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County advises the public of alternative non-emergency police phone lines following technical issues

Officials advise the public to call the following numbers if KPD’s non-emergency dispatch line is out of service: 808-755-8516 or 808-652-7837.

Hawai‘i Invasive Species Roundup: Island fishers can win $5K in prizes doing what they love

The free competition features a total of $5,000 in prizes – and demonstrates ways in which fishers can aid in fisheries research.

Road closure scheduled near Puhi Industrial Park

Work will take place from Aug. 5 to Sept. 27. The closure will be 24 hours, seven days a week.

Hawai‘i’s monthly siren, emergency alert system test set for 11:45 a.m. Thursday

The all-hazard Outdoor Siren Warning System for Public Safety is one part of the system used to notify the public during emergencies.

12 University of Hawai‘i athletes competing in Paris Olympics

The 12 athletes match the highest total for the University of Hawaiʻi in any Olympics, as the university also sent 12 athletes to the games in 2000.

Kaua‘i surfer advances in Olympics competition; next round postponed by bad weather

Tatiana Weston-Webb represents her birth country of Brazil in the Olympic Games.

Kapa‘a and Waimea swimming pools to resume regular hours July 30

For questions or more information, contact the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Native Hawaiians face higher rates of accelerated biological aging, UH study finds

A new study has discovered Native Hawaiians experience higher accelerated biological aging in comparison to White and Japanese American residents.

State studies feasibility of volunteer-led natural solutions for beach erosion

Volunteer efforts to restore an eroding shoreline in Windward Oʻahu are being observed for a new feasibility commissioned by the Hawaiʻi Climate Change Commission, DLNR, UH Sea Grant, and Oʻahu MPO, in contract with Sea Engineering.

Surfrider Kauaʻi continues focus on marine debris following release of annual report

The Surfrider Kauaʻi chapter removed 39,581 pounds of marine debris from beaches around the island, and 10,200 pounds of land-based trash, for a total of 49,788 pounds in 2023.

Next weekend: Tahitian dancers from across the globe to compete at Heiva i Kaua‘i festival

The two-day event will feature solo and group dance performances, drumming and a fire knife contest.

Kaua‘i weekly lane closures: July 27 to Aug. 2

All projects are weather permitting.

UH Sea Grant, partners awarded $68.5M to advance climate resilience

The funding will also help restore Native Hawaiian fishponds, limu, and coral reefs to reinvigorate habitat, and help reduce risk and improve disaster resilience by establishing new green infrastructure projects and building capacity within at-risk communities, among other things.

Big Island’s Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, Jaggar Museum demolished

The observatory’s tower on the edge of the Kīlauea caldera inside Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park will be demolished today after work was postponed from Thursday. It is the last remnants of the former observatory and museum complex that was closed after it was damaged beyond repair in 2018 during the 2018 eruption, lava flow and summit eruption of the Big Island volcano.

Full road closures scheduled at Nāwiliwili Harbor

State crews will be paving an area near the pier.

State awarded $4.9M Apprenticeship Expansion Grant to support teacher workforce

This funding will be used to support Hawaiʻi’s teacher workforce by creating the first statewide registered apprenticeship program for K-12 teachers. The program will enable approximately 142 aspiring educators to ‘earn and learn’ while obtaining their bachelor’s degrees at no cost, avoiding student loans.

Nightly closures for portion of Kūhiō Highway to begin in August

A full closure is necessary for crews to install a 24-inch drain line from the top of Hanalei Hill down the face of the slope.

Mpox case reported in a nonresident in Honolulu County

This is the fifth case diagnosed this year in Hawai‘i and brings the total number of cases reported to the state health department since June 3, 2022, to 51.

Learn more about the East Kaua‘i Community Circulation plan tonight

The East Kaua‘i Community and Circulation Plan is intended to build on previous community planning efforts from the 2018 Kaua‘i Kākou General Plan with a focus on the unique challenges and opportunities of the East Kaua‘i district.

Seismic activity continues to rattle Kīlauea volcano’s upper East Rift Zone

According to Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, the seismicity and elevated ground deformation rates suggests magma may be slowly moving out of the summit storage region.
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