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Kaua‘i welcomed a total of 130,923 visitors in June, 0.8% more than in June last year but still 2.9% less than in June 5 years ago. Those June visitors spent a total of $265.9 million while they were here, an increase of 5.8% from last June and a whopping 35.6% hike from June 2019.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are having a positive spillover effect, producing more “trophy-size” fish just outside of the fully protected areas, and the effect is growing stronger over time.

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

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.

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.

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

 According to recent data from Kaua’i Deputy Fire Chief Roger Mills, there have been a total of 122 brush fires so far in 2024. That can be compared to 196 brush fires in all of 2023, 262 in 2022, 211 in 2021, and 193 in 2020.

The US Coast Guard conducted an underwater search using side scan sonar technology.

The sign-waving initiative aims to unite the community in raising awareness about human trafficking and exploitation, shedding light on the critical issues that affect countless individuals globally.

During the fair, short informational sessions will be held in the Līhu‘e Civic Center’s Moikeha rooms A and B.

Additionally, a small brush that ignited in Waimea above Panini Place on Monday afternoon is also suspected to be arson.

2023 was the hottest year on record with unprecedented heat waves and heat-related illnesses.