Kaua‘i News

A high surf advisory has been issued for all south-facing shores across the Hawaiian Islands.

A Kauaʻi woman is in critical condition following a traffic crash earlier this week in Kapa‘a.

Four mariners were rescued 180 nautical miles off Hawai‘i Island after their sailing vessel became disabled after its rudder was damaged.

Hawaiʻi Gov. Ige signed a declaration that extends emergency food benefits through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through Nov. 18, 2022.

The MAILE AMBER Alert system has been used only twice in 17 years in Hawaiʻi, but both times it was successful, including on Saturday with the rescue of a teenage on the Big Island.

Portions of a Kaua’i roadway will be closed this week for shoulder improvements.

Hey, farmers. There is a new form to use for designated covered farm vehicles when you’re renewing your safety check.

This narrative short film by writer and director ʻĀina Paikai and producer Kaliko Maʻiʻi is based on the true story of Helm, a young Hawaiian activist, and musician, set against the backdrop of the 1970s native rights movement.

Portions of Mailihuna Road, Hau‘a‘ala Road and Kawaihau Road in Kapa’a will be closed from Sept. 19 to 23, from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., according to the Kaua’i County Department of Public Works and Grace Pacific, the company doing the construction.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for Sept. 17-23.

Kaua‘i’s sole medical cannabis dispensary is opening a second location.

After a 2-year postponement due to the pandemic, the Make a Splash with Project WET Festival returned to Līhu’e with 750 fifth-graders learning about water.

The Puʻu ʻŌpae Kuleana Homestead Settlement Plan by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands won the Outstanding Planning Award by the American Planning Association’s Hawai‘i Chapter.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources, in partnership with the Kure Atoll Conservancy, is seeking habitat restoration volunteers to work at the Kure Atoll State Wildlife Sanctuary, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Poipu Bay Course in Koloa hosted the 2022 Aloha Section PGA Championship, which was won by Michael Castillo, PGA head golf professional at Kapalua Plantation Course on Maui.

After 73 days spent alone, rowing a boat nearly 2,400 miles across the world’s largest and deepest ocean, surviving on limited rations of mostly freeze-dried food, Carlo Facchino finished his epic San Francisco to Hilo journey.

With the lights of the Hilo breakwater in his sights Wednesday night, Carlo Facchino was oh so close to finishing his 70-plus-day, 2,400-mile solo row across the Pacific Ocean.

In the contract between ORBT and Williams Construction, ORBT was to pay a $170,000 retainer for the jungle house & cabin and a $375,000 retainer for the tree houses.

Hawaiʻi nonprofit ClimbHI has launched Hospitality for Me, a new statewide program that connects schools with hospitality industry resources to enhance education and job readiness for high school students.

Three people are displaced after a fire broke out in a Līhu‘e apartment on Monday damaging two units.