Kaua‘i News

It’s been more than 70 days since Carlo Facchino left San Francisco in his 19-foot classic-style ocean rowboat. Just him. Alone.

The state Department of Health reported 1,343 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Sept. 14, bringing the statewide total to 342,072.

How terrified are South Kona residents of recent reports – not to mention photos and now videos – of an apparent big cat prowling the coffee belt region of the Big Island? Depends on whom you ask.

A Kaua‘i resident is dead following a traffic crash in Princeville.

No injuries were reported following a brush fire Monday afternoon that broke out in a coffee field in Kalāheo.

To deal with the school bus driver shortage, the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education launched a statewide pilot program to provide free county bus passes for high school students.

Two Kaua‘i men were arrested following a joint police operation to identify and apprehend online sexual predators targeting children.

The nation commemorated on Sunday one of the worst days the county has had to endure, paying tribute in ceremonies to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Currently, multi-agency partnerships are evaluating the use of common, naturally-occurring bacteria as a “mosquito birth control” to suppress mosquito populations and bring Kaua’i’s native forest bird populations back from near extinction.

The Hawaii Lodging & Tourism Association kicked out this weekend the totals raised during the organization’s 43rd Visitor Industry Charity Walk, which raised $2.2 million statewide that will be distributed to local nonprofit organizations across the Aloha State.

A south swell is expected to build tonight and bring surf heights to advisory level for south facing shores for all the islands by Monday morning.

The state will create a new national center to provide access to culturally and linguistically appropriate behavioral health services for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders thanks to a federal grant.

Thank goodness for a break in trade winds during the last week of August. That break allowed a weak low-level trough to bring rainfall to the island, helping push most rainfall totals for the month to near or above average.

Thirty years ago today, Hurricane ʻIniki made landfall on the island of Kauaʻi as a Category 4 hurricane.

Adults who want to learn how to swim and parents who want their preschool-aged keiki to get a head-start on learning about water safety can get the lessons they need in October and November thanks to the county Department of Parks and Recreation.

A Lāwa‘i man is in critical condition at a Līhuʻe hospital after being involved in multiple traffic crashes late Friday night, Sept. 9.

Four Hawaiian monk seals found underweight and malnourished were rescued this summer by researchers in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands over the summer and brought to the Marine Mammal Center in Kona for care.

Do you have clothes you no longer wear? How about small furniture you no longer use? Have the keiki outgrown some of their toys?

Road work, specifically the construction of a new roundabout, will again require portions of several roadways in Kapa‘a to be temporarily closed.

Teams from Kaua‘i faced off against other youth from throughout the state who played in a recent basketball tournament hosted by the Hawai‘i Police Department on the Big Island.