Kauaʻi’s Kawaihau team rallies past Arizona, moves closer to trip to Little League World Series

Authorities have closed a section of Daniel K. Inouye Highway in South Kohala due to a brush fire and are advising motorists to avoid the area for the next four hours.

Waikoloa Village residents and visitors are encouraged to take part in the driving the evacuation route on Hulu Street from 9 to 11 a.m. on Aug. 15.

The initiative is funded with $10 million from the federal Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, secured by Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation.

A tropical depression, or storm, is expected to form during the next couple of days.

Kamaʻole Beach Park II, including restrooms, reopened today, Aug. 11, 2026, along with the adjacent section of South Kīhei Road that closed after damages from a Kona Low storm in March, according to the County Department of Parks and Recreation.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health, in collaboration with Aloha House, CARE Hawaiʻi, Inc., Hawaiʻi Health & Harm Reduction Center, Pacific Counseling Group, LLC and Project Vision Hawaiʻi, has launched Project Hoʻoulu — The Hawaiʻi Resiliency Project, to support children, youth and adults affected by the recent Kona Low floods on Maui, Molokaʻi, Oʻahu and Lānaʻi.

Hawaiian Electric customers continued to add rooftop solar systems at a solid pace through the first six months of 2026 despite the loss of the federal clean energy tax credit at the start of the year, the company announced.

Hui O Ka Wai Ola, a volunteer-based coastal water quality monitoring program, has resumed regular testing at Mākena Landing after community members made clear how much this stretch of coastline means to them. Hui O Ka Wai Ola previously monitored Mākena Landing from 2017 to 2020. In recent years, the site has drawn more requests for renewed monitoring than any other in the program's history.