Throughout November, community organizations throughout Hawaii will be hosting events to celebrate the American Cancer Society’s 36th annual Great American Smokeout, which takes place November 17, 2011. The Great American Smokeout is an annual nationwide event created by the American Cancer Society to encourage smokers to use November 17 as the day to quit smoking or to make a plan to quit smoking.

On Kauai, the American Cancer Society, Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaii, Kauai Veterans Clinic, and Hoola Lahui are joining forces for the Great American Smokeout “Holo Holo.” This initiative is a mobile unit that will be deployed at several Garden Isle beach parks (formally Pine Tree Inn, Hanamaulu & Kapaa) from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. to distribute Quit kits and provide on-the-spot cessation advice to beachgoers. For more information, contact Susan Oshiro-Taogoshi at American Cancer Society’s Kauai office at (808) 246-0695.

KAUAI (HawaiiNewsNow) - Kalaheo residents are asked to conserve water until further notice.

According to the county's Department of Water, an electrical problem at a well on Thursday caused pumps to stop replenishing the supply.

Anyone who lives and works in the area is urged to use water for essential purposes only.

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By Ian Scheuring

KOKE'E, Kaua'i (HawaiiNewsNow) - A late night fire on Kaua'i destroyed a 900-square-foot cabin Monday while damaging a nearby cabin of the same size.

Officials say that both of the cabins were unoccupied at the time of the blaze, and that no one was injured in the fire. No other structures were threatened.

Police Dispatch received a call about the fire in Koke'e at approximately 9:43 pm, when the caller reported that the cabin was totally engulfed by flames. Shortly thereafter, Engine 7, Truck 7, Rescue 3, Truck 3, Prevention 1 and 3, and BC1 responded to the call.

Upon arrival, crews removed the corrugated roofing that had collapsed onto the fully engulfed cabin before proceeding to extinguish the remaining fire.

The fire in the second cabin was not nearly as severe, with damage being contained to the living room area. Authorities say the fire was deemed fully extinguished at 1:14 am.