Kaua‘i News

A nonprofit association that partners with six national parks in Hawaiʻi and American Samoa is under new leadership.

Hurricane Darby is forecast to continue weakening as it makes its westward trek to the south of the Big Island, according to the 5 p.m. advisory from the Central Pacific Hurricane Center on Thursday, July 14.

Kaua‘i COVID cases counts, as with the rest of the state, continue to drop.

A Native Hawaiian organization based in Honolulu is investing more in University of Hawaiʻi programs and students.

Electricity and water services have returned to normal operating levels for N. Shore residents

A California man was transported to Queen’s Medical Center on Oahu following a single-vehicle crash in Kapa‘a earlier this week that closed the roadway for nearly two hours.

The state is monitoring Hurricane Darby after the now Category 2 and weakening storm crossed into the Central Pacific overnight.

On Saturday, July 16, Hawaiʻi will adopt the national 988-dialing code for direct access to mental health and substance use crisis resources.

The Kaua‘i Police Department stated in a news release Thursday, July 14 that it anticipates the revised firearms application to carry will be available to the public within the next 30 days.

A high surf advisory remains in effect today, July 13, and Ocean Safety Bureau officials are advising the public to refrain from swimming and snorkeling in waters along much of the island’s coastline.

A coalition focused on serving the Native Hawaiian community will convene later this month to discuss plans for funds recently appropriated to the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands for waitlist beneficiaries.

Construction and road work will require portions of a roadway in Kapa‘a to be closed next week.

Hurricane Darby re-intensified Wednesday, July 13, but is still expected to weaken during the next few days.

Helicopter crews work to fix a downed powerline that caused an electrical power outage at a water system facility near Wainiha and Hā‘ena

The world’s largest long-distance outrigger canoe race will once again welcome paddlers from around the world this year to the Big Island.

The county is notifying the public that the Kapa‘a swimming pool will be temporarily closed one day this week.

A new survey by the University of Hawaiʻi, one of the first of its kind, suggests that “regenerative” tourism makes the tourism industry and tourists more attractive to residents of the islands.

A Hawaiian monk seal has been released back to the wild after being treated at Kona’s Marine Mammal Center, Ke Kai Ola, for ingested fishing gear.

The county Department of Water is notifying the public that water service will be shutdown later this month in an area of Kapa‘a.

The state Department of Health reported 4,464 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, July 13, bringing the statewide total to 317,540.