Kaua‘i News

The committee’s purpose is to ensure equal and independent voter access to voter registration, casting of ballots, and other Office of Election services.

The calendar had barely turned to October when ocean goers off the the coast of Kaua´i reported the first humpback whale sighting of the season in the island’s waters Saturday.

Three new COVID-related fatalities were reported.

This year centers on amplifying youth leadership around six community values – economic and environmental justice, health, racial equity, workers’ rights, and animal welfare – for a racially just food system.

Originally from South America, LFA is considered among the world’s worst invasive species. LFA are tiny ants, measuring 1/16th inch long, and pale orange in color.

since the pandemic began, while at least 808 have died.

Through the month of October, the Kaua‘i County Committee on the Status of Women (KCCSW) will illuminate the Historic County Building and the Mo‘ikeha Building Rotunda in pink lights for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

The Hawai‘i State Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office announced 11 new cases on Saturday, Oct. 2.

An Arizona man was airlifted off Hanakāpī‘ai Beach after falling and injuring his leg and shoulder while hiking along a trail Friday, Oct. 1, 2021.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported 279 new COVID-19 cases Saturday, bringing the statewide total to 79,851.

A young Hawaiian monk seal was successfully released back to the ocean after spending more than two months at Kailua-Kona’s Marine Mammal Center Ke Kai Ola for malnutrition and maternal separation.

All projects are weather permitting.

Whatever chance Hawai´i had at leaving COVID restrictions behind come the start of October were obliterated with the arrival of the Delta variant to island shores.

At Kīlauea, lava continues to erupt within Halemaʻumaʻu, though the number of active fountaining locations on the base and west wall of the crater has decreased and the rate of lava lake rise has slowed.

President Biden proclaimed Oct. 3 to Oct. 9 as Fire Prevention Week to pay respect to the brave firefighters and first responders who put their lives at risk daily for their fellow Americans. 

A special election will be held for the Office of Prosecuting Attorney.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health reported 366 new COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the statewide total to 79,572.

Normal hours of operation at the DMV are from 8 a.m. to 3:45 p.m., Monday through Friday, except for state and federal holidays.

The state’s two-week average is now 307 new cases daily, with a test positivity rate of 3.9%.

Two travelers from Los Angeles were arrested around noon on Tuesday, Sept. 28, for uploading falsified documents into the Hawaiʿi Safe Travels portal in an attempt to avoid the state’s travel quarantine requirements.