Kaua‘i News

The Department of Public Works and Goodfellow Bros. LLC., announced a scheduled closure at the turn lane off Kōloa Road onto Kaumuali’i Highway June 21 to June 24 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health announced that COVID-19 vaccines for keiki under the age of 5 will soon be available.

The Kaua‘i Fire Department held a special ceremony Friday morning at the Līhu‘e Civic Center to promote eight firefighters.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for June 18-24. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi applauded the $1.9 million Department of Defense grant awarded by the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program to three organizations on Kauaʻi.

In September 2021, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved 10 legislative proposals to be forwarded by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands – DHHL- to Gov. David Ige’s office for consideration in his submittal to the 31st Hawaii State Legislature.

Five of DHHL’s proposals were included in the governor’s final administrative package. Five of the proposals made it to the governor’s final administrative package.

A former Honolulu prosecuting attorney was indicted today, Friday, June 17, in a bribery ploy involving several other defendants, the U.S. Justice Department announced.

A portion of Menehune Road and the Waimea Swinging Bridge be closed on weekdays, June 27 to Aug. 12, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Department of Public Works and its contractor Prometheus Constriction announced.

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected Natalie Lett, a junior at Kauaʻi High School, to participate in its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix from June 23-29.

Kaua‘i County Managing Mike Dahilig reported Thursday, June 16, in the county’s weekly video briefing that the island’s COVID case counts are declining, but remain high.

Kauai’s Fire Commission unanimously appointed Deputy Chief Michael Gibson as interim Kauai Fire Chief during its meeting Thursday following the announcement of Chief Steven Goble’s departure from the department.

The Waimea Community Association on the Big Island is hosting six candidates in the race to become the state’s next lieutenant governor for an online forum today.

The county is reminding island residents that Tropic Care Kaua‘i continues through Monday, June 20.

Senior United States District Judge Helen Gillmor sentenced Wednesday, June 15, Dwayne P. Gouveia, 58, of Waimea, Hawaii, to 10 years imprisonment for conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.

The state Department of Transportation is proposing a change to the destination signs for a Kauaʻi state park after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources last week changed its name.

The Hawaii Department of Labor & Industrial Relations announced the launch of the Hawaiʻi Career Acceleration Navigator, or HI CAN, a digital hub connecting unemployment insurance claimants and jobseekers to high-impact career pathways.

A Līhu‘e man faces several explosives charges after search warrants were executed on a residence and vehicle in the Hanamā‘ulu area.

Registration is now open for the 2022 Drug Summit scheduled for later this month.

Kaua‘i’s Fire Chief Steven Goble is leaving the department after a two-year run with the county.

The state Department of Health reported 7,199 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, June 15, bringing the statewide total to 297,851.