Kaua‘i News

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa academic is part of a national effort to advance racial and health equity.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation, Highways Division, invites Kauaʻi’s North Shore communities to an informational meeting to provide updates, present information and collect public feedback on several ongoing and upcoming projects in the area.

A former Honolulu police officer was arrested for sexual exploitation of a child, the U.S. Department of Justice stated in a news release Friday, June 3.

The Department of Public Works Roads Division announced one-lane closures for portions of Kōloa from June 6 to June 16, weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., weather permitting.

Rice Street, from Ho‘olako Street to Eiwa Street, in Līhu‘e is closed from 8:45 to 10:15 a.m. for the Kaua‘i Pride Parade today.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly road and lane closures for the week of June 4-10. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

A Kapa‘a couple is leading the way for environmental change after converting their home septic system to one more eco-friendly.

Firefighters extinguished a structure in Wailua Thursday evening.

The Thirty Meter Telescope filed a notice of cessation for its pollutant discharge permit, which authorized discharges of storm water associated with telescope construction.

The Department of Water announced it will implement a two-hour water service shutdown to conduct leak investigations on Anini Road Monday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has identified one probable case of monkeypox in a Hawaiʻi resident.

The Agency on Elderly Affairs is accepting registrations for its upcoming Diabetes Self-Management Workshop series and invites kūpuna aged 60 years and older to apply.

Officials urged elderly, young and vulnerable residents to exercise precaution against the virus, practices familiar with everyone now that the pandemic is well into its second year.

The State Executive Office on Aging has developed two separate surveys to assess the needs of Hawai‘i older adults and/or persons with disabilities, and Hawai‘i’s caregivers. The first survey, “Aging in Hawai‘i,” looks at issues faced by our kupuna, and tomorrow’s older adults. The second survey looks at issues faced by Hawai‘i’s caregivers.

The 38th Annual Hawaiʻi Kūpuna Hula Festival on the Big Island has been canceled due to a lack of hālau being able to participate.

Sections of ‘Akuli Street and Hanamāʻulu Road will be under short lane closures from June 6-17, on weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., the Department of Public Works and Goodfellow Bros. LLC., announced.

Some Kaua‘i educators express concern over what they say is a frightening reality to potentially act on required active shooter training as the country is yet again gripped by the deadly school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left several children dead.

Portions of a roadway in Kōloa will be closed beginning next week for construction work.

High surf conditions led to first responders conducting multiple ocean rescues earlier this week in Po‘ipū, and a high surf advisory remains in effect for south-facing shores.

Construction work will require lane closure next week for some roadways in Kapa‘a.