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Vigorous fountaining from vents in the southwest corner of Halemaʻmaʻu Crater within Kaluapele, the volcano’s summit caldera, rapidly died down a few minutes just before 11 a.m. Lava then began draining back into tthe vent at nearly the same time summit tiltmeters started recording a change from deflation to inflation.

The Records Section will be closed today, Christmas Day, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Jan. 1, 2025. Regular business hours will resume following the holidays.

The array of young stars — all between 1 and 5 million years old — that is about 2,500 light-years, or 14.7 quadrillion miles, from Earth in the Milky Way. A composite image shows it in the shape of a tree with glowing steallar lights.

U.S. officials granted Claus and his team a special transit permit Monday. Don’t forget you can track the Big Man in Red’s every move, too, with NORAD’s official Santa Tracker or even on Google this year.

Fountaining of lava began to increase in vigor by about 11 a.m. today, signaling the onset of the second episode of the eruption, which started early Monday within and remains confined to the volcano’s summit caldera and downdropped block.

Kaua‘i County offices and services, as well as several other facilities, will be closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Regular business hours will resume the following day after each holiday.

The library in Kapa‘a also will have adjusted hours today, Christmas Eve, and on New Year’s Eve.

Hoʻōla Nā Pua (New Life for Our Children), which has offices and provides services and programs on the Garden Isle, is committed to preventng sex trafficking throughout Hawaiʻi while providing care for girls who have been exploited.

Rubbish on the Garden Isle increases by 25% between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That’s an extra 60 tons per day during the holidays. Items such as boxes, wrapping paper, plastic bags, food packaging, live Christmas trees and decorations, plus more, definitely add up.

The member services and communications manager at Kauaʻi Island Utility Coopeative oversees internal and external communications and services to more than 33,000 residential and commercial members. Her position includes community engagement and service projects, grants and legislative priorities.

The National Weather Service has extended the high surf warning for west- and north-facing shores of Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau through 6 p.m. Monday.

Kaua‘i Fire Prevention Bureau inspectors estimate damage to the structure and its contents to be roughly $100,000. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

A holiday lane closure restriction runs from Dec. 23 through Jan. 5, 2025. Only closures with demonstrated need — or those necessary for safety or to avoid lengthy construction delays — were approved and are on this list.

After the review process, the information is ready to be shared and can support decision-making, raise community awareness and increase knowledge and understanding of our volcanic environment.

The facility is cloing early to accommodate a community-sponsored event. Regular hours will resume Saturday.

The closure is necessary to complete a tie-in to a temporary road that will be used during construction of a roundabout on Kūhiō Highway at Kalamania Road/Kolo Road.

The Waimea 400 Master Plan was published in January 2022. It lays out a conceptual design and preferred uses of 417 acres the county acquired in 2019 in Waimea. Public input will be collected through Dec. 31.

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.

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.