Wailua News

WAILUA - The body of a 52-year-old Lihue man was discovered at the bottom of Opaekaa Falls this morning, according to a Kauai County news release.

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.

WAILUA, Kaua'i - An 88-year-old cane haul bridge over Kaua'i's Wailua River will be retrofitted to carry two traffic lanes and a bicycle and walking path starting in late July.

A tourist and a Kaua'i man were killed and three others injured yesterday in a three-vehicle accident that shut down Kuhio Highway on the Garden Island for nearly nine hours.

Two men died yesterday morning and three others were injured in a crash near the Wailua Golf Course on Kauai involving a big-rig truck, a rental car and a motorcycle.

LIHUE, Kauai>> Lei shop owners fear that more people are buying the Hawaiian wreaths at discount chain stores as the economy slumps.

LIHUE - Cell phone technology helped Kauai firefighters rescue a lost hunter in Kokee on Saturday.

Members of the Disabled American Veterans from throughout the state of Hawaii will hold their annual Department Convention in Wailua, Hawaii from June 12-14 at the Aloha Beach Hotel on Kaua'i. Approximately 100 DAV members, including many disabled veterans of World War II, Korea, Vietnam and the Persian Gulf wars are expected to attend.

Chef James McDonald, partners Louis Coulombe and Stephan Bel-Robert, and the crew of Pacific'O and I'o restaurants on Maui have opened 'Aina Gourmet Market, a fine foods store and cafe in the Honua Kai Resort & Spa, 130 Kai Malina Parkway, near Lahaina.

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.

Everyone benefits from a benefit for Big Brothers Big Sisters on Tuesday. Big City Diner and Kalei Eggs are offering free breakfast from 7 to 8 a.m. at all Big City Diner locations with the purchase of a beverage -- and a secret password which will be "tweeted" out this week to Twitter followers of the restaurant.

WAILUA, Kaua'i - A 15-year-old girl from Kapa'a has been transferred from Wilcox Hospital to the Queen's Medical Center after one-car crash injured the girl and three other 15 year olds, Kaua'i police said today.

Gabrielle Campbell is cheerful, enthusiastic and service-oriented - everything you'd want a customer contact person to be.

Interested students may take summer school at any of 48 public school campuses in Hawaii this year as well as the online eSchool.

A flash-flood watch issued for all islands by the National Weather Service is in effect until this afternoon, but the threat of heavy showers was expected to diminish by the weekend.

On Kauai, nature is its own masterpiece where you find lush valleys, serene beachfronts and freshwater rivers.

The date is set for the 7th annual Waikiki Spam Jam, and it's April 25. The dual goals: to have lots of fun and to collect at least 10,000 cans of Spam for the Hawaii Foodbank.

The Hawaii State Junior Golf Association will hold a free college workshop and clinic at Wailua Golf Course Wednesday.

WAILUA, Kauai>> A Kapaa man who ran over a woman on the beach last month was arrested yesterday.

Kauaci police today arrested a 20-year-old Wailua man in connection with a Jan. 18 incident in which a truck being driven on a Wailua beach ran over and injured a sunbather.