Kaua‘i News

The Kauai Police Department will be closing the westbound or Hāʻena-bound lane of Kuhio Highway from Anae Road in Hanalei to Ke’e Beach.

A Kauaʻi County Economic Outlook has been published for the first time since 2019, before the COVID-19 pandemic struck.

Former Hawaiʻi Gov. Neil Abercrombie, Global Resiliency Hub CEO Alapaki Nahale-a and attorney Lauren Akitake were appointed by Gov. Josh Green to the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents.

“Caught Inside,” a documentary showcasing the National Kidney Foundation of Hawaiʻi’s groundbreaking COVID-19 testing program, has been selected as a finalist at the Emmy Awards Northern California.

The new Hawaiʻi hunting season runs July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2024 and beginning June 15, hunters can obtain licenses and stamps.

The Kauaʻi Police Activities League is looking for more volunteer coaches and referees for the flag football season that begins June 3.

Hanapēpē, Kalāheo, Waimea, and Līhu‘e firefighters, along with the on-duty battalion chief responded to the scene.

One lane of Kamookoa Road on Kaua‘i will remain open to accommodate alternating traffic.

Best Friends Animal Society, an animal welfare organization, wants to ensure that pets and their families enjoy all that summer has to offer with these summer safety and travel tips.

The Kaua‘i District Health Office will conduct a Community Assessment for Public Health Emergency Response survey known as CASPER to assess the emergency preparedness level and current wellbeing of Kauaʻi households.

The Hawaiʻi Food & WIne Festival was co-founded by James Beard Award-winning chefs Roy Yamaguchi and Alan Wong.

The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges, in collaboration with the Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi and industry partners, offers free skills training in high-demand industries through Good Jobs Hawaiʻi.

The Memorial Day Observance will also include members of the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands, and the Waimea High School JROTC, which will post and retire the colors.

The national nonprofit Petco Love is donating $20,000 to the Kauaʻi Humane Society in support of its lifesaving work for animals on the island.

The Daniel K. Inouye solar telescope images feature a variety of sunspots and quiet regions of the Sun obtained by the Visible-Broadband Imager, one of the telescope’s first-generation instruments.

Some Hawaiian stories, including the one about the two chiefs of Kahuku who became the two hills of Nāpuʻuapele, can be traced to the eruptions they record.

The 2023 Central Pacific hurricane season starts June 1, and this year forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration predict a 50% chance of above-normal tropical cyclone activity.

The Waimea swimming pool will observe Memorial Day on May 30 and will be closed that day.

Mālama Kauaʻi will distribute 18 FEED Orchard Grant Awards this summer in order to increase fruit production and provide local fruit for food access programs.

Responders found the man about 40 feet down a steep side of a ridge with injuries to his back.