Kaua‘i News

The county Parks and Recreation Department is offering a chance for keiki to get on the basketball court.

The Kaua‘i Police Department has identified the swimmer as Huy Nguyen of Kīlauea.

Amid a global viral outbreak that was still gaining momentum, forcing educational institutions across the board to adapt and change how they delivered instruction, Kaua‘i Community College in Līhuʻe was not only able to provide what its students needed to succeed, it went above and beyond.

The Coast Guard stated Tuesday afternoon that it suspended the active search for a missing swimmer off Lumaha’i Beach.

The state will continue to help those residents affected by the landslide in Waimea earlier this year.

The dry rainy season is starting to take its toll, with continuously monitored streamflow stations throughout the state flowing at record low rates. Some are even approaching the lowest flows ever recorded, according to the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

The Coast Guard, Navy and Kauaʻi first responders are searching for a missing 41-year-old male surfer off Rock Quarry Beach, Tuesday, March 8.

Outdoor masking at public school campuses and Hawaiʻi State Department of Education facilities will be optional for students, faculty and staff, effective on Wednesday, March 9.

The statewide requirement that masks be worn indoors will end at 11:59 p.m. on March 25.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 10 new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday, March 8.

The state Department of Health reported 63 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the statewide total to 237,518. No new fatalities were reported.

Only negative COVID-19 test results among inmates across the board throughout the state’s correctional facilities were reported Monday, March 7, by the state Department of Public Safety.

With COVID-19 case counts and hospitalizations continuing to decline, as well as changes made at the state and county levels, Wilcox Medical Center in Līhuʻe is updating its own COVID policies.

Hawai‘i lawmakers from the governor to representatives at the local levels applauded the Navy’s decision on Monday to shut down its Red Hill underground fuel storage facility.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced eight new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, March 7.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, through its contractor Esaki Surveying & Mapping, is scheduled to begin field survey work at its Piʻilani Mai Ke Kai Subdivision in Anahola.

The state Department of Health reported 92 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the statewide total to 237,455. No new fatalities were reported.

Hawai‘i’s Class of 2022 graduating high school seniors can now apply to the University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges through an app.

Search for a New Jersey man swept out to sea off the North Shore over the weekend continues.

With just two months left of the rainy season, only December has so far provided wet conditions, according to a National Weather Service hydrologist. And Kaua’i hasn’t escaped the dry conditions.