Three locations identified as priorities in Hawai‘i Tourism Authority’s draft Destination Management Action Plan for Kaua‘i

Public comment on the draft plans are welcome until 11:59 p.m. today.

The work will take place from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., starting Sunday, weather permitting.

Utility and excavation work on a portion of Kawaihau Road has been extended through May.

The purpose of the plan is to optimize existing airport facilities to improve safety, enhance operational efficiency and environmental sustainability as well as to improve passenger experience while remaining responsive to community values and concerns.

Students worked with community stewards of Kaumaui, a loko iʻa in the Keaukaha community on the south side of Hilo Bay on the Big Island, to help with restoration and preservation efforts and collect water samples for DNA testing back on campus as part of their semester-long experiment.

Junior golfers throughout Hawai‘i are invited to tee up and join a competitive and educational tournament schedule designed to develop skills on and off the course; the 2026 Spring season opens March 14-15 at Wailuā Golf Course on Kaua‘i, with a tournament for juniors ages 14 years old and younger.

Public comment on the draft plans are welcome until 11:59 p.m. today.

Students worked with community stewards of Kaumaui, a loko iʻa in the Keaukaha community on the south side of Hilo Bay on the Big Island, to help with restoration and preservation efforts and collect water samples for DNA testing back on campus as part of their semester-long experiment.

Junior golfers throughout Hawai‘i are invited to tee up and join a competitive and educational tournament schedule designed to develop skills on and off the course; the 2026 Spring season opens March 14-15 at Wailuā Golf Course on Kaua‘i, with a tournament for juniors ages 14 years old and younger.

Data was collected Feb. 28 from 46 sites throughout the main Hawaiian Islands; a total of 1,935 whales were observed throughout all islands, down just 12 whales from February 2025.

The records contain Social Security numbers and driver’s license numbers, mostly from Hawaiʻi driver’s license records collected in 2000 from Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation and City and County of Honolulu voter registration records collected in 1998 — both times when identifiers were usually Social Security numbers.

Mākaʻimoku is director of the Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program within the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla O Keʻelikōlani College of Hawaiian Language; she reshaped the program to expand access and is now driven to reach even more future educators.