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    • What Kauaʻi and Niʻihau residents, visitors, businesses need to know about Hurricane Lowell

    Now is the time to complete your emergency disaster and to-go kits, get your homes prepared for possible electric and water outages and know what resources are available.

    Kaua‘i News Summer of action: Top 5 plastic pollution initiative highlights

    Kaua‘i News Young Brothers announces Nāwiliwili barge delay

    The forecast cone of Hurricane Lowell as of the Sept. 5, 2026, 5 a.m. advisory of the Central Pacific Hurricane Center.

    Category 4 Hurricane Lowell forecast to pass west of Kauaʻi Monday night, bringing high surf, winds, rain

    Hurricane-force winds from Lowell now are extending outward up to 60 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds are extending outward up to 160 miles. September 05, 2026 · 05:26am

    Surf is up: Hurricanes Lowell and Karina bringing big swells to Kauaʻi and Niʻihau

    Category 4 Hurricane Lowell will bring high surf to south-facing shores and Hurricane Karina will bring large breaking waves to the east.

    Hawai‘i News Legacy Land Conservation Program invites applications for land acquisition grants

    Kaua‘i News Kaua‘i lane closures for week of Sept. 5-11

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    Category 4 Hurricane Lowell forecast to pass west of Kauaʻi Monday night, bringing high surf, winds, rain

    Hurricane-force winds from Lowell now are extending outward up to 60 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds are extending outward up to 160 miles.

    Summer of action: Top 5 plastic pollution initiative highlights

    Plastic pollution doesn’t take vacations — and luckily, neither does the Surfrider network; even as summer winds down, Surfrider activists have been hard at work reducing plastic pollution and protecting beloved places.

    Young Brothers announces Nāwiliwili barge delay

    The Port of Nāwiliwili will be open with special gate hours from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. today (Sept. 5) for cargo pickup.

    Surf is up: Hurricanes Lowell and Karina bringing big swells to Kauaʻi and Niʻihau

    Category 4 Hurricane Lowell will bring high surf to south-facing shores and Hurricane Karina will bring large breaking waves to the east.

    What Kauaʻi and Niʻihau residents, visitors, businesses need to know about Hurricane Lowell

    Now is the time to complete your emergency disaster and to-go kits, get your homes prepared for possible electric and water outages and know what resources are available.

    Kaua‘i lane closures for week of Sept. 5-11

    In observance of Labor Day on Sept. 7 there will be no contraflow or lane closures unless otherwise permitted. The Kaua‘i Marathon and Half-Marathon (https://thekauaimarathon.com/the-race/the-course/) also is scheduled Sept. 6, with several road closures necessary.
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    Category 4 Hurricane Lowell forecast to pass west of Kauaʻi Monday night, bringing high surf, winds, rain

    Hurricane-force winds from Lowell now are extending outward up to 60 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds are extending outward up to 160 miles.

    Legacy Land Conservation Program invites applications for land acquisition grants

    The Legacy Land program since its inception in 2005 facilitated contributions of more than $73 million from the State Land Conservation Fund for acquisition of 55 properties and more than 31,000 acres statewide.

    What Kauaʻi and Niʻihau residents, visitors, businesses need to know about Hurricane Lowell

    Now is the time to complete your emergency disaster and to-go kits, get your homes prepared for possible electric and water outages and know what resources are available.

    Hawai‘i REALTORS opens 2026 Fair Housing Keiki Art Contest

    Keiki in grades K-8 throughout the state are encouraged to learn about fair housing and submit art for a chance to win prizes.

    Major Hurricane Lowell has Kaua‘i residents remembering devastation of ‘Iniki 34 years ago

    John Bravender, Warning Coordination Meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said on Thursday Lowell is not forecast to have the same impact as ‘Iniki, but people should prepare because it could happen.

    Volcano Watch: September is National Preparedness Month

    The past year in Hawai‘i has shown disasters such as hurricanes, volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and more can happen with little or no warning; steps you take to prepare for any emergency can help you be better prepared overall.

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    He ʻike ʻana i ka pono: One has seen the right thing to do and has done it

    Vibrant Hawaiʻi Chief Executive Officer Janice Ikeda writes about how her nonprofit during the past 2 weeks since Hurricane Lala wreaked havoc on the Big Island has seen the power of collaboration, purpose of coordination and what becomes possible when people come together to put their aloha into action.

    Surf is up: Hurricanes Lowell and Karina generating big swells on most shores of Big island

    Lowell will bring high surf to south- and west-facing shores and Karina will bring large breaking waves to the east.

    Hawaiʻi County Council defers bill to increase monthly sewer rates, create new hotel class to pay for rising wastewater costs

    A 2026 sewer rate study by wastewater consulting service FG Solutions found that the annual revenue from monthly sewer fees amounts to only about 52% of the Hawaiʻi County wastewater division's costs to maintain and operate the system.

    First Tee-Hawai‘i opens registration for programs statewide; sessions rolling out now

    Parents and guardians can register their children and teens ages 7 to 17 years old now for the youth development program that helps keiki build strength of character while hitting the links.

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    Road reconstruction on Makawao Avenue continues from Makani Road to Eddie Tam entrance

    Maui Kupono Builders LLC in conjunction with the County of Maui Department of Public Works, will continue road reconstruction work on Makawao Avenue, continuing from Makani Road and through to Eddie Tam entrance.

    Maui Surf Forecast for September 05, 2026

    Southerly swells from Hurricane Lowell will keep surf elevated above High Surf Advisory conditions through Saturday. A large, medium- period east swell is...

    Wildland fire burns half acre of brush in Kīhei

    An estimated half acre of brush burned in an area between East Līpoa Street and Hale Kūʻai Street in Kīhei on Friday afternoon, Sept. 4, 2026. The fire was reported at around 1:31 p.m., in an area behind multiple businesses.

    Five people displaced by home fire in Pukalani, Maui

    Two people suffered minor burn injuries and five people were displaced as a result of a home fire in Pukalani, Friday morning, Sept. 4, 2026. Damage estimates are still ongoing.