Hanapepe News

Kaua'i physician Dr. Harold Spear III pleaded guilty yesterday to five federal criminal charges related to illegal narcotics prescriptions he wrote in what prosecutors called a 'dial-a-doc' business.

Anne Dimock is on a mission to save pie from extinction. To further her cause, she will offer a fruit pie-making class from 10 a.m. to noon July 18 at Hanapepe Bakery and Cafe.

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Wednesday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 82 Honolulu, Oahu - 85 Kaneohe, Oahu - 83 Kahului, Maui - 88 Hilo, Hawaii - 84 Kailua-kona - 86 Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level - and on the highest mountainsat 5 a.m. Thursday morning : ...

PORTUGUESE HERITAGE: The Hawai'i Council on Portuguese Heritage and Hawai'i Plantation Village offer a one-day workshop for Island youths and their families to explore their Portuguese heritage.

Kunana goat chevre 3 pieces of phyllo, cut into 6-inch circles 2 ozs. melted butter 1/4 oz.

A state judge has extended the term of Kamehameha Schools trustee Robert Kihune until July 17.

A 21-year-old Hanapepe man died early yesterday in a single-car crash in Koloa, Kauai, according to a Kauai County news release.

A 21-year-old Hanapepe man died early today in a single-car crash in Koloa, Kauai, according to a Kauai County news release.

When the founding members of Kaua'i Hospice decided to create a "small fundraiser" in 1989, they didn't know how well it would work - or if anyone would come.

You could see the flames from the highway miles away. The column of dark smoke rose into the sky.

Parents wondering how to keep their children busy this summer have a selection of science, art and performing camps and classes.

WANTED: Old-school Mom & Pop store, locally-owned, small town kine with large organic selection, home-made foods and good prices.

Sweet Marie's gluten-free desserts are deliriously delicious. From a tiny Victorian-looking house across the highway from the 20th century Foodland and McDonald's facades in Kapa'a, Marie Cassel devotes her hard-earned and hard-won healthy life to making the world a sweeter place - more about the hard part later.

Registration for the county's Summer Enrichment Program, a five-and-a-half week program for children ages 5-11 in which they will learn about several countries, will take place Monday and Tuesday, May 18 and 19 at neighborhood centers around the island.

Hanapepe Public Library and the book drop will close beginning Monday, May 11 for parking lot expansion and other site improvement projects.

The owner of a mortgage brokerage company admitted in federal court yesterday to committing mortgage fraud involving two properties on Oahu.

With his fedora pushed slightly back, fingers dancing dazzlingly fast on the keyboard of his computer, Wil Welsh could be a reporter from the '40s; cock the fedora slightly and you get another '40s image - yes! He's Harrison Ford's photo double in "Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark." Welsh, former educator, current actor, real estate ...

SURROUNDED BY COLOR IN KAILUA: Dahlia Tabori, 3, and her brother Noah, 6, jousted with their paper fans at yesterday's "I Love Kailua" town party.

U.S. News and World Report ranked the Shidler College of Business 21st for international business and 72nd out of 426 business colleges for its graduate programs in the 2009 rankings released yesterday.

HANAPEPE - Quick action by neighbors yesterday helped confine a fire at a Hanapepe Heights home.