Kauaʻi residents, visitors pitch in to clear roads the morning after Hurricane Lowell battered the island

Interim amendments propose targeted updates to Hawaiʻi County General Plan 2045 for clarification of policies, address public and agency testimony, strengthen implementation and make minor corrections.

The court also denied Kekedi’s request for supervised release, maintained his bail at $472,000 and scheduled a further proceedings hearing for Nov. 10.

Honolulu Harbor is currently operating under temporary restrictions for incoming and outgoing vessels, which could delay departure and arrival times for scheduled sailings.

The 3-day event features law enforcement officers spending their off-duty time perched atop a 10-foot scaffolding at Hilo and Kona Walmart stores to raise awareness and funds for Special Olympics Hawai‘i within the community.

The public is advised of an estimated 20,000-gallon wastewater spill that occurred between approximately 9:00 a.m. and 10:20 a.m. on Sept. 8, 2026, in the Waimea Wastewater Treatment Plant.

With most of the restoration work following Hurricanes Lowell and Lala completed on Oʻahu and Hawaiʻi Island, Hawaiian Electric is shifting focus to assist with recovery efforts on Kauaʻi, which is served by a separate utility.

Food Distribution Sites are being set up at locations across Kauaʻi over the next several days to help residents affected by Hurricane Lowell, which caused extended and widespread power outages.

Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative was able to restore 466 members in ‘Ele‘ele and Hanapēpē on Tuesday, while damage assessment crews conducted an initial sweep of transmission line inspections with the assistance of drone technology. On Oʻahu, 440 customers remained without power this morning.