Kauai News

Blazes in Kaumakani and Port Allen were each reported after 4 p.m. May 28, quickly contained by Kaua’i Fire Department personnel from two different stations. No injuries and no property damages were reported.

Kaua‘i County Department of Water officials ask customers to remain vigilant in their conservation efforts to maintain water services and avoid a full service outage as they await necessary components and equipment to repair a pump station that experienced a mechanical failure at the beginning of April.

BJ Penn’s mother, Lorraine Shin, believes her son is suffering from “Capgras delusional syndrome,” a psychiatric disorder in which a person holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, other close family member has been replaced by an identical imposter.

Contractor staffing issues at the transfer stations in Hanalei and Hanapēpē and Kekaha Landfill are requiring the closure of these recycling services. Residents are encouraged to take these items to Puhi Metals Recycling Center during suspension period.

Kūkulu Kahua offers onetime support for emergency needs — such as rent, utilities and funeral expenses — paired with access to financial counseling and wraparound services designed to empower families on their journey toward economic resilience.

For Anson Lazaro, it was Kauaʻi Community College that wired together the education, tools and training necessary for a current of opportunity to flow to have a future in electrical installation and maitenance.

The closure — necessary for numerous pothole repairs near the park’s restrooms — is scheduled for 6 to 8:30 a.m. today (May 28).

New location on Nuhou Street opened Tuesday morning, providing seamless continuity of services following the permanent closure May 23 of previous location on Rice Street.

Puna state Sen. Joy San Buenaventura, chairwoman of the state Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, lauds passage of measures that expand and strengthen support for some of state’s most at-risk keiki.

Accepted items include clothing, small furniture, children’s toys, books and shoes. The event is scheduled May 30 at Kaua‘i Resource Center in Līhu‘e.

Weather permitting, the roadway will be closed from 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 28-30, between Keaka Road and Makaha Road, so crews can conduct roadside maintenance work.

Sure, we get an extra day off each year on last Monday of May, but it’s important — necessary — to never forget who fought to give us right to have that extra time off and stop to reflect on how to carry their lives and legacies forward.

The Waimea 400 Master Plan lays out a conceptual design and preferred uses of 417 acres in Waimea acquired in 2019 by Kaua‘i County. Affordable housing is proposed to comprise roughly 60 acres just west of Waimea Sunset subdivision. The final community workshop is Wednesday.

Port Allen-based tour and adventure company helps nonprofit reward its hardworking and dedicated volunteers with sunset Nā Pali Coast dinner cruise and then beecomes an Ocean Friendly Restaurant.

Lava fountains reach more than 1,000 feet, volcanic plume soars at least 5,000 feet before most recent phase of eruptive activity — that teased for several days — abruptly ends after just 6 hours and 10 minutes Sunday night.

Hawai’i U.S. Sen. Hirono, New York Rep. Meng introduce bicameral resolution officially marking May 2025 as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, honoring the significant contributions the communities have made and continue to make to the United States.

The parade, which will cause road closures in Kalāheo, is to honor Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala and the 2025 Miss Aloha Hula, Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao.

32-year-old man visiting Garden Isle was rescued May 23 from beach after suffering an apparent leg injury in the famous areea of Nā Pali Coast along Kaua‘i’s North Shore.

As enthralling as each eruptive episode is, experts at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory watch just as closely at what’s happening between episodes.

In observance of Memorial Day on May 26, there will be no contraflow and lane closures unless otherwise permitted. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.