Kekaha News

KAUMAKANI, Kaua'i - Barring rain delay, the last field of Gay & Robinson sugar cane will be harvested today and fed into its mill here.

LIHUE - A Japanese navy ship with a state-of-the-art, American-built, missile-defense system will attempt to shoot a target missile out of the sky this afternoon.

Kauai County officials said they are considering charging a fee for residential trash pickup.

KAILUA, KONA - As the second day of searching for Tomoko Ioh closed yesterday, officials still haven't found any sign of a 41-year-old mother of two whose vehicle was located unattended Sunday at Wawaloli beach park.

The Honolulu Symphony will perform a musical tribute to Ellen Yasuko Masaki at 7:30 p.m. Oct.

A police vehicle struck and injured a 14-year-old pedestrian near 'Iolani School on Thursday night.

It's not unusual to see Olomana School math teacher Wima Chulakote still on campus at 8 o'clock at night tutoring students, or meeting them on weekends at fast-food restaurants to give them extra help.

Hawaii has been awarded $204,000 in federal funds for increasing the number of children adopted from foster care.

Two county refuse collectors reported feeling lightheaded and were taken to Kaua'i Veterans Memorial Hospital this morning after a small explosion occurred and a white cloud appeared while their load of household trash was being compressed.

Hawaii will receive $2.2 million in federal grants to aid the homeless and people at risk of becoming homeless.

LIHU'E - Six guarded beaches recently had their old wooden lifeguard towers replaced with shiny white fiberglass towers, including Anahola, Ha'ena, Hanalei , Ke'e, Kekaha and Salt Pond.

With everyone so busy texting, tweeting and blogging about new media, some might forget that good, old-fashioned community radio is alive and well right here on Kaua`i. One person unlikely to forget, even for an instant, is Jerry Brocklehurst, general manager of KKCR, Hawai`i's only full-power listener-supported community radio station.

LIHUE - The five HI-5 bottle redemption centers operated by Kaua'i Community Recycling Service will be closed for maintenance today through July 28 including: Hanalei, Kekaha, Kilauea, Koloa and Lihu'e . Normal operating hours at these sites will resume on July 29.

A fishing boat carrying two men capsized outside of Kikiaola Boat Harbor yesterday, forcing both men to swim to shore.

Two Kekaha fishermen are safe this morning after a report of a capsized boat had alerted several rescue agencies on Kauai and a search mission had begun.

A public hearing on draft permit and permit application for the continued operation of the Kekaha Landfill phase two, which includes a lateral expansion, will be held on June 30 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Waimea Neighborhood Center.

Kekaha residents are urged to participate in a survey that is being conducted to develop recommendations for the expenditure of $650,000 appropriated last year by the County Council as a form of compensation for the upcoming expansion of the Kekaha Landfill.

When DLNR Director Laura Thielen asked the state Legislature for $240 million in bond money to fix Hawai'i's aging state parks and harbors, she said some parks would have to close without the new money.

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.

Last December when Kekaha surfboard maker and community activist Bruce Pleas learned Polihale State Park was once again closed indefinitely, he said 'No way.' As Pleas is known to do, he picked up the phone.