Kaua‘i News

Vice President Kamala Harris is making an unannounced trip to Kaua‘i, Hawaii News Now reported this afternoon.

King’s Hawaiian has voluntarily recalled its Pretzel Slider Buns, Pretzel Hamburger Buns and Pretzel Bites products out of an abundance of caution following a recall of an ingredient used in the pretzel products from one of its suppliers, Lyons Magnus.

The County of Kaua‘i Office of the Mayor is accepting proposals from nonprofit organizations for its fiscal year 2022-23 grants-in-aid program.

The herbarium staff plans to host volunteer digitization events, increase collaboration with UH-Mānoa’s campus arboretum and UH-Mānoa’s Lyon Arboretum and more.

Girls from throughout the state, mainland and beyond had a chance to learn about Hawaiʻi’s multi-national cultures while engaging in unique science, technology, engineering and math, or STEM, activities during an event last month.

A recent event hosted by the University of Hawaiʻi highlighted more than two dozen UH alumni-owned businesses.

Keiki, their families and Kaua‘i community members gathered at Wilcox Medical Center Saturday, Aug. 13 for the return of Keiki Bike & Skateboard Safety Day.

All the resutls for all the races on Saturday are in.

Volunteer, off-duty law enforcement officers across the state will once again rise to the occasion to raise funds and awareness for Special Olympics Hawai‘i. From Aug. 25-27 on Kaua‘i, volunteer officers will take community service to a new level while perched on 10-foot scaffolds and rooftops.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for Aug. 13-19.

In observance of Statehood Day, County of Kaua‘i offices will be closed on Friday, Aug. 19.

The closures are necessary so Prometheus Construction can install rockfall impact barriers above Menehune Road, weather permitting.

The emergency rules are effective immediately for no longer than 120 days.

The county is getting a funding boost from the federal government for a project in Poʻipū.

Kua Road, about half a mile from Kaumuali‘i Highway, is closed because of a fallen tree.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced today, Thursday, Aug. 11, a federal facility compliance agreement with the U.S. Marine Corps to make improvements related to stormwater discharges at the Marine Corps Base Hawai‘i on the Mokapu Peninsula of Kāne‘ohe, O‘ahu.

A state lawmaker from Kauaʻi County is having a surgical procedure done today (Thursday, Aug. 11).

Mailihuna, Hau‘a‘ala and Kawaihau roads will be closed from 7:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Aug. 15-18. The intersection of the three roadways also will experience temporary traffic shifts.

The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority and Kaua‘i Visitors Bureau invite the public to attend upcoming community meetings to learn about the plan and steps being taken to manage tourism and address visitor behaviors that adversely affect Kaua‘i.

The report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine also recommends the Environmental Protection Agency pursue an ecological risk assessment on all UV filters, which are chemicals added to sunscreen to absorb or block the sun’s UV radiation.