Kauai News

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected Natalie Lett, a junior at Kauaʻi High School, to participate in its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix from June 23-29.

Kaua‘i County Managing Mike Dahilig reported Thursday, June 16, in the county’s weekly video briefing that the island’s COVID case counts are declining, but remain high.

Kauai’s Fire Commission unanimously appointed Deputy Chief Michael Gibson as interim Kauai Fire Chief during its meeting Thursday following the announcement of Chief Steven Goble’s departure from the department.

The Waimea Community Association on the Big Island is hosting six candidates in the race to become the state’s next lieutenant governor for an online forum today.

The county is reminding island residents that Tropic Care Kaua‘i continues through Monday, June 20.

Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced Wednesday, June 15, Dwayne P. Gouveia, 58, of Waimea, Hawaii, to 10 years imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

The state Department of Transportation is proposing a change to the destination signs for a Kauaʻi state park after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources last week changed its name.

The Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations announced the launch of the Hawaiʻi Career Acceleration Navigator, or HI CAN, a digital hub connecting unemployment insurance claimants and jobseekers to high-impact career pathways.

A Līhu‘e man faces several explosives charges after search warrants were executed on a residence and vehicle in the Hanamā‘ulu area.

Registration is now open for the 2022 Drug Summit scheduled for later this month.

Kaua‘i’s Fire Chief Steven Goble is leaving the department after a two-year run with the county.

The state Department of Health reported 7,199 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, June 15, bringing the statewide total to 297,851.

Two underweight Hawaiian monk seal pups and and a third male seal that had ingested fishing gear are currently being treated at Marine Mammal Center’s Ke Kai Ola facility in Kailua-Kona.

Starting today, the Kaua‘i Bus will not be stopping at the Kapa‘a High School Pavilion stop on Route 60 – Kapahi Shuttle, until further notice.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has identified two additional probable case of monkeypox in Oʻahu residents. This brings the total number of cases in Hawaiʻi to two confirmed and three probable. DOH has also identified connections between all five people.

Effective June 15, the DLNR will begin issuing hunting licenses and stamps for the new hunting season that runs from July 1 through June 30, 2023.

For nearly a decade, The Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative, or KIUC, has worked to pioneer a hybridized solar energy and hydroelectric system anticipated to serve the island’s energy needs for centuries to come.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a mariner aboard a disabled vessel off Reef Runway on O‘ahu on Saturday, the USCG stated.

The Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, in partnership with the Native Hawaiian Hospitality Association and the University of Hawaiʻi, are asking for people to offer their mana‘o by participating in a survey and offer feedback on the current certification process for tour guides in Hawaiʻi.

The Board of Land and Natural Resources approved a Hawai‘i State Senate resolution that renames the Russian Fort Elisabeth State Historical Park in Waimea, as “Pa‘ula‘ula.”