The Kaua’i Conservation Conference will be hosting a free public event on Saturday, April 12, 2008 at the Kaua’i Community College Performing Arts Center from 5pm-9pm. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Community-Based Conservation,’ and the Saturday event is meant to bring together conference participants and the community to celebrate the environment and culture [...]

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New position requests to be clarified next week
County Council members Shaylene Iseri-Carvalho and Mel Rapozo claim Mayor Bryan Baptiste’s proposed $155.7 million operating budget for the next fiscal year contains “deceptive” requests for new positions in several departments.
“Let’s call a spade a spade,” Rapozo said, noting that the administration simply wants to continue its sputtering [...]

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North Shore Kaua‘i’s Alana Blanchard won her heat yesterday to advance to the quarterfinals of the Midori Pro in Newcastle, Australia.
Blanchard, who is in her first official year on the professional circuit, is now one of two Hawai‘i surfers left in the competition.
Blanchard scored consistently high scores on the 2- to 3-foot waves to score [...]

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A group of Kaua’i landowners recently donated a 17,000-square-foot parcel of beachfront land on the island’s North Shore to the Kaua’i Public Land Trust.
The popular fishing spot, just west of Wainiha Bay, will be permanently preserved for public use, the trust said in a news release announcing the gift.
The Canela Group is a hui of [...]

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