Kauai News

Grant funds are only available to non-profit organizations, which submit applications by Feb. 10.

The funding from the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research will be used to develop and advance energy, marine and other blue economy technologies and opportunities aimed at strengthening the state’s economy and workforce.

Wednesday is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day. It is commemorated during National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, which has been observed each year in January since 2010.

The twin-engine, turbine-powered airplane crashed into the Maui Channel late on the night of Dec. 15 off the coast of Kaupo, Maui.

A visitor from Shanghai, China, is in critical condition after pulled from waters off Anini Beach on Monday.

The ePlan and online Building Permit Status will be going offline.

The warning, which forecasts north-facing surf rising 40 to 50 feet, goes into effect Tuesday at midnight.

Coverage will begin Feb. 1 for individuals who have signed up by the Jan. 15 deadline for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.

Because the Waimea swimming pool is closed on Mondays, staff will observe the holiday on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Thousands of humpback whales breed, give birth and nurse offspring near the Hawaiian Islands each winter and spring.

Hawai‘i State Senator Mike Gabbard has pushed for such a bill for years. It would guarantee individuals the right “to a clean and healthy environment.”

Since 2021, Koloa Rum Company on Kauaʻi has been “The Official Ultra-Premium Rum of the Las Vegas Raiders.”

The couple was not home at the time of the fire, which rendered their home a total loss.

The two media personalities hit the trails of The Garden Isle after trekking around Maui, where Oprah owns an estate.

Brandy Nālani McDougall succeeds Kealoha, who served as Hawai’i State Poet Laureate from 2012-2022.

Lava flows have inundated much of the crater floor, which is nearly 300 acres

In an attempt to help two distressed swimmers, Janusz Jakubowicz became unresponsive in the water. The swimmers survived but Jakubowicz could not be revived by emergency personnel.

The report by the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization is based on responses from 1,627 adult Hawaiʻi residents to a survey administered in partnership with the Pacific Alliance Against COVID-19 during fall 2022.

The nonprofit Legal Aid Society of Hawai‘i encourages uninsured Hawai‘i residents who do not qualify for Medicaid to enroll in federal marketplace insurance — which is affordable for most people after government subsidies.

The one-lane closure and detours for Pelehu Road and Kawaihau Road in Kapaʻa are necessary for clearing and grubbing, roadway excavation and sidewalk construction.