Kaua‘i News

The Waiʻaleʻale Project has helped nearly 1,000 students from Kaua’i and Ni’ihau to successfully navigate the college system with financial assistance, counseling and mentorship.

According to preliminary reports, personnel with Rescue 3 aboard Air 1 responded to the incident shortly before 3:20 p.m. on a report of distressed hikers.

President Biden signed a Presidential Memorandum directing the U.S. Commerce Secretary to conserve 777,000 square miles of ocean, including the existing Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.

The Hawai’i Department of Health has canceled the brown water advisories for the south-facing shores, from Kukuiʻula Bay to Keoniloa Bay, and at Salt Pond Beach Park.

At U.S. Army Fort McCoy, Kauaʻi Red Cross volunteer Michael Crane distributed comfort supplies to the thousands of Afghan refugees housed at the base following the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate and House of Representatives have passed ethics reform measures relating to campaign contributions, lobbying and gifts; bills head to Gov. Josh Green’s desk for signature.

The Kupu leadership program is for recent high school graduates, college graduates and young professionals who are looking to establish a career in conservation.

At Saguaro Correctional Center in Arizona, 16 Hawaiʻi inmates completing the 12-month Prison Fellowship Academy.

The crew of a moored catamaran helped the man attacked by a shark by controlling the bleeding to his upper and lower extremities until first responders arrived.

The 41 new state Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement officers will deploy to four branches: Big island (14), O‘ahu (14), Maui (7) and Kaua‘i (6).

Aerospace design students Anja Marie Henriques, Mikaella Casino and Lynelle Yadao-Ellazar are presenting a prototype of their lunar habitat chair in Houston as part of the NASA HUNCH engineering program.

Portions of Maluhia Road, from Kaumuali‘i Highway to Kōloa Road, will be closed from March 20 to 24, from 8 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., weather permitting.

The crash occurred Friday afternoon in Ōma‘o.

Nearly 30 foreign military attachés and their spouses visited U.S. Army Garrison Pōhakuloa Training Area and Kawaihae Harbor as part of a Headquarters Department of the Army sponsored tour of O‘ahu and the island of Hawai‘i.

Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Goats are taken to two Hawai’i County-owned preservation properties — culturally sensitive La’aloa and Puapuaʻa Point in downtown Kailua-Kona — to provide land management.

The intersection improvements on Kaumualiʻi Highway will increase safety through construction of the left-turn pockets to give drivers turning onto Kuli Road and Lauoho Road more time to judge when it is safe.

A major injury traffic accident occurred on Kaua’i’s Highway 50 near ʻŌmaʻo Road and the tree tunnel on Friday afternoon. The road is now open in both directions.

The GeoSPACE Program takes place simultaneously in the San Francisco Volcanic Field in northern Arizona and online every summer that provides opportunities for geologists with disabilities.

“The exercise aims to ensure that Kaua‘i’s first responders, federal partners and non-governmental organizations will be fully prepared and well-coordinated for search and rescue operations,” said Elton Ushio, administrator of the Kaua‘i Emergency Management Agency.