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May 1-7 is Hurricane Preparedness Week in Hawai‘i and the National Weather Service in Honolulu wants everyone to be ready in the event a hurricane threatens the islands.

Crews will be cleaning catch basins and drainpipes this week on Hanapēpē Road, requiring occasional one-lane closures on portions of the roadway.

The state Legislature is making a substantial investment in affordable housing, securing $1 billion that will help the homeless, very low and moderate income people and working families with rent relief and housing.

Young musicians from Hawai‘i and around the globe once again have the opportunity to not only learn from distinguished faculty and advance their musical skills, they’ll also get a chance to make lifelong friends during an upcoming summer program.

Businesses representing a variety of industries will be on hand offering an assortment of job opportunities during a job fair scheduled later this month.

The new 2022-23 state hunting stamps feature birds — one brought to the islands in 1923 and the other a Hawai‘i native.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands on Saturday, April 30, hosted its first in-person lot selection meeting since 2019, and residents of Anahola were the beneficiaries.

A new report co-authored by a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographer shows that microbes might be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate.

After a two-year suspension because of the pandemic, the state Legislature has resumed awarding grants-in-aid, and 12 Kauaʻi organizations have been chosen to receive funds.

Hawai‘i residents and visitors can help clean up the ocean and save marine life by making a simple phone call when they see debris washed up on the shoreline.

Two traditional voyaging canoes making their way to Tahiti have made it halfway.

More than $200 million is included in the final version of the state budget for several capital improvement projects on Kauaʻi.

While the state is transitioning from emergency response to a more traditional public health approach to managing COVID-19, health officials and Gov. David Ige stressed Wednesday, April 27, during a press conference that the pandemic is not over.

In an effort to ease weekend traffic congestion on an island highway, new Saturday contraflow hours will take effect this week.

The state Department of Health reported 3,370 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, April 27, bringing the statewide total to 248,405. Eleven new fatalities were reported.

The state is looking to settle a 23-year-old Hawaiian Home Lands class action lawsuit.

A recently published University of Hawaiʻi study reveals the culprits behind the record-setting April 2018 rainstorm that wreaked havoc on Kauaʻi — supercell thunderstorms.

There is one vacancy in the District Court of the 5th Circuit on Kaua’i, and Hawai’i Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald is seeking public comment on nominees to fill the position.

The county Department of Motor Vehicles will be temporarily closed from noon-1:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 26.

A learning facility focused on the traditions and knowledge of the ocean and inspiring ocean stewardship is reopening.