KauaiEclectic

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The sky this morning was black, though from clouds and not from darkness, with just one small puka in the east — an eye of light that closed...

It's so wonderful to hear the plip-plop of rain again, the roar of a squall arriving like a freight train through the trees, the drip,...

Often, when I am walking in the wee hours with the dogs, the sky is clear overhead — Makalii, Triangle, Betelgeuse, Jupiter and the rest shi...

One question not raised in the discussion on dog license fees is how many more dogs the Kauai Humane Society will end up killing because the...

Let me get this straight. Councilman Gary Hooser introduced Bill 2491 because the state is failing to properly monitor the chemical compani...

Golden shafts shooting from the sea announce the imminent arrival of the sun, a pumpkin-colored sphere that rises half obscured, gilding the...

The new moon night was choked with stars, the Milky Way offering a fuzzy path through our galaxy, reminding me of my interconnectedness, as ...

“ It seems like we got tricked, actually,” said Councilman Ross Kagawa at yesterday's planning committee meeting.  Ross ...

What could be more stunning than Waialeale, totally free of clouds, a navy blue hulk against a shell pink sky? Well, maybe purple...

Vacation rentals are back on tomorrow's County Council agenda, with Planning Director Mike Dahilig scheduled to give us yet another boon...

The day began with a wedge of cheese moon in a butterscotch sky, and beneath it, a mouse, or maybe it was a rat. It's hard to be certain...

Summer's days are winding down. The smell of wild honey hangs heavily in the air in certain brushy places, pigs fat on fallen...

Morning arrived with a surprising, though welcome, chill and the joy of seeing Waialeale, fully revealed in all her craggy, weatherbeaten gl...