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Kaumakani Kauai County Hawaii

AlohaSafe Alert app available

LIHU‘E — The state recently launched its official COVID-19 exposure-notification app, “AlohaSafe Alert.” State Senate Director of Communications Jacob Aki said the app has been…

Hanapepe bridge rehab coming

HANAPEPE — Construction and rehabilitation of the 1911 Hanapepe Road bridge over the Hanapepe River won’t be able to start until the makai bridge on…

Nonprofit seeks support to solve teacher shortage

As most Kaua‘i residents know, our schools face a critical shortage of local teachers. Many teaching positions are filled by off-island recruits, education assistants, emergency…

Happy Camper for Monday, December 7, 2020

Shopping for the holidays is getting serious, as David Sosner, Kukui Grove Center’s general manager, spent Saturday unpacking and placing all that new outdoor furniture…

Windward Big Island sees uptick in rainfall in November

After East Hawaii’s rainy season got underway with a drier-than-usual October, November saw the cloudbursts predicted by the National Weather Service, with mostly above-average rainfall…

Koloa road, lane closures on through Dec. 11

KOLOA – The county Department of Public Works and Goodfellow Bros. LLC announced that sections of Koloa Road and Piko Road are scheduled for lane…

Here’s a tale of the state finances’ tape

When we analyze how well, or how poorly, our economy is faring in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and then try to craft appropriate corrective…

Happy Camper for Sunday, December 6, 2020

Lee Steinmetz and Bev Brody would’ve been in a chicken-skin state Friday night (“You want adorable?” asked Linda Kelekoma as she took out her Christmas-tree…

How to build an agile company, team

The phrase “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” refers to being stuck in the way things are done. If we didn’t know change…