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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The National Weather Service has issued a High Surf Advisory for east facing shores of Niihau, Kauai, Oahu, Molokai, Maui and the Big Island until 6:00 p.m. Wednesday night.
Trade winds associated with a very strong high northeast of the islands continue to produce a short period east swell.
East facing shores are still experiencing rough surf.
Surf [...]

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Trade winds are starting to gradually decline, but modest shower activity remains over mauka and windward areas, the National Weather Service said.
More showers are expected over Oahu and Kauai tomorrow and Thursday.
Today: A 30 percent chance of showers, mainly after noon. Partly cloudy, with a high near 78. East wind between 11 and 14 mph.
Tonight: [...]

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Kee Beach at the end of the road on Kauai’s North Shore is undergoing a face lift thanks to the state.

State work at Ke’e Beach on Kauai aims to clean a once-neglected site
Ke’e Beach, at the end of the road on Kauai’s North Shore, has been, for decades, at the end of the list when [...]

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Beyond the grief, Don Ho’s family embraces memories
The voice in her ears was more than the echo of an old recording. It was vibrant. It was warm. It was the voice of her father — singer Don Ho.
Dondi Ho-Costa still thinks of that song, nearly a year after she heard it at on the [...]

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