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The Kauai Jewish Center recently sent a care package of Hawaiian-themed jewelry to refugees taking shelter in Jerusalem's Olive Tree Hotel. The Conversation talked to Rabbi Michoel Goldman about the symbolic gift and his thoughts on the conflict.
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Public access to a fishpond on Kauaʻi’s north shore has been preserved in perpetuity after the land was purchased and transferred to a local nonprofit. The property includes a community path to Waipā’s coastal zone along Hanalei Bay and the fishpond.
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It’s no secret that the Christmas shopping season is crucial for retailers. So how are local businesses doing when it comes to preparations for the holidays? We get a progress report from Pacific Business News editor-in-chief A. Kam Napier.
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It's been over eight years since a group of families from Hā‘ena established a community-based subsistence fishing area on Kaua‘i's north shore. The experiment in fishery management appears to be working, according to a five-year assessment by UH researchers. HPR’s Ku‘uwehi Hiraishi reports.
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The Kauaʻi High alum spent two weeks back home over the summer, hiking mountain tops and documenting the work of scientists trying to save the last of the gray and white songbird.
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Kauaʻi is home to the only all-stone, hand-carved Hindu temple in the West, built without power tools or electricity. The Iraivan Temple is modeled after millennia-old temples in South India.
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The current contract for ground ambulance transportation on Kauaʻi and Maui counties has been extended through the end of September 2024. The state Department of Health Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee meeting on Monday said the American Medical Response will continue providing services in the counties.
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The County of Kauaʻi is getting some pushback for a proposed landfill site. Kauaʻi’s only landfill is located in Kekaha on the island’s west side. It's scheduled to reach capacity in 2026.
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About 20,000 male mosquitoes have been released into the upland forests of Kauaʻi in hopes of stopping the near extinction of at least four species of Native Hawaiian honeycreepers. The mosquitoes carry a strain of the bacteria Wolbachia, which will prevent female reproduction and help reduce mosquito-borne diseases. As HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports, male mosquitoes do not bite humans.
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First discovered in 1999 in Puna, the little fire ant was also found on Kauaʻi around the same time. The Kauaʻi Invasive Species Committee said it is currently tracking or treating six populations of the little fire ant. The Conversation's Catherine Cruz shares how the community helps prevent the tiny, painful pest.