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The Vegas Chamber, the largest business association in Nevada, and three chamber organizations in Hawaii are holding a business exchange Tuesday and Wednesday in Honolulu to share expertise on mutual community and business issues.

The Wailua Reservoir Dam was built a century ago to provide water for a thriving sugar industry on Kauai. With the sugar plantations long gone and agriculture on the decline, the reservoir and dam — now run by the state — no longer serve their original purpose.

Kauaʻi has some of the same challenges as the rest of Hawaiʻi — high housing costs and a severe labor shortage. The pressures in this small community just seem a bit higher. PBN editor A. Kam Napier has more.

Maine eggs, Easter services, St. Elmo Steak House: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports © CONTRIBUTED PHOTO/RIVERSIDE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM Riverside University Health System will hand out these Easter eggs from the White House to those who get vaccinated on Saturday. Alabama Montgomery: The state is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine eligibility, opening up shots to everyone 16 and older Monday. Gov. Kay Ivey announced the expansion while tou...

Visitors to Kauai in Hawaii get discount with 2nd virus test April 3, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail HONOLULU (AP) — Visitors to the Hawaiian island of Kauai will receive a discount card for local businesses if they voluntarily take a coronavirus test three days after arriving in addition to their required test before travel. The Kokua Kauai Card program will begin on Monday, when the island reenters the Safe Travels Program, which allows people to avoid quarantining if they can show a negative pr...

Brian Vallelunga/cc commons / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 Kauai visitors will receive a discount card for local businesses if they voluntarily take a second coronavirus test three days after arrival, in addition to the required test before travel.  The Kokua Kauai Card program will start Monday when the island reenters the state’s Safe Travels Program. The Safe Travels Program allows people to avoid a quarantine if they present a negative pre-travel COVID-19 test from a trusted travel partner. The ...

Mexico says it will get its first shipment of the Chinese Coronavac vaccine Saturday and by Monday will receive its first lot of the Russian Sputnik V shot

LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — More than 200 people gathered on Kauai to show support for...

Kauai Businesses: ‘We Can’t Survive’ Without Travel - Honolulu Civil Beat Kauai Businesses: ‘We Can’t Survive’ Without Travel With tourism effectively canceled for the 2020 holiday season, a number of Kauai resorts and businesses are closing again — some for good. Reading time: 7 minutes. In November, after a seven-month shutdown because of the coronavirus, Kauai’s largest hotel brought back nearly half its staff of 900 and reopened to the public as demand for a Garden Isle vac...