Kaua‘i News

Health Director Janet Berreman said there are a few things to keep an eye on. The FDA is considering recommending a second booster shot, although it hasn’t done so yet. Also, the Omicron BA-2 variant has been detected in wastewater in Hawai‘i, but any impacts of that on hospital stays or infections isn’t known.

Hawai‘i’s in-door mask mandate and Safe Travels program into state ended after March 25, but students are still required to wear masks inside classrooms for the foreseeable future.

The upcoming ILO-X mission is set to launch later this year – taking the first Hawaiʻi-based organization’s cameras to the moon and capturing some of the first ever images of the Milky Way Galaxy from the moon surface.

As part of National Fair Housing Month in April, the Kaua‘i County Housing Agency and other state and county agencies will be providing free training opportunities for landlords and tenants to learn about the most current federal and state Fair Housing laws.

At least for one species, a study led by University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa student researchers found that exposing coral larvae to warmer temperatures didn’t improve its survival later in its life.

In-person visitation at the state’s correctional facilities will resume this week.

Ocean Safety officials posted box jellyfish signs at Salt Pond Beach.

Just over 240 volunteers gathered data from the shores of O‘ahu, Kaua‘i and Hawai‘i islands during the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary Ocean Count.

Hawai‘i Realtors, a leading statewide professional trade organization for the real estate industry, has launched its 2022 Keiki Art Contest to help children learn about fair housing.

The Department of Public Works and its contractor Maui Kupono Builders announces that portions of Ai Road, Ihu Road, and Lolo Road in Kalāheo will be closed March 30 to April 4, on weekdays, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Road resurfacing work on Po‘ipū Road, from Kōloa Road to Waikomo Road, in Kōloa continues March 23, to Monday, March 28, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation announced lane closures for the week of March 26 to April 1.

Former Hawai‘i Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard took to social media on Thursday to say that her Instagram account has been shadow banned.

All state restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic end tonight at midnight, including indoor mask-wearing.

Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia are getting ready to set sail on the ancient sea road of Kealaikahiki to Hawaiʻi’s ancestral homeland of Tahiti.

In observance of Prince Kūhiō Day, County of Kaua‘i offices will be closed today, March 25.

Due to muddy conditions, green waste is closed at the Kapa‘a refuse transfer station today, March 25.

Road crews will be on the job next week, requiring a portion of a Kaua‘i roadway to be closed.

A roadmap for the county’s future economic development has been updated.

The Kaua’i Federal Credit Union rental assistance program will temporarily pause for one month, in April, while the program transitions to a new funding source.