Kaua‘i News

The state Department of Health reported 833 new COVID-19 cases Monday, bringing the statewide total to 227,284. No new fatalities were reported.

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa project to detect ice deposits below the surface of the moon has received a nearly $3 million boost from NASA.

An asteroid bigger than the University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa campus discovered by a UH Institute for Astronomy telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui is only the second-known object of its kind ever found.

Starting Monday, Feb. 7, a specialty license plate featuring the Polynesian Voyaging Society will be available for purchase at the county Department of Motor Vehicles.

An initiative by the Hawai‘i Forest Institute to grow native Hawaiian and canoe plants in urban and suburban areas throughout the islands got a boost from a grant provided by the Steve and Gloria Gainsley Fund of the Hawai‘i Community Foundation.

Everything in the universe moves, but the timescales needed to see motion are often vastly greater than human lifetimes.

The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 53 new cases of COVID-19 on Sunday.

The state Department of Health reported 916 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, bringing the statewide total to 226,451. Four new fatalities were reported.

A high surf advisory, with surf 14 to 18 feet, was extended until 6 p.m. Sunday for north-facing shores of Ni‘ihau, Kaua‘i, O‘ahu, Moloka‘i and Maui, the National Weather Serviced cautioned Saturday afternoon.

The deadline is approaching for young adults to apply to the Western Governors’ Leadership Institute – a program that recognizes and promotes young leaders in western states.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 121 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, Feb. 5.

The state Department of Health reported 1,278 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 225,535. Eighteen new fatalities were reported.

The state Department of Transportation announced the following lane closures for the week of Feb. 5-11. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Officials are announcing the following updates for the Waimea community affected by the rockslide that occurred on Menehune Road on Jan. 4.

A bill proposing to require certain homes with cesspools to convert or connect to a septic system by a year after their sale is moving through the legislative process, with the goal to protect Hawai‘i’s ground and surface waters.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, the meeting scheduled for Feb 11. on the Hā‘ena Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area (CBSFA) has been postponed until a later date, the Department of Land and Natural Resources announced Friday.

Today’s cases bring the number of active cases to 548, with 13 hospitalized, and 10,871 cumulative cases.

The state Department of Health reported 1,192 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 224,257. Ten new fatalities were reported.

The Kaua‘i Bus announced Thursday, Feb. 3, that multiple changes are planned to routes 100 and 30, including a new bus stop in ‘Ele‘ele Nani.

The state Department of Public Safety on Thursday, Feb. 3, announced five positive COVID-19 cases among inmates at Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center in Līhuʻe.