Kaua‘i News

Gov. David Ige on Wednesday, June 22, signed into law two measures passed by the state Legislature earlier this year that will help Hawai‘i’s working families and individuals.

Dock employees helped capture a live skunk this morning at Pier 1 at Honolulu Harbor.

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court denied a petition for review in the case of a fatal traffic collision in 2017 on Kūhiō Highway, upholding the life sentence for a man convicted of several offenses connected to the crash.

Designs are underway for temporary repairs to Yasutake Bridge, located on Kamalu Road north of Wailua Homesteads Park.

A federal judge has ruled that an O‘ahu high school teacher be detained in custody pending trial on a charge of distribution of child pornography.

Kaila Suzuki has been located and is safe.

The state Department of Health reported 5,482 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, June 22, bringing the statewide total to 303,333. Fifteen new fatalities were reported.

A survey is being conducted to collect community input on how to implement and distribute more than $7 million in North Shore watershed flood mitigation sub-grants.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands is slated to receive $22.3 million in Native Hawaiian Housing Block Grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Hawai‘i Emergency Management Agency is reminding small non-farm businesses in Kaua‘i County they have less than a month to apply for U.S. Small Business Administration, or SBA, drought loans.

State lawmakers showed their support for Hawai‘i’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, plus community during the 2022 legislative session, passing several measures that further equality and inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community, and Gov. David Ige signed them into law last week — in the middle of Pride Month.

The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is giving students and teachers scholarship opportunities to attend the 21st annual Native Hawaiian Convention on O‘ahu.

Short, intermittent closures are scheduled for Hanalei Bridge on Kūhiō Highway near mile maker 1.2 for routine maintenance of its wooden plank deck.

The Kauai Police Department’s Records and Firearms Window’s will be closed from 9 a.m. to noon on Friday June 24, 2022, for mandatory training.

Calling all Hawai‘i filmmakers and storytellers.

Due to maintenance and cleaning, the Waimea swimming pool is closed for the remainder of today, June 21.

A new series of reports from the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization shows that almost 2 in 3 adults in Hawaiʻi experienced adverse impacts — beyond the disease itself — from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Trash pickup in the Līhu‘e and Kīlauea areas will be delayed today.

Gov. David Ige has appointed Bruce Voss as chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Board of Education, Ige’s office announced Monday evening.

The Department of Public Works and its contractor Maui Kupuno Builders announced that portions of Pu‘u Road in Kālaheo will be closed June 23 to July 21, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting.