Kauai News

The Hawai‘i Nurses’ Association and Wilcox Medical Center have been at loggerheads since May 2024.

Crews were still on scene at 8:30 p.m. to extinguish remaining hot spots.

First detection was from wastewater sample collected Dec. 11, 2024. Samples collected Dec. 18, 2024, and Jan. 8, also had similar detections. They were so low that none were considered positive results; however, consistent very low detections indicate a high likelihood that H5 bird flu virus is on the Garden Isle.

Hawaiian Volcano Observatory reported the newest eruptive activity in the Big Island volcano’s summit caldera began at about 9:15 a.m. Wednesday, with a small lava flow exiting the north vent following low-level continuous lava spattering that started at about 5:40 a.m. from the same vent.

The yearlong campaign celebrates where we live, learn and play. It’s aimed at increasing awareness of community — and urban — forests while strengthening connections between people and these forests.

Kauaʻi Police Department investigators revealed that on Nov. 23, 2023, 38-year-old Robert Monroy entered the bank on Rice Street, approached a bank teller and gave the teller a note saying he was robbing the bank. The note also said he had grenades and no one would get hurt if the teller handed over the money.

Hawai‘i Board of Land and Natural Resources members last week approved the cancellation of a 1955 executive order that paves the way for the former Hanapēpē Dog Pound site to become a shared facility for the Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project, Kaua‘i Endangered Seabird Recovery Project and Research Corporation of the University of Hawaiʻi.

“The housing crisis is, I think by any measure, worse now than it’s ever been,” Rep. Luke Evslin (D-16) said.

The National Weather Service had extended the advisory until 6 p.m. today for Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau, but surf has fallen below advisory levels.

Kauaʻi agricultural producers are invited to learn about U.S. Department of Agriculture conservation programs, financial and technical assistance, farm loans and programs, crop insurance, soil health and more.

Unable to reach an agreement with hospital leadership, nurses with Hawaiʻi Nurses Association hit the picket line at 7 a.m. today

Both windows are open Monday through Friday, except on holidays observed by state and county governments.

The office will be closed to the public from Wednesday through Jan. 31 because of construction.

Improvements and other construction work is ongoing at both parks in Waimea. Kaua‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation thanks the public for its patience and understanding.

This week’s 2-day closure is necessary for crews with contractor The Cutting-Edge Clearing Solutions to trim and remove trees growing along the roadway.

Excavation and waterline work is being conducted on Po‘ohiwi Road and along portions of Pu‘uwai Road. The work is expected through Jan. 31, weather permitting.

“Across the aisle, these shared values reflect our 51 members’ dedication to serving the public,” said House Speaker Nadine Nakamura of Kaua‘i, the first woman speaker of the House in Hawai‘i history and first Asian-American woman state speaker of the House in United States. “They remind us of the meaningful work happening here at the Legislature and our daily responsibility to do our best for the people of Hawaiʻi.”

At 3 p.m., friends will gather to paddle out at Hanalei Bay in honor of Dorney-Sundquist’s memory.

Inducted were newly elected in 2024 Board of Trustees Chairman and Hawai‘i Island Trustee Kaialiʻi “Kai” Kahele and Kaua‘i and Ni‘ihau Trustee Dan Ahuna, At-Large Trustee Keliʻi Akina  and Moloka‘i and Lānaʻi Trustee Luana Alapa, all re-elected last year.

The 159-member nursing team of the hospital, through the Hawaiʻi Nurses Association, notified Wilcox management Jan. 4 after voting to authorize a strike in a show of their disdain for rampant unfair labor practices. The strike begins at 7 a.m. Tuesday and continue until 6:59 a.m. Friday.