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Kaumakani Kauai County Hawaii

$4.5M NSF grant for Pacific cyberinfrastructure

HONOLULU — The National Science Foundation has awarded a $4.5 million grant to the University of Hawai‘i for cyberinfrastructure connection in the Pacific between the…

Council urges hiring freeze

With the current mayor and a former mayor providing different perspectives, the County Council on Wednesday unanimously passed a resolution urging Mayor Harry Kim’s administration…

State briefs for August 20

Lawyers agree on sentencing date in corruption case HONOLULU — Sentencing in Hawaii’s biggest corruption investigation could now happen in November after it was postponed…

Obituaries for Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Gloria Jean Banquel Somalpong April 30, 1945 August 2, 2020 Gloria Jean Banquel Somalpong of Makaweli, passed away on Aug. 2, 2020. Gloria is preceded…

Medical Reserve Corps assists in COVID response

The Kaua‘i branch of the Medical Reserve Corps has 127 volunteers. Of that, one volunteer is assisting with houseless outreach. Some are assisting with meal…

The Blank Vote Blues

A friend sent me a short message a few days after the Primary election asking, “Where do we go from here?” My initial response was…