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Public can call (808) 755-8516, or (808) 652-7837 in an emergency while Hawaiian Telcom works to resolve the issue.

Property owners must pay first installment of taxes by August 20 to avoid penalties and interest.

The public has until Aug. 7 to comment on the U.S. Navy’s and NASA’s joint Draft Environmental Impact Statement regarding Kōkeʻe Park Geophysical Observatory and Pacific Missile Range Facility.

Registration is open for First Tee Hawaiʻi sessions on Maui and Kauaʻi.

Iona is a category 3 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale with winds of 125 mph and higher gusts, according to a 5 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center.

Following a sold-out run earlier this year on Oʻahu, the university’s Department of Theatre and Dance is bringing the hit show –– that still resonates with audiences today, nearly 30 years after it debuted off Broadway in New York City before becoming a global cultural phenomenon –– to Kauaʻi Community College Performing Arts Center from Aug. 8-10.

Last year, 1,073 safety recalls nationwide affected more than 35 million vehicles and pieces of equipment, including tires and car seats; close to 1.4 million vehicles on Hawai‘i’s roads, about 280,000 could have at least one outstanding safety recall that poses potential danger.

100 ʻekupuʻu, a native Hawaiian bird that once thrived at Kuaihelani on the far northern end of the Hawaiian archipelago, now a part of Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, were released on Eastern Island last week as part of continuing efforts to re-establish and expand native bird populations to the national monument in preparation for potential catastrophic events.

One lucky winner will recieve a trip for 2 to the festival on O’ahu at the end of October, including airfare for two on Hawaiian Airlines, a 4-night stay at OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Paradise Hotel, two priority access tickets to the Hawaiian Airlines Presents Decanted grand tasting and two tickets to Cirque Du Soleil ‘Auana at OUTRIGGER Waikīkī Beachcomber Hotel, a prize package worth a total $5,700.

Annual 3-month Operation Nasse — conducted by United States, Australia, France and New Zealand, Fiji, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Vanuatu — aimed at safeguarding marine resources of Pacific Island nations.

The full-scale all-day “disaster” simulation involved a variety of drills, including hazardous materials decontamination, response to natural or man-made disasters, survey and triage operations, communications testing, and coordination of emergency operations.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check to see if any of the planned closures will impact your commute during the next week.

Authorities with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement are investigating after the federally threatened Hawaiian goose was found dead earlier this month near Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kekaha. Anyone who has information about the incident is encouraged to come forward.

According to a Kaua‘i County press release, Kaua‘i Fire Department was dispatched to a fire at Olympic Café on Kūhiō Highway shortly after 3:45 a.m.

When they arrived at Kalalau Beach, crews found 44-year-old and 45-year-old visitors complaining of an alleged ankle injury and alleged heatstroke.

The announcement follows several days of staffing issues, causing collection services to first be delayed and eventually escalated to not being collected at all — leaving trash piling up at homes in several communities.

‘Critical elements’ such as lithium, nickel, magnesium, platinum, iridium and rare earth elements, among others, have become important for our everyday lives — used in everything from solar panels, batteries and vehicles to power plants, medical devices and smartphones — and more than half of these resources formed in ancient volcanic systems.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health is accepting written public comment until July 26 about its recommendation to renew a dumping permit to the Wailua Wastewater Treatment Plant.

A tsunami alert, flooding in Hanalei and a road closure due to a traffic accident with injuries hit the North Shore on Saturday and Sunday.

Traditional double-hulled voyaging canoes have been back in French Polynesian capital since July 14 getting ready for the next leg of their Moananuiākea Voyage; crews also were rotated.