Kaua‘i News

Guardrail repair work will require the closure of portions of two island roadways this week.

he Kaua‘i Police Department’s records and firearms windows will be temporarily closed Monday, June 20.

The rubbish transfer station in Līhu‘e is closed.

Every year for over a century, the town of Hanapēpē has come together to celebrate the spirit of Obon, or Bon, an important observance of the Japanese Buddhist tradition on the 15th day of the sixth month.

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Lauoho Road in the vicinity of Lāwa‘i Cannery Self Storage is closed in both directions due to a traffic crash, the county stated at 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

Kaumuali‘i Highway in the vicinity of Ōma‘o Road is closed in both directions due to a traffic crash, the county stated around 1 p.m. Saturday.

The Department of Public Works and Goodfellow Bros. LLC., announced a scheduled closure at the turn lane off Kōloa Road onto Kaumuali’i Highway June 21 to June 24 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health announced that COVID-19 vaccines for keiki under the age of 5 will soon be available.

The Kaua‘i Fire Department held a special ceremony Friday morning at the Līhu‘e Civic Center to promote eight firefighters.

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for June 18-24. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Senate President Ronald D. Kouchi applauded the $1.9 million Department of Defense grant awarded by the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration program to three organizations on Kauaʻi.

In September 2021, the Hawaiian Homes Commission approved 10 legislative proposals to be forwarded by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands – DHHL- to Gov. David Ige’s office for consideration in his submittal to the 31st Hawaii State Legislature.

Five of DHHL’s proposals were included in the governor’s final administrative package. Five of the proposals made it to the governor’s final administrative package.

A former Honolulu prosecuting attorney was indicted today, Friday, June 17, in a bribery ploy involving several other defendants, the U.S. Justice Department announced.

A portion of Menehune Road and the Waimea Swinging Bridge be closed on weekdays, June 27 to Aug. 12, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the Department of Public Works and its contractor Prometheus Constriction announced.

PBS NewsHour Student Reporting Labs (SRL) has selected Natalie Lett, a junior at Kauaʻi High School, to participate in its annual summer academy, which will take place at the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism at Arizona State University in Phoenix from June 23-29.

Kaua‘i County Managing Mike Dahilig reported Thursday, June 16, in the county’s weekly video briefing that the island’s COVID case counts are declining, but remain high.

Kauai’s Fire Commission unanimously appointed Deputy Chief Michael Gibson as interim Kauai Fire Chief during its meeting Thursday following the announcement of Chief Steven Goble’s departure from the department.

The Waimea Community Association on the Big Island is hosting six candidates in the race to become the state’s next lieutenant governor for an online forum today.

The county is reminding island residents that Tropic Care Kaua‘i continues through Monday, June 20.