Kaua‘i News

U.S. Rep. Kaialiʻi Kahele introduced the Leandra Wai Act, federal legislation to remediate and restore Mākua Military Reservation on O‘ahu and return the land from the military back to the State of Hawaiʻi.

In-person meetings are returning starting Monday, March 28.

Hawai‘i Department of Transportation announced lane closures for the week of March 19-25.

A Molokaʻi man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in connection with a case involving an assault of a flight attendant on a flight from Honolulu to Hilo last year.

A second round of free COVID-19 home test kits will be available to Kaua‘i residents from March 28 to April 4.

In observance of Prince Kūhiō Day, county offices will be closed Friday, March 25. Regular business hours for county offices and services will resume Monday, March 28.

In compliance with the rules of regulation of the Liquor Control Commission, the county Department of Liquor Control will soon begin collecting a fee for the red/blue manager card exam and card.

A major funding gift from the founder of social media giant Facebook and his wife will help address the physician shortage and improve access to health care on Kaua‘i.

The Kaua‘i Police Department is asking for the public’s help with finding a driver involved in a hit-and-run incident.

The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed the Safe Connections Act that will help survivors of domestic violence cut ties with their abusers and separate from shared wireless service plans.

Road work will close portions of Po‘ipū Road in March and April for a pair of projects, the County of Kaua‘i announced.

The Hawai‘i National Guard’s Joint Task Force has transitioned its remaining COVID-19 responsibilities such as vaccinations, testing, COVID-19 mapping, and unemployment office temperature screenings back to the state as of March 15, 2022.

A NOAA-led team of trained responders freed an entangled male humpback whale just outside Maʻalaea, Maui, in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, officials confirmed this afternoon.

The Kaua‘i Police Department is seeking assistance from the public to finding a missing man.

Staff training will require the Motor Vehicle Registration Division of the county Department of Motor Vehicles to close early later this week.

The state Department of Health reported 1,092 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 238,764.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake hit near the east coast of Honshu, Japan, early this morning, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reported.

Construction and excavation work on two roadways will require periodic one-lane closures next week.

Hawai’i is an island state — there’s only so much land to use, no matter the purpose. And that includes rubbish. A contest sponsored by Kaua‘i County and the state Department of Health is teaching the island’s keiki that not all waste needs to be thrown away.

A 16-year-old female from O‘ahu was rescued at Queen’s Bath in Princeville Monday, March 14.