Ige assess North Shore flood, landslide damage

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

Gov. David Ige, third from right with hood on, joins Kaua‘i Mayor Derek Kawakami in a blessing officiated by the Rev. Wayne Vidinha of Ke Akua Mana Church, right, Thursday in Princeville at the top of the landslide that covered Kuhio Highway and cut off Hanalei and areas west from the rest of the island.

Dennis Fujimoto / The Garden Island

A project supervisor updates Gov. David Ige on landslide-clearing work Thursday in Princeville during a blessing for the safety and protection of workers on the project.

PRINCEVILLE — As work continues to repair Kuhio Highway after the landslide last week above the Hanalei Bridge, officials gathered for a blessing of the site early Thursday morning.

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