Kauai News

The full-scale all-day “disaster” simulation involved a variety of drills, including hazardous materials decontamination, response to natural or man-made disasters, survey and triage operations, communications testing, and coordination of emergency operations.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check to see if any of the planned closures will impact your commute during the next week.

Authorities with U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Law Enforcement are investigating after the federally threatened Hawaiian goose was found dead earlier this month near Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kekaha. Anyone who has information about the incident is encouraged to come forward.

According to a Kaua‘i County press release, Kaua‘i Fire Department was dispatched to a fire at Olympic Café on Kūhiō Highway shortly after 3:45 a.m.

When they arrived at Kalalau Beach, crews found 44-year-old and 45-year-old visitors complaining of an alleged ankle injury and alleged heatstroke.

The announcement follows several days of staffing issues, causing collection services to first be delayed and eventually escalated to not being collected at all — leaving trash piling up at homes in several communities.

‘Critical elements’ such as lithium, nickel, magnesium, platinum, iridium and rare earth elements, among others, have become important for our everyday lives — used in everything from solar panels, batteries and vehicles to power plants, medical devices and smartphones — and more than half of these resources formed in ancient volcanic systems.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health is accepting written public comment until July 26 about its recommendation to renew a dumping permit to the Wailua Wastewater Treatment Plant.

A tsunami alert, flooding in Hanalei and a road closure due to a traffic accident with injuries hit the North Shore on Saturday and Sunday.

Traditional double-hulled voyaging canoes have been back in French Polynesian capital since July 14 getting ready for the next leg of their Moananuiākea Voyage; crews also were rotated.

Road work is now planned for 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 1-2, weather permitting, and will still require temporary closures of the portion of Pua Loke Street involved in the construction, slightly limiting access at times to the county Water Department.

The program — a joint effort between Hawai‘i and U.S. Department of Agriculture — is aimed at bridging a gap in nutrition many keiki throughout the islands experience during their summer break from school.

Areas affected July 24 include Kekaha, Waimea, Hanapēpē, ʻEleʻele, Hanalei, Wainiha, Hā‘ena, Kapaʻa and Kalāheo.

A significant traffic pattern change is set to begin on Aug. 4 at the intersection of Ōlohena, Kaʻāpuni, and Kaʻehulua Roads in Kapaʻa.

Nine routes remain temporarily suspended as of this week — about 6% of the 138 routes impacted at the peak of last school year’s disruptions.

The plant named Pua Pilo, which is Hawaiian for stinky flower, finally bloomed on Monday, a day later than expected.

Trash originally scheduled to be picked up July 21 in parts of Kekaha and Waimea might not get picked up today; rubbish not picked up today in Hanapēpē and ʻEleʻele areas estimated to be collected either July 24 or 25.

2025 Annual Membership Meeting is an opportunity for members to be updated about economic climate the electric co-op faces now after federal tax policy, other measures passed, as well as learn more about the utility’s activities and accomplishments from the past year along with its goals and plans for the future.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has canceled the brown water advisory issued for Hanalei Bay, which was issued on Monday.

More than 800 people gathered last month during at Kōloa Landing Resort in Poʻipū to celebrate Hawaiʻi’s signature dish, with 1,000-plus pounds of locally-sourced ʻahi.