Top 14 vote-getters of 22 council candidates also head to general
Kaua’i County Parks Director Bernard Carvalho Jr. and Councilwoman JoAnn Yukimura appear headed for a Nov. 4 runoff.
Carvalho was safely in front after partial results yesterday for the Kaua’i mayor’s race, while Yukimura, who was mayor of Kaua’i 1988-1994 and has served 14 years on [...]

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The State Historic Preservation Division failed to follow state law regarding Native Hawaiian burials in a Kaua’i beachfront houselot where 30 sets of human remains were found, Fifth Circuit Judge Kathleen Watanabe ruled this afternoon.
The agency must now consult with the Kaua’i-Ni’ihau Island Burial Council, any lineal descendants of the remains, interested Hawaiian organizations, and [...]

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North shore lot known to have 30 graves; plans call for building a home
Within Joseph Brescia’s 15,667-square-foot beachfront house lot on Kaua’i’s north shore are 30 known burials of pre-Western-contact Native Hawaiians.
To Kaua’i residents Jeff Chandler, PuaNani Rogers and numerous other Native Hawaiians and others following the case, that constitutes a cemetery.
The proper action for [...]

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Background, visions of Carvalho, Rapozo, Yukimura shared
Improving Kaua’i in the midst of an economic downturn is a common theme for Kaua’i’s mayoral candidates.
Expanding the Garden Island’s bus service, recycling more rubbish and curbing the conversion of farmlands to upscale house lots are some issues on which the candidates appear to agree.
Kaua’i County Council members JoAnn [...]

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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs is seeking applicants to be members on a task force that will develop recommendations and programs to help protect kalo, a crop plant sacred to Native Hawaiians that is being decimated by alien diseases and insects.
Recently named Hawai’i’s state plant, kalo is used to make poi, the staple of the [...]

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In a legal victory that was described by its attorney as a “total home run,” the Kaua‘i Springs bottled water company was granted three permits by 5th Circuit Judge Kathleen Watanabe yesterday in a strong rebuke of obstacles put up by the Kaua‘i County Planning Commission.
Kaua‘i Springs owner Jim Satterfield, who attended the proceeding with [...]

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