Hanapepe News

In the Islands, ita s not diamonds that say a oeI love youa but rather poe rava , or black pearls.

LIHU'E, Kauai - There was not a table or chair left in the storage area of the Kaua'i War Memorial Convention Hall, Wednesday.

There are waiting lists for Thanksgiving food packages at the Lihu'e and Hanapepe Salvation Army offices.

KALAHEO, Kauai - It was no surprise, really, that not a single speaker favored a Kalaheo site for a new county landfill.

WAIMEA, Kauai>> The sugar workers bringing in the last harvest at centuries-old Gay & Robinson had tears in their eyes, but this time it was not from the smoke and burning caramel smell that accompanies cane processing.

Residents who receive sewer service from the county are reminded to re-apply for their sewer credit, which is $20 per month.

They city has closed off the beach access to a stretch of Hawaii Kai beach, claiming it is unsafe for public use.

Dozens of cars and several hundred people are lining Kaumualii Highway between Hanapepe and Waimea in anticipation of a procession of cane haul trucks that will mark the end of the sugar industry on Kauai.

LIHUE - Harold "Tex" Spear III, the former Kauai physician accused of two counts of distributing prescription narcotics to people without getting proper patient identification and documentation, will plead guilty to those charges, his attorney said.

Rona Bennett and Lan Chung, designers of the popular local fashion brand Fighting Eel, have introduced their first bridal collection.

LIHU'E, Kauai - Former Kaua'i Police Department officer Joseph G. Bonachita allegedly broke into the Wailua home of "South Park" creator Randolph "Trey" Parker and threatened both Parker and the late Lauren Kagawa with a knife, according to a grand jury indictment.

LIHUE - A former Kauai police officer was arrested this week on burglary and weapons charges.

With unemployment growing, soup kitchens statewide are overflowing with hungry residents.

Much of Kaua'i was without electricity for about a half-hour yesterday afternoon after a generating unit failed.

Hanapepe town will honor the peace legacy of its hometown hero Spark Matsunaga Saturday Aug 8 with a day-long celebration.

Hanapepe town will honor the peace legacy of its hometown hero Spark Matsunaga Saturday Aug 8 with a day-long celebration.

With the debate about health care reform raging in Washington and soon to reach far and wide as members of Congress return to their districts for the August recess, a group of Kauaians are supporting President Barack Obama's proposal by showing a film about the perils of the American health care system.

Hiipoi Executive Director Kanani Perry says the Makaweli Poi Mill still hopes to meet its 150,000-pound production goal within a year and a half.

Hanapepe town will honor the peace legacy of its hometown hero Spark Matsunaga Saturday Aug 8 with a day-long celebration.

Kaua'i Fire Department specialists finished rescuing two victims of an ultralight aircraft crash in Hanapepe Valley yesterday and an injured hunter in Koke'e. One victim of the ultralight crash was taken out of the valley Saturday evening, and the second was rescued yesterday morning, according to officials from the Kaua'i Fire Department and ...