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Kaua‘i Fire Prevention Bureau inspectors estimate damage to the structure and its contents to be roughly $100,000. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

About 300 Kaua‘i teenagers, some of whom graduated high school during production, worked to create “Too Much Life.”

A holiday lane closure restriction runs from Dec. 23 through Jan. 5, 2025. Only closures with demonstrated need — or those necessary for safety or to avoid lengthy construction delays — were approved and are on this list.

After the review process, the information is ready to be shared and can support decision-making, raise community awareness and increase knowledge and understanding of our volcanic environment.

The facility is cloing early to accommodate a community-sponsored event. Regular hours will resume Saturday.

Plant quarantine inspectors with the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture trapped an opossum overnight at a big-box store in Iwilei. This marks the third opossum that has been captured on Oʻahu this year. The storage container where the opossum was trapped was not used for shipping.

No injuries or damaged structures were reported and the cause of the fire was deemed accidental.

The National Wildlife Federation photo contest judged images from 3,200 photographers.

Chondria tumulosa was discovered 2,000 miles away form the national marine monument, leading to question whether the alga has spread across the North Pacific or has been established.

The closure is necessary to complete a tie-in to a temporary road that will be used during construction of a roundabout on Kūhiō Highway at Kalamania Road/Kolo Road.

The Waimea 400 Master Plan was published in January 2022. It lays out a conceptual design and preferred uses of 417 acres the county acquired in 2019 in Waimea. Public input will be collected through Dec. 31.

77-year-old Stuart Hanchett died in the crash Tuesday afternoon near the 18-mile marker on Kūhiō Highway. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash; toxicology reports and an autopsy are pending.

The Rainbow Legacy Scholarship application is still open for LGBTQIA and MVPFAFF+ youth planning a secondary education.

Kaua‘i firefighters were busy Monday with a brush fire battle in Pākalā — no injuries and no damages were reported — and extricating a visitor from Arizona from Waimea Canyon Trail who suffered an apparent ankle injury.

First West Kauaʻi Mo‘olelo Festival kicks off evening of celebration Saturday, including a showing of the short film “Aletha,” which debuted at the 2024 Hawai‘i International Film Festival and in which Aletha Goodwin Kaohi shares lessons from her 93 years of life in Waimea in the final days before her death.

Kaua‘i Police Department, Target, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center, other first responder agencies on Garden Isle, along with partners including Child Welfare Services, YWCA Kaua‘i and Kaua‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, become ‘Heroes and Helpers’ again this year

More than 100 Early College program participants, including students from Kapaʻa, received a full-day campus visit Monday, which included classes, tours and workshops during Chaminade’s Early College Summit.

The new interactive online resource is more than a collection of data about the quality of life and well-being of Hawaiʻi’s residents — a researcher and University of Hawaiʻi educator says it’s a call to action to tackle the state’s most pressing challenges.

Total requests for general funds amount to $10.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $10.5 billion in fiscal year 2027, which will be used to create a safer, more affordable Hawaiʻi.

The closures will affect Iwipolena Road, ‘Iwa Street, Moho Road and Nēnē Road, and are necessary for road resurfacing work. They are scheduled for 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting.