Kauai News

The freshmen class of the Hawaiʻi House of Representatives Majority came together Thursday to share their experiences since being elected. The group also shared highlights of several bills that crossed over to the state Senate and their personal experiences serving in office settling in at the Capitol in Honolulu.

The public is invited to see the design concepts developed as an outcome of the Walk Audit and Visioning and Design Workshop held in Kekaha in February.

Don’t be fooled. While Pele’s hairs are shiny and elusive, featherlight and golden brown, they are strands of volcanic glass, and they can pose a serious hazard.

At Kuku’iula Small Boat Harbor near Po’ipū, the U.S. Coast Guard and several state, county and volunteer agencies conducted a full-scale search and rescue drill on Thursday morning to practice working collaboratively during emergencies.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory for Kaua’i until 4:15 p.m. on March 23.

Hawai’i residents should beware of scammers — who call using a spoofed Attorney General phone number nd pretending to be FBI agents — claiming they will be arrested if they don’t immediately pay unpaid fines by using Bitcoin, other cryptocurrency or other methods. 

Mutual Trading Co. Inc., of El Monte, CA, is recalling 60 fl. oz. containers of “Kagome Worcester Sauce,” 10 fl. oz of “Kagome Chuno Sauce,” and 8 g. of “Kagome Take Out Tonkatsu Sauce,” because the package labels do not declare the presence of soy.

Refuse transfer stations and the Kekaha landfill will be closed for the holiday on March 26, but will open on March 27.

Gov. Green signs into law two bills that codify conditions under which felony prosecutions can be initiated within the State of Hawai‘i and provide stronger, clearer protections and better access for reproductive health care services.

Now, all states are required to be compliant with the “Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services” settings regulation that was established in 2014.

A nearly 30-foot whale shark was spotted one mile off Kahalu‘u Beach Park on Tuesday afternoon.

The Hawai‘i Delegation hopes to secure federal funding to support efforts in combating Rapid Ohia Death, a fungus that is decimating the state’s most abundant native tree.

The Waiʻaleʻale Project has helped nearly 1,000 students from Kaua’i and Ni’ihau to successfully navigate the college system with financial assistance, counseling and mentorship.

According to preliminary reports, personnel with Rescue 3 aboard Air 1 responded to the incident shortly before 3:20 p.m. on a report of distressed hikers.

President Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the U.S. Commerce Secretary to conserve 777,000 square miles of ocean, including the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

The Hawai’i Department of Health has canceled the brown water advisories for the south-facing shores, from Kukuiʻula Bay to Keoniloa Bay, and at Salt Pond Beach Park.

At U.S. Army Fort McCoy, Kauaʻi Red Cross volunteer Michael Crane distributed comfort supplies to the thousands of Afghan refugees housed at the base following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate and House of Representatives have passed ethics reform measures relating to campaign contributions, lobbying and gifts; bills head to Gov. Josh Green’s desk for signature.

The Kupu leadership program is for recent high school graduates, college graduates and young professionals who are looking to establish a career in conservation.

At Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona, 16 Hawaiʻi inmates completing the 12-month Prison Fellowship Academy.