Kaua‘i News

Children on Kauaʻi can explore their creativity and improve their riding skills at Healing Horses Kauaʻi’s 2026 Fall Horsemanship and Riding Camps, happening from October 5-9.

Residents, businesses and other organizations can bring unwanted or unneeded items for reuse, including clothing, small furniture, kitchen items, children’s toys, books and shoes.

Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience have discovered how Mozambique tilapia regulate prolactin genes to survive extreme salinity, a finding that could help enable brackish water aquaculture and preserve precious freshwater resources.

All of the planned closures are related to necessary road work, including paving of Mauka Wailuā Bridge, manhole and sewer line inspections and road resurfacing; all work is weather permitting.

Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders project reveals shared fears about affordability, quality of life and more.

This year, 2,548 athletes, 110 of them professionals, are registered to take on the grueling 240.6-mile swim, bike and run course.

Exact time of the sea arch collapse is unknown; it could have occurred when the park was temporarily closed during Hurricane Nolo.

All Hawaiian and Alaska neighbor island flight check-ins and bag drops will remain at Terminal 1, including 3 daily flights between Honolulu and Kahului, Maui, on the Alaska Airlines-branded 737 aircraft, also starting Oct. 3.

Beach users islandwide should avoid waters that appear brown, cloudy or murky, particularly after storms or heavy rainfall, even when a brown water advisory is not issued; stormwater runoff can carry sewage, bacteria, chemicals and other pollutants into waters along coasts.

Live, self-paced courses provide flexible opportunities for contractors and residents to build skills in heat pumps, ENERGY STAR, multi-family energy auditing and building performance.

The contribution supports community efforts to deliver emergency resources to Kauaʻi residents affected by the storm.

Bonifacio Ventura regularly worked in his garden before heading out on his bicycle, with “these simple things” bringing him much joy, his daughter said.

Planning Department appeals are now heard by the Planning Commission or a hearings officer. The charter also lists the Zoning Board of Appeals as a third option, which was added in 2016 but has never been used; the amendment would update the county charter to match the current process.

Kaua‘i County is in Day 25 of recovery from Hurricane Lowell. Cleanup, repairs and reconstruction continue after the storm caused widespread damage over Labor Day weekend.

However, state urges public to continue caution as some unidentified, unmitigated hazardous conditions could still remain in any state parks and forest lands.

The advisories are posted because testing for enterococci indicate potentially harmful microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or parasites could be present in the water; they will remain in effect until water sample results no longer exceed the threshold level.

Hawaiʻi gas prices remain elevated, with drivers paying some of the highest gas prices in the nation, according to the AAA Hawaiʻi Weekend Gas Watch.

However, harbor slips and moorings are still closed at the small boat harbor on the south side of Kauaʻi because of extensive damage from Hurricane Lowell.

On Sept. 30, as flames, spatter and lava flows erupted from the north and south vents at the summit of Kīlauea, magma was also making a new path below the surface of the caldera.

The five-year study funded by the National Institutes of Health is trying to determine if exposure to microplastics can influence a child’s brain development and generate knowledge that can help give children a healthier start in life.