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The closure — necessary for numerous pothole repairs near the park’s restrooms — is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 a.m. today (May 28).

New location on Nuhou Street opened Tuesday morning, providing seamless continuity of services following the permanent closure May 23 of previous location on Rice Street.

Puna state Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, chairwoman of the state Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, lauds passage of measures that expand and strengthen support for some of state’s most at-risk keiki.

Accepted items include clothing, small furniture, children’s toys, books and shoes. The event is scheduled May 30 at Kaua‘i Resource Center in Līhu‘e.

Weather permitting, the roadway will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 28-30, between Keaka Road and Makaha Road, so crews can conduct roadside maintenance work.

Sure, we get an extra day off each year on last Monday of May, but it’s important — necessary — to never forget who fought to give us right to have that extra time off and stop to reflect on how to carry their lives and legacies forward.

The Waimea 400 Master Plan lays out a conceptual design and preferred uses of 417 acres in Waimea acquired in 2019 by Kaua‘i County. Affordable housing is proposed to comprise roughly 60 acres just west of Waimea Sunset subdivision. The final community workshop is Wednesday.

Port Allen-based tour and adventure company helps nonprofit reward its hardworking and dedicated volunteers with sunset Nā Pali Coast dinner cruise and then beecomes an Ocean Friendly Restaurant.

Lava fountains reach more than 1,000 feet, volcanic plume soars at least 5,000 feet before most recent phase of eruptive activity — that teased for several days — abruptly ends after just 6 hours and 10 minutes Sunday night.

Hawai’i U.S. Sen. Hirono, New York Rep. Meng introduce bicameral resolution officially marking May 2025 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, honoring the significant contributions the communities have made and continue to make to the United States.

The parade, which will cause road closures in Kalāheo, is to honor Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala and the 2025 Miss Aloha Hula, Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao.

32-year-old man visiting Garden Isle was rescued May 23 from beach after suffering an apparent leg injury in the famous areea of Nā Pali Coast along Kaua‘i’s North Shore.

As enthralling as each eruptive episode is, experts at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory watch just as closely at what’s happening between episodes.

In observance of Memorial Day on May 26, there will be no contraflow and lane closures unless otherwise permitted. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

US Sen. Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) joined in introducing a bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating May as “National Wildfire Preparedness Month.” The introduction of this resolution comes as recovery efforts continue following the devastating Lahaina wildfires in 2023 and the Los Angeles fires earlier this year.

The work is scheduled to occur from May 27-28, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting.

The Kauaʻi Animal Education Farm is hosting six weeks of a Summer Enrichment Program in Kapaʻa offers for children aged 8-14 to learn new skills and make friends.

Hawaiʻi residents are reporting a decline in their own health outlook and face escalating barriers to care, according to a new statewide survey released Wednesday.

Rehabilitated coral fragments damaged by a grounded luxury yacht more than two years ago were returned yesterday to Honolua Bay on Maui’s northwestern coast.

An update will be provided when the conservation request has been lifted.