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Lieutenants Stacy Perreira and Lance Okasaki were promoted to captains, while Capts. Makana Rivera and Darren Rose each received the rank of assistant chief. They are key leaders in the department’s growth and success.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check to see if any of the planned closures will impact your commute during the next week.

Multi-faceted approach includes exploring legislative options to offset federal funding reductions, expanding state programs and fostering public-private partnerships, as well as raising awareness of resources and legal rights.

“This plan is the catalyst for creating a future that all people can thrive in,” said Hawaiʻi Youth Transportation Council Member Kawika Pegram. “Through this plan, we can harness the power of local industry, create meaningful jobs and invest in public infrastructure like never before.”

Green struck down bills relating to tax credits, transportation, the state’s Major Disaster Fund, property, stadium facility and convention center naming rights and others. Leadership of the Hawai‘i Legislature said a special legislative session to attempt their override is not necessary.

Orthopedic surgeon Alyssa Carnegie shares information and tips for the Kaua‘i community to help ensure a safe and fun holiday.

Essentially, gas pistoning is a shallow, degassing-driven rise and fall of a lava surface. Pistons often occur in narrow conduits, although they can happen in larger lava lakes and even in lava channels — and in bunches, as part of a series.

Kaua’i Humane Society’s Puhi shelter is participating in the foundation’s summer adoption event, offering $25 adoptions for cats and dogs and a 2-for-1 adoption fee of $25 for all kittens and puppies younger than 6 months old.

Versions of the bogus letter contain the Kaua‘i County seal and statements regarding illegal use of fireworks, county ordinances, enforcement actions or penalties. Officials stress that this correspondence is not legitimate and did not originate from the council or any county department.

Hawaiʻi’s leadership is mobilizing to mitigate the effects of a newly passed Republican tax bill that will strip health care and food assistance from thousands of vulnerable residents.

Surfrider Kaua‘i and partners nonprofit Permanent Affordable Living Hawai‘i and Kumu Camp are looking for a few good men, women, keiki and kūpuna community to enlist — and gather some friends to do the same — for the fifth annual July 5th Beach Cleanup.

The adjustments are being made so crews can make roadway preparations for the Pacific Missile Range Facility’s 4th of July celebration.

“To fulfill the bold goals we’ve set in education, health, economic resilience and housing, we need both strong programs and strong people,” said Office of Hawaiian Affairs Chief Executive Officer Stacy Ferreira. “This budget ensures we have both.”

The double-hulled wa‘a stopped first in Taputapuātea, revered as the ancestral homeland and spiritual center of Polynesian voyaging, and now are anchored off Papeʻetē, Tahiti. They are expected to spend about a month in French Polynesia before continuing on their Moananuiākea Voyage around the Pacific Ocean.

While land-based Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers supplement the work of the marine patrol units as needed, it’s up to the oceangoing patrols to be on the water regularly. Marine patrol units are now active on are now active on O‘ahu, Maui, Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i Island.

New state measures involving dangerous dogs originally passed in 2024, partly due to the mauling death of a 71-year-old man who was just out for a walk on the Big Island.

Kaua‘i Police Department reports 25-year-old Sione Tuulangavalu from Anahola was taken into custody the morning of July 2 and arrested on burglary, theft and habitual property crime charges in connection with the June 23 incident in Kapa‘a.

Girl Scouts of Hawaiʻi beginning in August will fund trained facilitators to lead troops in close geographic regions throughout the state, each serving about 10 troops and 150 girls. The approach expands on a successful model already in place at 25 Title I schools.

The award-winning leader in marine tourism continues to lead the way in ocean-based adventures on Kaua‘i and is committed today and for the next 30 years to innovation and preservation.

The East Kaua‘i Community and Circulation Plan is a long-range initiative that addresses land use, transportation, infrastructure, housing and more. It also emphasizes community priorities such as climate resilience and protection of cultural and historic resources.