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    UPDATE: High surf advisory extended through Friday evening for Garden Isleʻs south-facing shorelines

    The NWS has extended the high surf advisory, which now remains in effect until 6 p.m. Friday.

    Kaua‘i News Full-scale, multiagency emergency response exercise scheduled for Nāwiliwili Harbor…

    Election Department of Transportation: Campaign signs not allowed to be posted along state…

    Kauaʻi public charter school that teaches Niʻihau dialect can open on time until lease dispute is settled

    Fifth Circuit Court Judge Stephanie R.S. Char granted a temporary restraining order Wednesday preventing the termination of the charter school's lease while a broader legal dispute over a sharp rent increase moves forward. July 23, 2026 · 05:00am

    First hurricane of the season churns toward Hawai‘i

    Hurricane Fausto is moving toward the west near 13 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.

    Health High fecal bacteria levels detected islandwide

    Community 51st installment of Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and Festival kicks off

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    UPDATE: High surf advisory extended through Friday evening for Garden Isleʻs south-facing shorelines

    The NWS has extended the high surf advisory, which now remains in effect until 6 p.m. Friday.

    Full-scale, multiagency emergency response exercise scheduled for Nāwiliwili Harbor next Thursday

    The exercise is part of a training series aimed at enhancing preparedness for emergencies, which is set for Saturday, July 25 to Friday, July 31.

    Department of Transportation: Campaign signs not allowed to be posted along state highways

    That includes on overpasses, fencing, signposts and poles as well as anywhere visible from the highway; illegally placed signs will be removed.

    High fecal bacteria levels detected islandwide

    Surfrider Kaua‘i’s Blue Water Task Force finds 11 sites around the Garden Isle with very high levels of enterococcus in July water samplings.

    51st installment of Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and Festival kicks off

    Total of 15 hālau from throughout Hawaiʻi, including one from the Big Island and one from Kauaʻi, are participating in the festival, that runs from July 23-25 and caps off a full week of Native Hawaiian programming on Oʻahu.

    First hurricane of the season churns toward Hawai‘i

    Hurricane Fausto is moving toward the west near 13 mph, with maximum sustained winds of 80 mph.
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    UPDATE: High surf advisory extended through Friday evening for Garden Isleʻs south-facing shorelines

    The NWS has extended the high surf advisory, which now remains in effect until 6 p.m. Friday.

    Department of Transportation: Campaign signs not allowed to be posted along state highways

    That includes on overpasses, fencing, signposts and poles as well as anywhere visible from the highway; illegally placed signs will be removed.

    51st installment of Queen Liliʻuokalani Keiki Hula Competition and Festival kicks off

    Total of 15 hālau from throughout Hawaiʻi, including one from the Big Island and one from Kauaʻi, are participating in the festival, that runs from July 23-25 and caps off a full week of Native Hawaiian programming on Oʻahu.

    Department of Transportation declare traffic emergency zone after finding a subsurface void under Kaumualiʻi Highway in ʻŌmaʻo

    The traffic emergency zone allows the Department of Transportation to work quickly to restore support beneath the roadway.

    Briefs from Capitol Hill for July 22: Affordable housing, Iran war, military promotions, Jones Act and more

    A quick look at recent news from and moves made by Hawai‘i lawmakers serving in Washington, D.C.

    ‘Voices Behind Barbed Wire’ comes to Kauaʻi for 80th anniversary of Honouliuli Internment Camp closure

    The free event is part of this year’s commemoration marking eight decades since the closure in 1946 of Honouliuli, Hawaiʻiʻs largest and longest-operating World War II incarceration site.

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    Health officials conduct follow-up testing at Spencer Beach Park

    The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is retesting water at Spencer Beach Park after routine monitoring revealed elevated enterococci bacteria levels, surpassing the state's safety threshold.

    2 fire hydrant flow tests planned in separate areas of Hilo, Puna

    First scheduled night of July 23 along Kāwili in Hilo; second is night of July 28 along Paradise Drive in Puna.

    University of Hawai‘i accepting nominations for interim chancellor to lead Hawaiʻi Community College

    The interim chancellor will lead the school during the national search for a permanent chancellor.

    Sports briefs for July 23: Pre-season volleyball exhibition, women’s soccer schedule, academic honors and more

    A brief look at sports news from the Big Island and throughout the state.

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    Bayer files a WARN notice for employees affected by farm operation consolidations on Maui and Oʻahu

    Bayer is consolidating some of its farm operations on Maui and Oʻahu, a shift the company says will affect approximately 76 employees across the state, according to a company announcement Wednesday. Bayer has filed a notice under the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, a requirement for employers planning significant layoffs or plant closures, […]

    Honolulu Cookie Company’s new experiential store opens at The LINQ Promenade in Las Vegas

    Honolulu Cookie Company hosts a Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, July 25, for their largest US retail location at The LINQ Promenade in Las Vegas.

    Kīlauea’s summit watched closely for possible lava fountaining as early as this weekend

    Kīlauea’s summit eruption could produce another episode of lava fountaining as early as this weekend, while a new survey of Mauna Loa shows the neighboring volcano continues to slowly inflate, according to the US Geological Survey’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory. The observatory reported that Kīlauea has been erupting episodically within its summit caldera since Dec. 23, […]

    Injured hiker, 30 years old, airlifted out of Makamakaʻole Gulch in West Maui Mountains

    Maui firefighters and a Maui Police Department helicopter rescued a 30-year-old man Thursday morning after he injured his ankle while hiking in Makamakaʻole Gulch, according to the Department of Fire and Public Safety. The Maui Fire Department received the alarm at 9:41 a.m. Thursday for a report of a male hiker with an ankle injury […]