Bill “Kaipo” Asing’s unanimous selection to serve as interim mayor for Kauai County was no surprise at the special Council meeting yesterday.
The verbal sparring between one mayoral candidate and the majority of the Council, however, threw everyone off balance.
“The political season has begun,” Councilman Tim Bynum observed later.
Asing, chairman of the Council and a 24-year [...]

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The Kaua’i County Council will meet early next month to vote on the appointment of a council member to succeed the late Bryan James Baptiste as mayor.
No date has been set for the meeting but it could occur during the week of July 7, one day after Baptiste’s memorial service at the Kaua’i War Memorial [...]

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Tears streaked the weathered faces of surfers as they and more than 150 friends and family gathered yesterday in Ha‘ena to celebrate the life of Keoni Kai Lucas.
Lucas, 38, died in the early morning hours on March 30 in a single-car accident in Santa Monica, Calif. Lucas, who had been living in California working as [...]

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Flash Flood Watch for Kaua’i
Some unsettled weather was developing to the north and west of the state this morning bringing showers and thunderstorms along the leading edge of a front spreading across Ni’ihau and Kaua’i, the National Weather Service said.
The major portion of the weather front is expected to remain to the west of Kaua’i [...]

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The U.S. Coast Guard airlifted the captain of a container ship about 50 miles west of Kauai.
The 750-foot Amarantha was bound to Hawaii from Japan when the captain, suffering from abdominal pains, called for help at about 4:45 a.m. Tuesday.
At about 7:00 a.m. Wednesday morning, Coast Guard crews from Air Station Barbers Point was on [...]

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The program brings together architects and civic leaders from around the country to design a roadmap for local sustainability.
The American Institute of Architects Center for Communities by Design has selected 10 cities from around the country to participate in the Sustainable Design Assessment Team, a community assistance program through which architects and local stakeholders map [...]

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