Kaua‘i News

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.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for Sept. 10-16.

Repairs to a bridge north of Wailua Homesteads Park are underway.

A man who founded the Hawai‘i chapter of a right-wing extremist group has pleaded guilty to a felony charge for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.

A new burrow of an endangered Hawaiian sea bird was discovered in August at the U.S. military’s training facility on Hawai‘i Island.

The state Department of Health on Thursday, Sept. 8, reported three additional cases of monkeypox.

Gov. David Ige has ordered that the United States flag and the Hawaiʻi state flag be flown at half-staff at the Hawaiʻi State Capitol and upon all state offices and agencies as well as the Hawaiʻi National Guard in the State of Hawaiʻi immediately until sunset on the day of interment as a mark of respect for Queen Elizabeth II.

Queen Elizabeth the II, Britain’s longest reigning monarch, has died, according to officials from Buckingham Palace.

The Kaua‘i Police Department finalized the revised application and permitting process for license to carry concealed and unconcealed firearms in response to the Supreme Court of the United States decision in the case of New York State Rifle & Pistol Association, Inc. v. Bruen, No. 20-843 and Hawai‘i Attorney General Opinion 22-02, dated July 7.

The county is reminding the public that the deadline to file upcoming 2023 real property tax exemptions is Sept. 30.

Astronomers using a telescope atop Maunakea on the Big Island have captured the most detailed and complete images ever taken of the zone where the constellation of Orion gets zapped with ultraviolet radiation from massive young stars.

The county Department of Parks and Recreation hosted a grand opening and blessing Wednesday, Sept. 7, at Laukona Park in Hanamā‘ulu to mark an improvement project at the park.

A snorkeler rescued last week from waters off Keālia Beach has been identified.

The state Department of Health reported 1,215 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, Sept. 7, bringing the statewide total to 340,729.

The County of Kaua‘i’s Office of Economic Development (OED) is inviting the public to review and comment on the recently received proposals for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Innovation Grants.

Taxpayers will start receiving their state tax refunds next week.

Due to muddy conditions, green waste is closed at the Kapa‘a refuse transfer station. All other services remain open.