Hawai‘i News

With Hurricane Lala approaching, Kaua‘i Now News is encouraging its viewers to share footage they capture.

Gov. Josh Green announced that the Department of the Navy is initiating the process to return nearly 44 acres of federal property to the state of Hawaiʻi. The proposed transfers include a 31.693-acre parcel at Kalaeloa and the Marine Corps’ 12-acre Molokaʻi Training Support Facility at Hoʻolehua.

Hawaiʻi Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Insurance Division encourages residents to take steps now to make filing insurance claims easier after damage from any heavy rainfall and flooding occurs.

All the information visitors need to track the tropical cyclone — which is expected to become a Category 1 hurricane as it nears the Big Island — and stay safe from the forecast hazards, courtesy of Hawai‘i Tourism Authority.

Ocean swells are constantly beating on the ocean floor. This nonstop drumming creates continuous signals that travel through Earth and recorded on seismometers around the globe, including here in Hawai‘i; changes in the speed of these ocean noise signals can give us clues about volcanic activity.

Vessels transiting within the vicinity of the Hawaiian Islands should seek sheltered waters and anticipate additional restrictions and possible port closures as weather conditions progress.

As migratory birds begin their seasonal return to Hawaiʻi, the Hawaiʻi Department of Health and Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity are reminding residents, particularly people who keep backyard poultry or other birds, to take precautions to reduce the risk of avian influenza and other infectious diseases.

According to the National Weather Service, tropical storm-force winds are expected within the areas of Waimea, Barking Sands and Hanapēpē within the next 36 hours.

The proclamation activates the Major Disaster Fund and authorizes the activation of the Hawaiʻi National Guard if needed.

Was it a contrail or ‘chemtrail’? Long, thin, white cloud stretched across the Big Island sky on the afternoon of Aug. 11 creates a buzz with possible impending tropical cyclone poised to impact the islands.

Per animal and human health protocol, the opossum was humanely euthanized and submitted for rabies testing.

The high surf advisory is in place from 6 p.m. tonight to 6 a.m. Friday morning and is not related to the incoming tropical storm.

The 3-month-old seal was identified as RV36, a male, born in late April at Kaʻena Point State Park; the carcass was turned over to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, which will conduct a post-mortem examination.

The National Weather Service anticipates issuing a tropical storm watch on Thursday as a developing storm system gathers strength.

The disorganized system of showers and thunderstorm activity is expected to become a tropical storm within the next day, and forecasters list a 90% chance that it will develop into a tropical cyclone within the next 48 hours.

Join Hawaiʻi Commercial Kitchens from 1 to 4 p.m. Aug. 13 for a free workshop with guest speaker retired Hawaiʻi Department of Health inspector John Nakashima to walk you through what a strong plan actually requires, including recordkeeping and monitoring habits that matter most when an inspector shows up.

The forums are designed to provide voters and agency beneficiaries an opportunity to hear directly from candidates about issues, their priorities and the visions they would bring to the Office of Hawaiian Affairs governing board.

The initiative is funded with $10 million from the federal Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, secured by Hawaiʻi’s congressional delegation.

According to court records, Nolan Ezra Goldklang posted threatening statements directed at Tulsi Gabbard’s husband on the social media platform, “X.”

The University of Hawaiʻi is launching Bows Athletics Club to ehance support for nearly 500 student-athletes.