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In addition, Kaua’i Humane Society is hosting a “Name Your Adoption Price” event through Aug. 27. All animals adopted this weekend will cost as much as the adopting family would like to pay.

Lis Gallant has spent the past two and a half years at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow and is joining the Department of Geology at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo as an assistant professor.

The Aug. 31 meeting will be an open-house format and include stations providing information about the vertical expansion, Kaua‘i’s landfill history, current landfill operations and community benefits and waste diversion.

The closure will begin Aug. 28 and runs till Sept. 1 from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

A total of 49 individuals killed in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in the past century have now been identified, with 22 still pending family notification. The number of unaccounted for is between 1,000 and 1,100, according to officials.

Eighty-two single-family residential lots will be developed by 2024 across more than 28-acres as part of the housing project in west Kauaʻi.

Eligible proposals include community programs that provide clinical mental health and/or substance abuse treatment and services.

With 100% of single-story residential properties searched in the disaster area, emergency responders continue to search multi-story residential and commercial properties for victims.

One of the humane society’s longest residents, Mrs. Incredible captured the hearts of a family during a recent trip to the Garden Island after taking her out on a field trip, a program that allows shelter dogs time outside the kennel while giving people their “dog fix.”

A 60-year-old tourist went missing in Kōke‘e and was found a day later near the Alakai Swamp trail.

According to police, foul play is not a suspected factor in the cause of the man’s death.

An intermittent lane closure on Lauoho Road between Makua Place and Kaumuali’i Highway will be in place from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to create a safe work zone.

As of Monday, 100% of the single-story residential properties were searched in the disaster area in Lāhainā, that spanned approximately 3.5 miles.

Attorney General Anne Lopez urges the public to be cautious when donating to Lāhainā wildfire victims.

Through community-based planning and the utilization of brownfields assessment grant funds, the County intends to work with property owners and other stakeholders in repurposing opportunity sites for local-serving uses, such as housing, jobs, services, and civic amenities.

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden will visit Maui today, to observe the impacts of three Maui fires ignited on Aug. 8.

Hawai‘i Foodbank Kaua‘i and The Food Basket on the Big Island also are lending their support this Food Drive Day to those impacted by the wildfires.

Hōkūleʻa was in Vancouver, B.C., Canada when the devastating wildfires swept through Lāhainā.  The crew recorded a message of aloha for Maui.

“Maui Ola: A Benefit Concert for Maui” is a live broadcast telethon that will rally aid from around the world, using music to deliver the call for support.

Dean Uyeno, a 25-year-long staffer with the Commission on Water Resource Management, has been assigned on a temporary basis as the interim Water Deputy with the Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources.