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By Rob Perez The Hawaii Superferry, which hasn’t sailed to Kaua’i since harbor protesters blocked its arrival in August, intends to resume trips there only if the community signals it wants the service restored, the company’s new chief executive said … Continue reading →

Residents who keep cabins at Kokee State Park on Kauai will be able to stay there for at least another 20 years under a bill approved by lawmakers. That meanings most of the cabins won’t open to the public. The … Continue reading →

By Howard Discus The neighbor island home sales reports from April are starting to come in. The number of sales were almost 20% less than at the same time last year. The median price fell only 7% but that means … Continue reading →

By Howard Dicus Aloha and ATA went away at the beginning of April, so these figures are the first to show an entire month of damage to the state’s tourism industry.Arrivals fell below 600,000, a decline from year-ago levels of … Continue reading →

By Robert Shikina About 20 employees were happy and ready to get down to business last night as they returned to Aloha Airlines’ cargo operation at Honolulu Airport.Business was slowly trickling in, and two planes were expected to leave at … Continue reading →

A food industry official looks to the Superferry By Tom Finnegan Dick Botti, president of the Hawaii Food Industry Association, said his constituents are already feeling the pressure of Aloha Airlines’ cargo service shutdown in their grocery aisles, especially on … Continue reading →

All new homes in Hawaii will be required to have solar water heaters installed starting in 2010 under a law approved Thursday by the Legislature.Hawaii becomes the first state requiring the energy-saving systems in homes.Solar water heaters typically cost home … Continue reading →

By Dave Stancliff Humboldt County has a laid-back reputation, but if you compare it with Kauai, it’s the difference between the Indy 500 and a foot race. The locals go to hana (work) early in the morning and by 3 … Continue reading →

To meet the growing need for public transportation on the north shore, Kauai county officials have added three new bus routes.Officials added a morning route departing Hanalei at 7:20 a.m., an afternoon route from Kauai Community College heading out to … Continue reading →

Early yesterday morning NOAA Fisheries dispatched a team of recovery experts to follow up on reports of an abandoned monk seal pup in a remote area on Kaua’i.Spokeswoman Wende Goo said that when the team arrived they found the pup … Continue reading →