Kauai News

Hawai‘i Fire Department is watching for fires from Pāhala in the Ka‘ū District all the way up to Hawī in North Kohala. Deputy Fire Chief Eric Moller anticipates the Fire Watch to rise to a warning.

Registrations are being accepted online at www.kauai.gov/KPAL, and space may be limited. The K-PAL Wrestling program began in August and runs through November.

Hawai‘i Island is expected to see isolated minor coastal flooding starting in the afternoon hours during the daily peak tides through Wednesday.

The National Weather Service has issued a coastal flood statement for the all islands for low-lying coastal areas until Thursday.

Dry fuels combined with strong trade winds and lowering humidities could produce critical fire weather conditions Wednesday afternoon through Thursday afternoon.

For the last 23 years, Pono Pacific has been providing specialized sustainability services, including native habitat restoration and maintenance, invasive species eradication, predator-proof fence construction, trail conservation and maintenance, and food and energy security.

Firefighters were dispatched to a report of a female with an ankle injury near Kalalau Beach shortly after 5:45 p.m. on Sunday.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi from a 6.9 magnitude earthquake that struck in the Bali Sea, off the coast of Indonesia.

The West Maui community were again threatened by a brushfire that broke out Saturday afternoon in Kāʻanapali, leading to the evacuation of residents at Anapuni Loop and West Mahipuna Place.

The deadly wildfires on Maui were at the forefront of everyone’s minds when the legendary voyaging canoe Hōkūleʻa and her crew arrived in Seattle, Washington over the weekend. More than 2,000 people gathered at Pier 62 Saturday to welcome the crew, who have been sailing since June as part of the global launch of Moananuiākea, […]

Almost every day, more names are released by the Maui Police Department of people who died in the fire — 40 so far. We honor their memory.

Whenever a grand jury is impaneled, an independent counsel is appointed to advise the jury’s members regarding matters it will consider.

The closure will take place on Aug. 31 to Sept. 1 , and Sept. 8 to Sept. 9, from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m., weather permitting.

The death toll in the deadliest U.S. wildfire in the past century remains at 115; a total of 38 victims have been identified so far.

Darryl Oliveira, the former Big Island civil defense administrator and longtime firefighter, will take over day-to-day operations of the Valley Isle’s emergency management agency, including response to the Maui wildfire disaster, as of Aug. 28.

Lane closure schedules can change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

Maui County officials released a list of 388 people who have been validated as missing since the Aug. 8 Lāhainā fire.

In addition, Kaua’i Humane Society is hosting a “Name Your Adoption Price” event through Aug. 27. All animals adopted this weekend will cost as much as the adopting family would like to pay.

Lis Gallant has spent the past two and a half years at the U.S. Geological Survey Hawaiian Volcano Observatory on the Big Island as a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellow and is joining the Department of Geology at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo as an assistant professor.

The Aug. 31 meeting will be an open-house format and include stations providing information about the vertical expansion, Kaua‘i’s landfill history, current landfill operations and community benefits and waste diversion.