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Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check this week’s schedule to see if any of your plans will be impacted by upcoming road work.

Customers in those areas are advised to limit their water use to essential needs only until further notice to avoid a water service outage.

The high surf advisory is expected to continue till 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Heavy rains the morning of April 3 caused stream levels to become unsafe to cross for the about 50 people, who were able to hike out the morning of April 4.

Kaua‘i Police Department officer had no idea when he pulled over a driver for not wearing their seatbelt the weekend before Christmas 2024 that he would subsequently be keeping more than 100 grams of cocaine and other dangerous drugs off Garden Isle streets.

Kīlauea summit has shown little net change in pressurization since the eruption began Dec. 23, 2024, indicating the summit has been in some level of equilibrium. As long as that equilibrium is maintained, the episodic eruption at the summit is likely to continue.

Nonprofit based in Waimea on Big Island and dedicated to protecting Hawai‘i’s communities and natural resources from devastating effects of wildfires was one of just 5 organizations and individuals in the nation to be honored recently by National Association of State Foresters.

Drawing will be April 30. Visit the Kauaʻi County Department of Water office in Līhuʻe to fill out an entry ticket, and while you’re there consider donating to the department’s monthlong Earth Day Food Drive for Hawaiʻi Food Bank and Kauaʻi Independent Food Bank, too.

Ivo Miller was arrested Wednesday without incident for first-degree terroristic threatening and first-degree assault. He remains in custody on $100,000 bail.

Shenanigans has served military members and local residents since it opened in 1989. The sold-out Business After Hours underscored the strong and valuable relationships between the Navy, Kaua‘i Chamber of Commerce, business owners and local community.

Best step to prevent the further spread of the invasive scarab on the Garden Isle is to eliminate their breeding sites by managing green waste.

3 pups have already been born this year. While monk seals can give birth at any time of the year, March through August is when a majority of young make their debut.

The closure is necessary for staff training. Regular hours at the main office in Līhu‘e and satellite office in Kapa‘a will resume the next day.

Air 1 arrived at the scene and found the injured hiker near the falls. The visitor was extracted from the area the afternoon of April 1 and taken to a rendezvous point near the ‘Ōpaeka‘a Falls Lookout, where he was transferred to awaiting firefighters and medics.

Kaua‘i County Department of Finance reports the text says the person who receives it must satisfy an “E-Z Pass lane debt” to avoid fines and suspension of their driving privileges. It also directs people to a cloned website, where scammers hope to collect their personal and financial information.

Efforts to restore the flame Friday were unsuccessful. The next step is to clear the line or replace the plugged section of piping. More will be known about the situation and a possible solution by early this week.

Kaua‘i first responders arrived the evening of March 27 at the scene near the Hanakāpī‘ai Beach landing zone and found the hiker, who had suffered an apparent shoulder injury.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without notice. All projects are weather permitting. Check this week’s schedule to see if any of your plans will be impacted by upcoming road work.

The closure is required to ensure the safety of vehicles traveling below where a helicopter crew will be placing wire mesh on the hillside to anchor loose soil as part of emergency stabalization work at Hanalei Hill that continues 4 years after a devastating landslide in March 2021.

When magma moves into the rift zone of a Hawaiian volcano, there is understandably a lot of excitement and apprehension. How far will the magma go? Will it erupt? But even long after the activity stops — regardless of whether it erupts — the subsurface magma continues to have a noticeable impact on the landscape.