LIHU‘E — Responding to outrage from the Native Hawaiian community over the placement of the county’s multi-use path on the “sacred sands” of Wailua Beach, Kaua‘i Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. on Friday announced that the proposed alignment will be shifted to the right-of-way on the makai side of Kuhio Highway.

LIHU‘E — It hasn’t been a very happy new year for Tyrone Kanahele.

HANALEI — Hanalei residents might have needed a kayak to get to and from their front doors earlier this week as high surf pounded the North Shore.

LIHU‘E — Carol Medeiros, Allan Smith and Jan TenBruggencate were selected by Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative’s Nominating Committee to be on March’s ballot when three vacancies are filled in the co-op’s annual election in March, but other candidates can petition to join them, KIUC announced Friday.

PUHI — It is official: Souper Sunday is Feb. 7, said Susan Pittman of the Clayworks at Kilohana.

MANA — A civilian with a Pacific Missile Range Facility recreation guest pass was pulled from the water at Major’s Bay Recreation Area at approximately noon Wednesday, a PMRF news release states.

LIHU‘E — Even as it closed a door, the Kaua‘i County Council opened a window.

LIHU‘E — While Councilman Tim Bynum pointed to a “non-starter” 50-cent fuel tax proposal to undermine other recommendations in the final draft of the Kaua‘i Energy Sustainability Plan Wednesday, his colleagues offered much harsher criticisms of the fuel tax a day later.

PUHI — The chasm separating divergent factions on the state Board of Education may not be able to be bridged, said Margaret “Maggie” Cox, BOE member representing Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau.

PUHI — Five schools from Ni‘ihau to Hanalei were recognized Tuesday night for improved student performance according to federal No Child Left Behind law guidelines.

LIHU‘E — A Kalaheo man died at Wilcox Memorial Hospital Wednesday after nearly drowning at Po‘ipu Tuesday afternoon, according to a county spokesperson.

 HONOLULU — Volunteers on Kaua‘i responded in the early morning Wednesday to assist a family of five who lost their home in Lihu‘e, according to a press release from the Hawai‘i State Chapter of the American Red Cross. One family member was sent to a hospital on O‘ahu for burn care.

NAWILIWILI — Digs Stuart may have a lot of scale model replicas in the Beachrail hobby shop in Harbor Mall, and in the parking lot, Stuart drives a replica.

A couple is married on the cliff at Shipwrecks in this contributed photo. Po‘ipu sunsets are one of many reasons people come to Kaua‘i to get married. See TGI’s Bridal Guide on Sunday for more. Liz Belfor/Contributed photo

Born in Koloa, Kaua‘i, kumu hula, dancer and chanter Keahi Luahine (1877-1937) is credited with mastering and passing on to succeeding generations the traditions of the ancient Kaua‘i form of hula.

LIHU‘E — The top American Red Cross official on Kaua‘i says relief efforts in Haiti in response to Tuesday’s deadly earthquake will likely not include Hawai‘i volunteers due to the great distance between the 50th state and the devastated island nation.

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LIHU‘E — An anonymous donor has pledged $10,000 to Surfrider Foundation in an effort to help indict the killers of the critically endangered Hawaiian monk seals found dead last year on the Westside of Kaua‘i and on Moloka‘i.

LIHU‘E — Barring an unforeseen change of heart from lawmakers or a surprise legal challenge, the Kaua‘i County Council will soon pass a ban on handheld electronics for drivers across the island.

LIHU‘E — A Lihu‘e woman suffered burns to her face and shoulders early Wednesday morning while helping her mother out of their burning home.