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Groups benefiting from this year’s event include Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala, which recently returned from the Merrie Monarch Festival on the Big Island.

Over 50 businesses representing a variety of industries on Kaua‘i will offer an assortment of employment opportunities at the job fair.

Residents, businesses and other organizations can bring in unwanted or unneeded items for reuse, including clothing, small furniture, children’s toys, books, and shoes.

The festivities promise a day filled with fun, learning, and delicious free food in honor of the island and those who work tirelessly to sustain community food systems.

The free programs offer ocean safety awareness and lifesaving skills instruction. Enrollment is limited.

The HAF programs were funded through the American Rescue Plan signed into law by the Biden Administration with the goal of preventing foreclosure in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Both counties of Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i participate in this program.

According to the study, led by UH coastal geologist Shellie Habel, cities with buried infrastructure are most at risk for corrosion and system failures due to interaction with this shallower and saltier groundwater.

Brittany R. Bradley employs the wet-plate collodion process to create modern-day examples of ambrotypes and tintypes.

The 60-minute production – based on the 1997 animated film of the same name – will be staged at the Kaua‘i War Memorial Convention Hall.

“We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers on Kaua’i,” said Verizon representative Alexis Madrigal in an email response to Kaua’i Now at 8:06 p.m. on April 11.

The event’s centerpiece will be a large orchid display showcasing plants from society members’ personal collections.

From April 12-14, 2024, Chef Melissa will participate in a wine pairing, cooking class and curated dinner as part of the resort’s Chefs by Nature series.

Rory Inouye, who is also a Waiākea High grad, is the the first Big Island teacher since 2007 to receive one of the prestigious awards.

Known as RS10, the seal was first spotted on March 16 by Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources staff and volunteers on the Garden Isle resting on the sand with about 30 feet of fishing line trailing from his mouth.

County representatives were part of a two-day training program administered by the Hawaii Island Task Force last month, which included representatives from the Kauai Police Department, the Kauai Safety Bureau, the county prosecutor’s office, the county housing agency, health care providers, and various nonprofits.

The public is invited to utilize the anonymous drive-thru drop-off service on the east-facing side of the building.

Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala was awarded second place overall at the prestigious hula competition held in Hilo on the Big Island.

The new viewpoint site will be the primary location for the public to visit the Hanalei NWR, where the public can safely view the many sensitive endangered species and habitats in the valley from a distance.

The Gulick-Rowell House in Waimea was built using coral limestone cut from offshore reefs. A nonprofit hopes to transform the nearly 200-year-old building into a community space.

This is the first year that the county offered funding for AFEG with the intent to advance Kaua‘i’s agricultural industry through targeted investments in the expansion of farming across the island.