Threat of flash flooding returns early this afternoon for all of Kaua‘i, Ni‘ihau

A new flood watch will be in effect from noon today (Feb. 22) through 6 a.m. Monday (Feb. 23) as slow-moving, heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms develop over island interiors before shifting to windward and mauka areas of the islands tonight.

A study confirms that Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of modern humans, appeared in Yunxian, China 1.7 million years ago, about 600,000 years earlier than previous studies indicated.

Esteemed kumu hula Nālani Kanakaʻole, whose life’s work transformed Native Hawaiian cultural traditions globally, was honored in a traditional Hawaiian ceremony, underscoring her far-reaching influence in hula and Hawaiian values.

“One of the beautiful things about the green fee is that it provides funds year after year,” said Helen Raine, the Hawai’i conservation coordinator for Pacific Birds.

Forecasters on Saturday (Feb. 21) extended the watch overnight, until 6 a.m. today (Feb. 23), because of persistent unstable weather that had already produced heavy rainfall resulting in flooding of Hanalei River and flash flooding causing rapid runoff and more around Kaua‘i.

The feedback garnered from the survey is invaluable, plus it helps state education officials and school leadership assess as well as enhance the quality of education in Hawai‘i schools; all responses also are strictly confidential.

A study confirms that Homo erectus, the direct ancestor of modern humans, appeared in Yunxian, China 1.7 million years ago, about 600,000 years earlier than previous studies indicated.

Esteemed kumu hula Nālani Kanakaʻole, whose life’s work transformed Native Hawaiian cultural traditions globally, was honored in a traditional Hawaiian ceremony, underscoring her far-reaching influence in hula and Hawaiian values.

Forecasters on Saturday (Feb. 21) extended the watch overnight, until 6 a.m. today (Feb. 23), because of persistent unstable weather that had already produced heavy rainfall resulting in flooding of Hanalei River and flash flooding causing rapid runoff and more around Kaua‘i.

The feedback garnered from the survey is invaluable, plus it helps state education officials and school leadership assess as well as enhance the quality of education in Hawai‘i schools; all responses also are strictly confidential.

Data suggest it is, though not in the same way as traditional left-behind regions.

Hawai’i House Committee on Transportation moved House Bill 1708 ahead with 7 yes votes; the bill would make a second DUI offense with a blood-alcohol content more than 0.15% — and within 10 years of a driver’s first DUI conviction — a Class C felony.