Hanalei News

Paul Clark has a one-track mind. 'Everything I do revolves around teaching people to protect the ocean and make the changes that will allow that,' said Clark, who teaches marine science at Kaua'i Pacific School and is president of Save Our Seas.

Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle announced that she plans to veto a gas tax increase and an Internet sales tax, which had prompted Amazon.com cut ties with island Web sites.

Life at warp speed is part and parcel of Ilima Rivera's life. 'Sometimes I work so hard I get up at 3:30 in the morning to get my day started,' she says.

You know how just about every neighborhood in Hawai'i has the 'rasta house'? A place where surfers put up Bob Marley pareaus in the windows, have 'One Love' stickers on their trucks and play Chaka Demus and Peter Tosh music all day and night? Friday morning, the rasta house down the street was blasting Michael Jackson from speakers in the window.

I got up this morning, packed my suitcase and drove up the road from Lihue, Kauai to Hanalei, Kauai.

Most days, you'll find Nephi Quereto out at Hanalei Bay. A full-time surfing instructor, Quereto also takes time to mentor Timoteo Hewlen, 14, through the Kukui Malamalama program that comes out of Kaua'i Team Challenge.

Though she's lived here for years, is a self-confessed 'foodie,' and frequents farmers markets and boutique eateries statewide, Gloria Cohen has learned things about food in Hawai'i over the past two years that she never knew before.

Four Kaua'i musicians are nominated for Na Hoku Hanohano Awards, also known as the Hawaiian Grammies, and they will find out if they have won statewide honors when the winners are announced on June 9 during a celebration on O'ahu. Titus Kinimaka and Jerry Brocklehurst were nominated for 'Contemporary Album of the Year' for 'Full Circle,' an album ...

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Monday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 84 Honolulu, Oahu - 88 Kaneohe, Oahu - 85 Kahului, Maui - 88 Hilo, Hawaii - 85 Kailua-kona - 87 Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level - and on the highest mountainsat 5 a.m. Tuesday morning : ...

Former Kaua'i Mayor JoAnn Yukimura's brother was rescued yesterday morning from Kaua'i waterfall, six days after he set out for Hanalei Valley via the Powerline Trail in Wailua.

The Kauai Fire Department rescued the brother of former Kauai Councilwoman and Mayor JoAnn Yukimura in Wailua yesterday morning after he had been in the wild since Sunday, a county news release said.

If life is a beach, Hanalei Bay must be heaven. This remote, two-mile crescent-shaped beach on Kauai where the emerald mountains meet the sparkling sea was selected No.

LIHU'E, Kaua'i - The state Department of Land and Natural Resources will host an informal public discussion June 10 on the use of stand-up paddleboards in Kaua'i ocean waters.

The Honolulu Police Commission will hold a special meeting Wednesday to review and discuss the selection process for a new police chief.

Looking for a beach for summer vacation this year? Try Hanalei Bay in Kunai, Hawaii.

HANALEI, Hawaii - If life is a beach, Hanalei Bay must be heaven. This remote, two-mile crescent-shaped beach on Kauai where the emerald mountains meet the sparkling sea was selected No.

The state Legislature quietly let expire a tax exemption on the sale of gasoline in Hawaii, meaning that drivers will pay an extra $40 million a year in state taxes starting July 1. With the average price of a gallon of gas today costing $2.553 after fuel taxes are added, it will mean that on July 1 the gas will cost 9.6 cents more per gallon.

Gov. Linda Lingle is inviting the public to the Capitol on Thursday to watch her veto several bills, including at least two tax increase measures, in what may be a show of pique at a Legislature that has turned away some of her most important policy initiatives.

Looking for money to finance renewable energy and food security, state lawmakers have agreed to increase a per barrel tax on petroleum products sold by distributors, which could cost consumers a few cents more per gallon of gasoline but eventually help wean the state off fossil fuel.

IT doesn't take much to make guys happy. Give them a fridge stocked with beer, a bowl of chips, sports of any kind on high-definition TV with surround sound, and they'll be content for hours.