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Election 3 candidates now running to replace term-limited Derek Kawakami for Kauaʻi mayor

Kauaʻi environmental, flood forecasting projects recommended for first green fee funding
“One of the beautiful things about the green fee is that it provides funds year after year,” said Helen Raine, the Hawai’i conservation coordinator for Pacific Birds. February 22, 2026 · 05:00am
State encourages parents, guardians to complete 2025-26 School Quality Survey
The feedback garnered from the survey is invaluable, plus it helps state education officials and school leadership assess as well as enhance the quality of education in Hawai‘i schools; all responses...Kauai News UPDATE: High surf advisory for east-facing shores of Kauaʻi canceled
Kauai News Okinawa and Kauaʻi lifeguards spend week exchanging lifesaving knowledge, culture
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Nightly full closure of Kūhiō Highway now set to begin Feb. 23

Temporary changes at Līhue Airport for passenger pickup and walkway use

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State seeks applicants for vacancy on Campaign Spending Commission

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Application period to fill two Hawaiʻi State Ethics Commission seats extended

Community input sought on additional protection of Alakaʻi Wilderness Preserve on Kauaʻi
Kaua‘i News
Kauaʻi environmental, flood forecasting projects recommended for first green fee funding
“One of the beautiful things about the green fee is that it provides funds year after year,” said Helen Raine, the Hawai’i conservation coordinator for Pacific Birds.
UPDATE: National Weather Service lifts flood watch early for Kaua‘i, Ni‘ihau
Forecasters on Saturday (Feb. 21) extended the watch overnight, until 6 a.m. today (Feb. 23), because of persistent unstable weather that had already produced heavy rainfall resulting in flooding of Hanalei River and flash flooding causing rapid runoff and more around Kaua‘i.
State encourages parents, guardians to complete 2025-26 School Quality Survey
The feedback garnered from the survey is invaluable, plus it helps state education officials and school leadership assess as well as enhance the quality of education in Hawai‘i schools; all responses also are strictly confidential.
Single lane closures scheduled along Haleilio Road in Kapaʻa this week
Crews will be repaving Haleilio Road from Wailana Road to Eggerking Road from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25 to Friday, Feb. 27.
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Hawaii News
UPDATE: National Weather Service lifts flood watch early for Kaua‘i, Ni‘ihau
Forecasters on Saturday (Feb. 21) extended the watch overnight, until 6 a.m. today (Feb. 23), because of persistent unstable weather that had already produced heavy rainfall resulting in flooding of Hanalei River and flash flooding causing rapid runoff and more around Kaua‘i.
State encourages parents, guardians to complete 2025-26 School Quality Survey
The feedback garnered from the survey is invaluable, plus it helps state education officials and school leadership assess as well as enhance the quality of education in Hawai‘i schools; all responses also are strictly confidential.
Insights: Is Hawaiʻi being left behind?
Data suggest it is, though not in the same way as traditional left-behind regions.
Measure aimed at hiking DUI penalties for highly intoxicated drivers advances
Hawai’i House Committee on Transportation moved House Bill 1708 ahead with 7 yes votes; the bill would make a second DUI offense with a blood-alcohol content more than 0.15% — and within 10 years of a driver’s first DUI conviction — a Class C felony.
Volcano Watch: A sight to see; maintaining Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s webcams during a historic eruption
Visual observations have been a backbone of volcano research more than 2,000 years and remain fundamental to understanding how volcanoes work; advancements in technology even allow eruptions to be viewed from anywhere around the world.
Big Island News
UPDATE: More snow, ice plus warning level winds in forecast for Big Island summits
A previously issued winter weather advisory was extended until noon today for the summits of Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa above 12,000 feet, plus a high wind warning is also now in effect until 6 p.m. today, with winds gusting up to more than 70 mph possible.
Hundreds honor life, legacy of beloved kumu hula Nalani Kanakaʻole
Esteemed kumu hula Nālani Kanakaʻole, whose life's work transformed Native Hawaiian cultural traditions globally, was honored in a traditional Hawaiian ceremony, underscoring her far-reaching influence in hula and Hawaiian values.
Hawai‘i County filled 100 open positions in past year, but workforce still down 17%
The county has received more than 10,300 applications in 2025, compared to 9,200 in 2024, but still has 589 open positions.
Young Brothers adjusts sailing schedule as needed because of expected severe ocean conditions
Severe weather continues to impact the islands this weekend and is forecast to worsen, generating hazardous ocean conditions between the islands early next week, especially for the islands of Hawai‘i and Maui.
Maui News
Closing pule marks completion of Lahaina wildfire debris transfer to permanent site
The County of Maui marked the completion of Lahaina wildfire debris transfer with a pule at the Permanent Disposal Site in Central Maui.
As demand for organic food rises, federal program to help farms transition is ending early
Maui's 'Oko'a Farms is one of 43 Hawai'i farms enrolled in the Transition to Organic Partnership Program, which is trying to help as many farmers as it can before the program ends this year, cut short by federal changes.


