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Following the holiday, regular business hours for county offices and services will resume Nov. 25.

These bands of bare, sandy seafloor surrounding coral patch reefs could provide a window into reef health around the globe.

During the next several weeks, traffic control configurations around the Mailihuna Road, Hau‘a‘ala Road and Kawaihau Road intersection will change.

“Wiliwili is a keystone species in our dry forests, and nearly every part of this special tree is used by cultural practitioners. The impact of losing this species would have been profound.” — Chipper Wichman, President of the National Tropical Botanical Garden

More than 8,000 photographs taken before, during and after the 2018 Kīlauea eruption, along with satellite imagery, make up the largest available dataset of lava flow impacts in the world.

The north swell causing the advisory level surf is expected to begin falling later today.

A team of four officers from the state Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement flew into Kalalau yesterday to conduct a “sweep” of the beach and the valley and found only two of the 20 campers did not have a permit.

The new species was named after widely respected marine educator and scientist Yumi Yasutake, who passed away on April 30, 2021 on Kaua‘i at the age of 41.

After a two-week jury trial, a federal jury today found defendants Kaulana Alo-Kaonohi, 32, and Levi Aki, Jr., 33, each guilty of a hate crime for “racially motivated attacks” on a white man who had bought a home in their Maui neighborhood.

SNAP is managed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and is the largest food nutrition assistance program in the country.

A photo of swirling cloud in dark skies over over West Hawai‘i generates a whirlwind of interest on social media because the weather phenomena are rare in Hawaiʻi.

“Statistics confirm that Neighbor Islands have higher death rates from many causes due to the lack of healthcare providers,” said Jim Winkler, founder of Hale Lea Medicine & Urgent Care Clinic.

“Cryptocurrency is not accepted as payment for any utility service in Hawaiʻi, whether electricity, phone, internet, gas or water,” said Stephen Levins, executive director of the State of Hawaiʽi Office of Consumer Protection.

“As we redesign the early educator preparation programs through higher education, we also need to close the compensation gaps to recruit and retain more highly qualified early educators,” said Theresa Lock, an early childhood instructor who directs the UH early education project.

Several films have been selected for their close ties to Kaua‘i, including Hawai‘i poet laureate Kealoha’s debut film “The Story of Everything,” which will be shown Nov. 20.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority’s 2022 Conference will be guided by a commitment to Mālama Ku‘u Home, which means “Caring for My Beloved Home.”

UH Mānoa was one of six universities awarded space grants from NASA in 2020 as part of its Artemis Student Challenge program.

The surf will build to 10 to 16 feet along north-facing shores and 8 to 12 feet along west-facing shores.

Staff training is for the DMV integration project that involves combining the Drivers Licensing and Motor Vehicle Registration divisions into one, full-service DMV.        

A large-scale cleanup at a marine national monument in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands yielded 53 tons of marine debris.