Kauai News

The Hawaiʻi Coffee Association conference will be held this year on Kauaʻi and feature a new Latte Art Throwdown, plus interactive workshops on cupping, roasting, green grading, brewing, grinding and field grafting.

Kauaʻi police officer Desmond Thain, who makes art out of fish and octopus using the traditional Japanese method of gyotaku, has clients that include fishermen and Food Network chefs.

Multiple Kaua‘i Fire Department units were dispatched to the scene on Kūhiō Highway in Kapa‘a shortly after 2:30 a.m. Saturday.

While on his trip, Hawai‘i Gov. Josh Green will meet with government officials and others working to solve homelessness, housing and health care issues in Washington state.

For the latest Gardening on the Garden Isle column, master gardener Tom Timmons explains why its best to follow his wife’s advice and read the directions when planting papaya seeds.

Kīlauea on the Big island has experienced nearly constant change with distinct episodes of calm, unrest, eruptions and everything in between since its historic eruption in 2018.

On Friday morning, the Hōkūleʻa voyaging canoe will embark on the first leg of the Alaska Heritage Sail, from Juneau to Yakutat.

This job recruitment, for full-time, permanent positions, will be advertised on the State of Hawai‘i jobs website.

While crews worked to clean the spill, the outer northbound lane of Kūhiō Highway, from mile marker 3.5 to 4, was closed for approximately four hours.

The Westin Princeville Ocean Resort Villas, Marriott’s Kauai Beach Club, Marriott’s Kauai Lagoons – Kalanipu’u and Marriott’s Waiohai Beach Club properties all have open positions.

The flyer for the event said: “Be prepared to get dirty, have fun and do good!”

According to the National Weather Service in Honolulu, heavy rain and isolated thunderstorms will lift toward the area from the south early Thursday morning.

The outage is needed to complete emergency work at the Wainiha substation.

The access gate to Queen’s Bath has been closed for the winter season since October 2022, and will usually reopen during the summer.

Kimberly-Ann Vidinha of Waimea High School received the $5,000 District Finalist Award.

The sentence comes after Sandon Igne, 33, entered a no-contest plea in November 2022 on two counts of first-degree negligent homicide, two counts of second-degree negligent injury and inattention to driving.

An anonymous tipster provided the Hawai’i State Department of Land and Natural Resources with photographs taken last week that show a couple posing and their dog too close to a Hawaiian monk seal on a beach within the Ka‘ena Point State Park in Honolulu County. 

Portions of Black Pot Beach Park in Hanalei will be closed May 17 to 19, weather permitting, for park maintenance.

Last week, a seabird restoration project was initiated at Nuʻalolo Kai on the rugged and remote Nā Pali coast of Kauaʻi to help populations that have been lost from the area due to non-native predators.

Starting May 15, lane closures and one-way traffic will begin for portions of Weliweli Road, between Kōloa Road and Waikomo Road.