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77-year-old Stuart Hanchett died in the crash Tuesday afternoon near the 18-mile marker on Kūhiō Highway. Speed and alcohol do not appear to be factors in the crash; toxicology reports and an autopsy are pending.

The Rainbow Legacy Scholarship application is still open for LGBTQIA and MVPFAFF+ youth planning a secondary education.

Kaua‘i firefighters were busy Monday with a brush fire battle in Pākalā — no injuries and no damages were reported — and extricating a visitor from Arizona from Waimea Canyon Trail who suffered an apparent ankle injury.

First West Kauaʻi Mo‘olelo Festival kicks off evening of celebration Saturday, including a showing of the short film “Aletha,” which debuted at the 2024 Hawai‘i International Film Festival and in which Aletha Goodwin Kaohi shares lessons from her 93 years of life in Waimea in the final days before her death.

Kaua‘i Police Department, Target, Friends of the Children’s Justice Center, other first responder agencies on Garden Isle, along with partners including Child Welfare Services, YWCA Kaua‘i and Kaua‘i County Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, become ‘Heroes and Helpers’ again this year

More than 100 Early College program participants, including students from Kapaʻa, received a full-day campus visit Monday, which included classes, tours and workshops during Chaminade’s Early College Summit.

The new interactive online resource is more than a collection of data about the quality of life and well-being of Hawaiʻi’s residents — a researcher and University of Hawaiʻi educator says it’s a call to action to tackle the state’s most pressing challenges.

Total requests for general funds amount to $10.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 and $10.5 billion in fiscal year 2027, which will be used to create a safer, more affordable Hawaiʻi.

The closures will affect Iwipolena Road, ‘Iwa Street, Moho Road and Nēnē Road, and are necessary for road resurfacing work. They are scheduled for 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting.

The closure is necessary to allow division staff to move back to their offices at the Mo‘ikeha Building. The division and its services are scheduled to resume Dec. 23.

Applications for Mālama Kauaʻi’s 9-month cohort program, Hui Hānai ʻAi, are due Dec. 31.

The contractor will close laneways from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and intermittent 15- to 30-minute full road closures throughout the work day in the vicinity of Kaumuali‘i Highway.

“We thank all of you who accepted the challenge to contribute to the future success of the Kaua‘i Fire Department and [Kaua‘i County] Ocean Safety Bureau,” said Gibson. “These men maintain high morale and integrity, and our department is better because of that. When they learn together and train together, they reinforce each other. Everyone around them becomes better.”

The Brothers Cazimero emerged during the Hawaiian Renaissance of the 1970s to tour the globe for decades.

“We are deeply saddened to announce the suspension of our search efforts,” said Lt. Cmdr. Raphael Sadowitz, search and rescue mission coordinator with U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu. “Our hearts go out to her loved ones and all those impacted by this heartbreaking event.”

Owners are strongly encouraged to read both sides of the notice and review the market valuation, tax classification, property status and exemption amounts.

With 2024 coming to a close, Kaua‘i Now is looking back at some of the top stories that this year shaped the Garden Island.

Volcanologists use interferograms to detect unrest by observing how the surface of a volcano is deforming in response to migrating magma beneath the ground. But while interferograms can be beautiful and informative, they are also difficult to interpret.

Best chance for impacts — which will include flooding of normally dry beaches, minor coastal erosion and saltwater inundation — will occur especially during the early morning high tides and daybreak from midnight through late Sunday.

Personnel with the Kaua‘i Fire Department, Ocean Safety Bureau, U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies have conducted search operations since Lauren M. Cameron of Anchorage, Alaska, was reported missing Wednesday afternoon.