Kauaʻi businesses rebuild from Hurricane Lowell while weighing when — and how — tourism should return

Progress is being made; however, many residents continue to face impacts from the storm; find updates about food distribution, continuing power restoration efforts, household waste as well as storm debris and recycling sites, water conservation notices and much more.

Shearwater fledging season began Tuesday and runs through Dec. 15; the Dark Skies program helps reduce light pollution and improve safe passage for fledglings and the number of fallen seabirds at the U.S. Navy installation has decreased significantly since it began.

In the wake of Hurricane Lowell’s devastation in Kauaʻi, local businesses like North Shore Bike Doktor and Pineapple Kayaks Kauaʻi face a difficult crossroads as they navigate recovery efforts amid uncertainty in the tourism-dependent economy.

Live corals already were documented washed ashore on Kauaʻi, while underwater assessments are being mobilized to determine the extent of reef damage and marine debris.

The 250 Normalcy Kits were sent by a youth-led nonprofit 5,000 miles to Kaua’i and came with a message: “You are not alone.”

The suspension given by Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources will preserve the public’s opportunity to participate in the state’s decision about the document as Hurricane Lowell recovery continues.

Progress is being made; however, many residents continue to face impacts from the storm; find updates about food distribution, continuing power restoration efforts, household waste as well as storm debris and recycling sites, water conservation notices and much more.

Live corals already were documented washed ashore on Kauaʻi, while underwater assessments are being mobilized to determine the extent of reef damage and marine debris.

Marigold Zoll and Craig McGinnis take on leadership roles at the Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife and the Department of Accounting and General Services New Aloha Stadium Entertainment project.

Hawaiʻi residents can use a Life Insurance Policy Locator, which aids family members who cannot locate a policy or are unaware of its existence.

The new Tunable Photoionization Chemical Dynamics Facility will help researchers better understand chemical reactions and could advance cleaner energy technologies in the future.

The mass food distribution event in support of Hurricane Lowell relief efforts on Kauaʻi and was in partnership with Domino’s Hawaiʻi and Rainbow Helicopters; fresh slices and aloha arrived the afternoon of Sept. 10.