Kaua‘i News

Officials have nixed the advisory initially slated to end at 6 p.m.

The summit aimed to break down silos and drive shared priority agreements that can catalyze sweeping policy shifts for all of the islands.

A new review paper, led by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa researchers, was recently published to educate medical professionals in the United States and around the world as they encounter an increasing number of patients suffering from the disease.

The young ‘ākeʻāke was caught on camera making its way out of its high-elevation burrow on Mauna Loa about a month before the current eruption and lava flow began.

The virtual event is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 14 at 6 p.m.

The basketball season runs from January to February. Games will be held at the Kalāheo Neighborhood Center gym on Saturdays.

Minors working with officials will enter businesses to purchase alcohol, during the operation running through early January.

Planned maintenance, including speed hump repair, is scheduled during the closure.

Local projects will receive a significant chunk of the $306.8 million announced by then-Gov. David Ige on Sunday.

Honolulu-based Elemental Excelerator invites college students to submit proposals for the US Department of Energy’s competition called EnergyTech UP. Cash prizes from the $370,000 pool are available to Hawaii, Guam, American Samoa and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands teams that successfully identify clean-tech opportunities and submit a business plan.

The US Postal Service’s suggested mailing dates are Dec. 17 for First-Class and Priority mail originating in Hawai’i and headed to the mainland.

Students will flex their design and engineering skills by creating a digital 3-D model of a wearable pin that celebrates their unique appreciation for veterans.

Thursday’s rescue operations put first responders at “tremendous risk,” says Fire Chief Michael Gibson.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu reported high surf produced by a large west northwest swell has fallen below advisory levels this morning.

Qualified taxpayers who have not yet filed their 2021 Hawaiʻi individual income tax return must do so by Dec. 31, 2022, to be eligible to receive the one-time Act 115 refund.

A local farming company will conduct a controlled agriculture burn near the Kaumakani makai area from 7 a.m. to noon, weather permitting.

Walk-up service for the Kaua‘i Police Department Records window will be closed today due to staffing shortages.

There are two active flows on the Northeast Rift Zone of the volcano.

Judge Jonathan J. Chun swore in Kauaʻi Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami – who will serve a second term – and the new County Council members.

Governor-elect Josh Green today announced nominees to serve as Director and/or Deputy Director for 14 state departments in his cabinet.