Edward ‘Goto’ Sarmiento Edward “Goto” Sarmiento passed away at Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital on June 20, 2019 at the age of 67. He was born…