#Kauaʻi

To kick off the new school year, the Chan Zuckerberg Kauaʻi Community Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation has committed more than $330,000 in unrestricted funds to support Kauaʻi’s 16 public schools, seven public charter schools, and Kumu’s Cupboard, a nonprofit that provides free supplies to teachers and other educational support staff year-round through its store in Līhuʻe.  

A woman formerly of Hanapēpē, Kauaʻi, has been indicted on a federal charge of possessing fentanyl with intent to distribute, US Attorney Kenneth M. Sorenson announced Friday. Dakota Ianniello, 55, was indicted July 23 after being arrested July 21 in the Western District of Wisconsin, according to the US Attorney’s Office for the District of […]

Walmart will offer free health screenings, flu shots and other wellness services at its Kahului store Saturday as part of a statewide event timed to the back-to-school season. The Wellness Event will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at all nine Walmart locations in Hawaiʻi, including the Kahului store on Maui. Walk-ins are […]

The average price for a gallon of gas in Kahului is $5.49 per gallon, up five cents from last week and $1 higher than this time last year, with motorists feeling pain at the pump largely because of ongoing conflict in the Middle East, according to AAA Hawaiʻi’s Weekend Gas Watch.

Danielle Castrence of the Maui claimed Hui ʻO Hawaiʻi’s 4th place finish for her performance in the 200m run during the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games hosted in Minneapolis, Minn.

Island Energy Services, the exclusive licensee of the Texaco brand in Hawai’i, raised $100,000 for the American Red Cross Hawai’i Chapter through a statewide round-up campaign at its company-owned Texaco stations, the company announced.

Maui restaurateur Sheldon Simeon, a James Beard Award finalist and “Top Chef” contestant, has designed a new main cabin meal program for Hawaiian Airlines that launches July 1 on most flights between Hawaiʻi and the US continent.

Maui County logged its second wettest season in 30 years during the 2025–2026 wet season. Rainfall totals ran 100 to 250% of average across most of the county and catastrophic flooding hit multiple areas statewide, according to a summary released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resilience is asking farmers, home gardeners, landscapers and others across the state to complete a survey to strengthen efforts to control invasive fruit flies in Hawaiʻi.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is seeking public comment, following the release of its Draft Statewide Long-Range Land Transportation Plan for Kauaʻi, Hawaiʻi Island, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate has confirmed the appointment of Judge Annalisa M. Bernard Lee to the Circuit Court of the 2nd Circuit on Maui.

The affected individual recently returned from international travel to an area with dengue transmission. No connection to any prior cases in Hawai‘i has been identified.

Martial arts, TV and movie icon Chuck Norris’s sudden passing on Kauaʻi has left the close-knit North Shore community and fans around the world in mourning.

A new research initiative on Kauaʻi’s west side has uncovered a disturbing rise in vehicle-related deaths of endangered nēnē along a 5-mile stretch of Kaumualiʻi Highway.

Two individuals wanted in California in connection with the attempted murder of a law enforcement officer were arrested Tuesday evening at Poʻipū Beach following a coordinated multi-agency operation.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will conduct a series of public meetings to provide the community with information about the Līhuʻe Airport Optimization Plan and to offer an opportunity for public input.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is reporting the expansion of a community outbreak of chickenpox (varicella) on the island of Kauaʻi to 10 cases, linked to four schools, raising concerns that the highly contagious disease will continue to spread. The DOH Disease Investigation Branch urges families and schools to take proactive steps to limit the spread of chickenpox on Kauaʻi.

The three-day multiagency search for a missing Kauaʻi man was suspended following the discovery of human remains in waters off Kahili Beach on Saturday afternoon.

Ready Keiki launched in January 2023 with the goal of expanding preschool access statewide. Since then, the state has opened more than 80 classrooms through the Executive Office on Early Learning Public Pre-Kindergarten Program.

An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point hoisted a 61-year-old woman experiencing septic shock and brought her safely to Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu.