KEKAHA, Kauai — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, the island’s community-owned electricity company, has signed final agreements with AES Corp., a developer of a wide variety of generating plants, to build Hawaii’s first power plant relying on “pumped storage” technology.Together, KIUC and AES will redevelop two existing reservoirs — one a couple thousand feet higher than the other. It will be on the west side of Kauai, near the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility.During the day, water will be pumped from the lower reservoir, Mana, to the higher one, Puu Loa, using solar power...…KEKAHA, Kauai — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative, the island’s community-owned electricity company, has signed final agreements with AES Corp., a developer of a wide variety of generating plants, to build Hawaii’s first power plant relying on “pumped storage” technology.Together, KIUC and AES will redevelop two existing reservoirs — one a couple thousand feet higher than the other. It will be on the west side of Kauai, near the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Missile Range Facility.During the day, water will be pumped from the lower reservoir, Mana, to the higher one, Puu Loa, using solar power...WW…

ANAHOLA, Kauai — The suspicious deaths of three Hawaiian monk seals on Kauai beaches — including one that officials believe was shot — late last year highlight the dangers threatening the recovery of the endangered species.While the recent deaths remain under investigation, a new study found that human activity ranging from deliberate killings to fishing hooks was to blame for more than half of all known seal deaths in the islands over the past quarter century.The first seal was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds in September, according to information from the National Oceanic and...…ANAHOLA, Kauai — The suspicious deaths of three Hawaiian monk seals on Kauai beaches — including one that officials believe was shot — late last year highlight the dangers threatening the recovery of the endangered species.While the recent deaths remain under investigation, a new study found that human activity ranging from deliberate killings to fishing hooks was to blame for more than half of all known seal deaths in the islands over the past quarter century.The first seal was found dead with apparent gunshot wounds in September, according to information from the National Oceanic and...WW…

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LIHUE, Kauai — The approximately 700 teens graduating from high school on Kauai this year won’t do so unnoticed because of canceled commencements, lockdowns that have cut their access to friends and uncertainties over college or career plans.Instead, organized by a North Shore musical instrument store, two other business partners and , a local social services organization that specializes in grief counseling and suicide prevention, each senior will eventually receive a ukulele and a graduation cap.If they don’t get to walk across a stage to pick up their diplomas, they can at least strum a...…LIHUE, Kauai — The approximately 700 teens graduating from high school on Kauai this year won’t do so unnoticed because of canceled commencements, lockdowns that have cut their access to friends and uncertainties over college or career plans.Instead, organized by a North Shore musical instrument store, two other business partners and , a local social services organization that specializes in grief counseling and suicide prevention, each senior will eventually receive a ukulele and a graduation cap.If they don’t get to walk across a stage to pick up their diplomas, they can at least strum a...WW…