Kaua‘i News

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on Saturday, April 30, hosted its first in-person lot selection meeting since 2019, and residents of Anahola were the beneficiaries.

A new report co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographer shows that microbes might be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will conduct emergency paving requiring a single lane closure on Kūhiō Highway.

Ocean Safety Bureau officials are advising no swimming at Salt Pond Beach in Hanapēpē until further notice due to a shark sighting.

The Office of Economic Development and Ho‘ohana Kaua‘i are conducting an employer survey to assess the current hiring and retention needs of businesses on Kaua‘i.

The U.S. Navy reported late Friday that at approximately 12:30 p.m. on April 29, a contractor was found unconscious under Hotel Pier on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.

he Department of Public Works announced its contractor, Maui Kupono Builders, will begin repaving work along a portion of Hanalei Plantation Road, in the vicinity of the Hanalei Fire Station, in Princeville, on Wednesday, May 4

The state Department of Transportation issued its weekly list of road and lane closures for April 30 to May 6. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.

The Office of Economic Development and Ho‘ohana Kaua‘i are conducting an employer survey to assess the current hiring and retention needs of businesses on Kaua‘i.

re rebate program approved by lawmakers Friday, April 29, taxpayers earning less than $100,000 annually and their dependents could each receive a $300 payment. Those earning more than $100,000 could get a rebate of $100. It all means under the plan, a family of four could get back up to $1,200, the news agency reported.

Beginning Sunday, May 1, all real estate transactions conducted in Hawai‘i must include disclosures about the risk of sea level rise to the property. The mandate, enacted in 2021, requires disclosure about sea level rise, up to and including 3.2 feet.

Beginning next Tuesday, May 3, the DLNR Division of State Parks (DSP) will issue a limited number of overnight permits for camping in Kalalau in the Nāpali Coast State Wilderness Park on Kauaʻi.

Officials said Thursday during the county’s weekly briefing that new highly contagious subvariants are likely the reason infection counts increased this week following Easter weekend, April 18.

Last week, workers from the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, the Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project, and volunteers from Archipelago Research and Conservation took the first steps to create a new colony of Band-rumped Storm Petrels on Moku‘ae‘ae.

After a two-year suspension because of the pandemic, the state Legislature has resumed awarding grants-in-aid, and 12 Kauaʻi organizations have been chosen to receive funds.

Hawai‘i residents and visitors can help clean up the ocean and save marine life by making a simple phone call when they see debris washed up on the shoreline.

According to preliminary visitor statistics released by the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism, total spending by visitors who came to the islands in March 2022 was $1.53 billion, which was higher compared to the $1.49 billion reported for March 2019.

The Department of Public Works Roads Division announces one-lane closures for a portion of ‘Anini Road, from Kalihiwai Road to ‘Anini Park, May 2-13, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Two traditional voyaging canoes making their way to Tahiti have made it halfway.

More than $200 million is included in the final version of the state budget for several capital improvement projects on Kauaʻi.