Kaua‘i News

Portions of Poʻipū Road will be closed Oct. 14-19, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting.

The 19-year-old American Samoa resident who went missing this past weekend while swimming at a Kaua‘i beach has become the island’s 11th drowning victim of 2022.

A new population of the invasive Little Fire Ant covering 13 to 35 acres was found in Wailua River State Park. The new infestation was confirmed by a sample submitted by a concerned citizen, showing how essential residents are to the process. The extent of the infestation was determined by a survey done by the […]

The state Department of Health reported 1,047 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Oct. 12, bringing the statewide total to 358,279.

Police think foul play could be involved in the death of a male victim whose badly decomposing body was discovered Tuesday afternoon at a Puna home on the Big Island.

The search for a missing 19-year-old swimmer on Kaua‘i’s North Shore will continue for a fourth day.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has issued a flood advisory for Kaua‘i until 4:15 p.m. today.

A missing couple from the mainland have been found safely on Kaua‘i.

The one-lane closure is necessary to allow Hawaiian Telcom to conduct vegetation maintenance work on utility lines.

The search for a 19-year-old swimmer continues into a third day as several agencies have descended on Kaua‘i’s North Shore in hopes of locating Jaren Asalele.

The search for a 19-year-old missing swimmer in waters off Kalihiwai on the North Shore continues today.

Two women and one man from Kaua‘i were among the more than 5,000 athletes from around the world to compete in the VinFast Ironman World Championship this week in Kailua-Kona

Rescuers are actively searching for a missing swimmer in waters off Kalihiwai on the North Shore.

Kaua‘i County unanimously approved a proactive bill to regulate development in areas that scientific models project will be affected by sea-level rise.

Motorists using Kūhiō Highway later this month will notice a change — state crews working during the day.

A long-term partnership between the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology and philanthropist Jonathan Merage is expanding to help meteorologists better understand and predict dangerous severe weather.

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced weekly lane closures for Oct. 8-14

A high surf advisory has been issued for north-facing shores of Ni‘ihau, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i, Maui and the Big Island until 6 a.m. Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.

The State of Hawai’i is in the planning stages of overhauling nearshore water management on all major islands through a sustainability initiative called Holomua: Marine 30 x 30, which will affect fishers for decades to come.

Chelsea Sodaro, 33, of California stunned the best field in Ironman World Championship history to win on her first try in Kona with a time of 8 hours, 33 minutes and 46 seconds.