Kauai News

The limited play is necessary to allow the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture to spray coconut trees for the coconut rhinoceros beetle.

Healthy, viable trees, especially native species, enhance environmental health and help mitigate fire risk. However, social media posts following the wildfires seemed to fuel the notion, and the calls, that people should chop their trees down.

Ella Marcil, who grew up in Hawaiʻi and is a digital media student at the University of Cincinnati, was commissioned by the Kauaʻi County Office of Economic Development to document the plight of the endangered native Hawaiian songbird.

University of Hawai‘i oceanographer and climate change expert Christopher Sabine, who will give a presentation tailored to Kaua‘i during the Zoom meeting.

The collection will consist of a drive-thru drop-off service in the breezeway at the parking lot roundabout.

A traffic emergency zone declaration allows the state to expedite procurement and permitting to take action to construct improvements to protect access to the state highway.

To honor the lives of those lost, including Americans, that began with the attacks on Israel over the weekend, Hawaiʻi Gov. Josh Green has ordered the United States and Hawai‘i state flags be flown at half-staff at state facilities.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources is putting together a three-month pilot project that will allow state conservation enforcement resource officers to issue on-the-spot tickets and/or fines for rule violations.

Customers are advised to use the Kapa‘a refuse transfer station during this period.

According to Hawai‘i Department of Transportation, slope stabilization involving removing unstable trees and rock scaling will be conducted above the highway.

The family of 63-year-old Jerry Morgan, who went missing early Thursday morning while kayaking off Tavares Beach on Maui, has set up a GoFundMe to raise funds to continue searching for him.

US Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, said in a statement issued today that Indigenous Peoples’ Day should be designated as a federal public holiday.

Castle Hospitality Group has selected Matt Bailey to succeed Alan Mattson as President & CEO of the Hawaiʻi-based hotel, condo resort and vacation rental management company.

The conference, last held in Maui, has been on hold since 2019 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction work will be minimized during student pick-up and drop-off times to help accommodate both Kapa‘a High School and the elementary schools.

Lifeguards will reassess the area Monday. The beach will reopen at noon if there are no other sightings.

A study recently published in Frontiers has unveiled an interesting facet about humpback whales: they venture far beyond their traditional breeding grounds, traveling to the deep tropical oceans during the winter months.

A single lane closure for the northbound direction, between Keālia Road and the Donkey Beach parking lot, will begin Monday and continue till Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Kaua’i County firefighters extinguished all flames by 8:30 p.m.

Volunteers with the American Red Cross are assisting the displaced individuals.