Kaua‘i News

Among the many measures approved during the 2022 state legislative session, which ended Thursday, May 5, were several bills that will benefit the environment and continue the state’s push toward the use of clean energy.

The Kūpuna Caucus secured over $30 million in funding for various programs, centers and resources aimed at caring for and protecting kūpuna across the state during this legislative session, the caucus stated.

Multiple agencies are conducting search operations for a Lāwaʻi man who went missing after hiking into Kōke‘e in the vicinity of the Puʻu Hinahina Lookout on Sunday, May 8th.

Paragraph The Kaua‘i Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating an unidentified individual suspected of arson.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa play performed exclusively in Hawaiian language has won several awards through a national theatre program.

The ocean is suffering from “amnesia” because of climate change, according to a recently published study that was co-authored by a University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa professor.

University of Hawaiʻi students throughout all 10 campuses feel safer overall from sexual harassment and gender-based violence, according to the 2021 UH Student Campus Climate Survey.

It turns out, not only are Girl Scout cookies tasty for humans, they also can benefit furry friends.

The winners of the county Department of Public Works Solid Waste Division’s Electronic Waste (eWaste) Contest were awarded their prizes last week.

It’s Mother’s Day. You might have gotten Mom her favorite box of chocolates to go along with those flowers. But have you ever wondered how much engineering goes into each individual truffle or chocolate nugget?

The County of Kaua‘i’s Office of Economic Development announced the recipients of its Innovation Grants for Fiscal Year 2021-2022.

Hawaiʻi’s voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia sailed into Papeete, Tahiti this afternoon and received a large royal welcome from the Tahitian community, including French Polynesia President Édouard Fritch and other dignitaries.

A portion of Rice street in Līhu‘e was closed in both directions for three hours late on Friday following a traffic collision that sent a pair of people to the hospital.

Firefighters airlifted an injured 57-year-old Florida man from Queen’s Bath, in Princeville, on Friday afternoon.

The Agency on Elderly Affairs held a ceremony on Friday, May 6 at the Līhu‘e Civic Center, recognizing this year’s Outstanding Older Americans.

Less than two years after being elected to Congress, U.S. Rep. Kai Kahele announced on Saturday he’s launching his run for governor.

A portion of Kūhiō Highway in Kīlauea was closed in both directions for two and half hours on Friday following a traffic collision that left one person in critical condition.

The play courts at Anne Knudsen Park, also known as Kōloa Park, on Maluhia Road, will be closed to the public starting May 23 to allow the Department of Parks and Recreation to begin renovations.

Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation announced weekly lane closures for May 7-13.

After 17 days at sea sailing down Kealaikahiki, the ancient searoad to Tahiti, the Hōkūleʻa crew sighted Arutua, one of 80 islands and atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia.