Kaua‘i News

The state Department of Health reported 5,911 new COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the statewide total to 190,678. Nine new fatalities were reported.

More than 360 trees were planted on Kaua‘i in November thanks to a project by Lā Ho‘oulu Paemoku/ReTree Hawai‘i.

Due to staffing issues, the Kaua‘i Community Recycling Services (KRCS) Kapa‘a site, located at 962 Kipuni Way, will be closed today, Jan. 20.

Four inmates at Kaua‘i Community Correctional Center received negative COVID test results and one employee has recovered, according to the state Department of Public Safety.

The county Department of Public Works and contractor Maui Kupuno Builders announced Wednesday that a lane closure on part of Ōma‘o Road will be necessary later this month as road repaving work continues.

The state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 335 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday.

Lane closures are scheduled in Hanamāʻulu starting Monday, Jan. 24, for construction work improvements to pedestrian access to a nearby elementary school.

First responders located a missing diver uninjured in waters off Poiʻpū near the dive spot known as Koloa Landing on Tuesday, Jan. 18.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday, Jan. 19, announced that it has obligated the advance of more than $47 million to pay for nearly 1,000 state-contracted medical staff to assist hospitals in Hawai‘i that are struggling with the omicron surge of COVID-19.

Chiefess Kamakahelei Middle School has transitioned to distance learning for all students for the rest of the week due to a rise in COVID cases within the school community.

The state Department of Health reported 3,929 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the statewide total to 184,767.

As of Tuesday, Jan. 18, 28 school bus routes were temporarily suspended statewide due the ongoing shortage of drivers, an HIDOE spokesperson told Kauai News Now. The department said it is working with bus contractors to help them get back to normal service levels.

County officials announced Tuesday that Menehune Road in Waimea will remain fully closed until the end of January.

A team led by the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration continues to track an adult entangled humpback whale with a last-known position off Niʻihau.

Kaua‘i is committed to in-person learning despite the surge in COVID-19 cases on the island. Department of Education Kaua‘i Superintendent Paul Zina said Tuesday, Jan. 18 during the county’s COVID-19 informational briefing that the district is sticking with plans it announced last week to continue to have students learn in the classroom despite record numbers […]

Kaua’i and Ni’ihau can again expect high surf along portions of their coasts beginning Wednesday morning.

The U.S. Postal Service has begun taking orders for free at-home COVID-19 test kits.

The Department of Water business-by-phone services has resumed as of approximately 11:30 a.m.

Firefighters extinguished a structure fire in Līhu‘e at the transitional housing site Kealaula at Pua loke on Monday, Jan. 17.

The Department of Water’s office phone lines are experiencing technical issues and is unavailable until further notice.