Kaua‘i News

Pacific Media Group, or PMG, has entered into an agreement to purchase KFMN on Kaua‘i. The purchase is pending Federal Communications Commission approval.

Kris Kringle will be at the Kapa‘a Shopping Center during Kapa‘a Kalikimaka with Hawaiian Telcom on Saturday.

According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the missing aircraft is a Hawai’i Life Flight King Air twin-engine propeller plane that had three crew members aboard.

Although some areas of Hawai’i may have experienced shaking from the earthquake in the Pacific Ocean, no tsunami is expected for the Hawaiian Islands.

Rising interest rates, dwindling COVID-19 pandemic era savings and a coming U.S. downturn will cause a pause in growth next year for the state.

Activists on Kaua’i slammed waste-to-energy as a potential solution to the island’s looming garbage-disposal crisis.

Dangerous surf of 20 to 30 feet is forecast along north-facing shores and 14 to 22 feet along west facing shores of Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, Oʻahu and Molokaʻi.

Authorities are investigating a single-engine plane crash at Līhu‘e Airport this afternoon that left two people injured.

County officials closed the bridge in June due to safety concerns surrounding the bridge’s foundation.

U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono from Hawaiʻi will answer kūpuna questions on how the Inflation Reduction Act will lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients at a live telephone forum sponsored by AARP Hawaiʻi on Dec. 17.

Portions of Halaulani Road and Kahiliholo Road in Kalihiwai will be closed Dec. 19 to Jan. 13, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting.

County parks crews are slated to conduct maintenance throughout the morning and afternoon of Dec. 15.

Police will close off all streets along the parade route, beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday.

Ho‘omalu Ke Kai, one of the cleanup’s hosts, collected nearly 20,000 pounds of marine debris from Kaua‘i shorelines in 2022.

The Anahola rain gage posted its lowest November total in its 31-year data record. Līhuʻe Variety Station and Wainiha had their lowest November totals since 2012.

Addressing issues surrounding the Office of Hawaiian Affair’s share of the Public Land Trust revenue and the development of OHA’s lands at Kakaʻako Makai – recently renamed Hakuone – will be key areas of focus for the agency in the coming year. 

Speakers will include Maui Councilmember Kelly King, who attended the 26th United Nations climate change conference in Glasgow.

Despite recent reports of disgruntled tourists, North Shore community groups are chalking up the system as a success.

The Coast Guard is searching for a possible person in the water after locating an adrift and abandoned kayak in the near shore waters off Nualolo Kai Beach.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has placed orders to supply participating health care providers with updated bivalent vaccines for children ages 6 months to 5 years old.