No measles in Hawaii
As numbers of confirmed cases of measles have been climbing throughout the Pacific Northwest, health officials in Hawaii say the state is currently in the clear.
Bolstering the bridge
For weeks, Hawaii Department of Transportation workers in their yellow coats have been floating their barge through yellow barriers around the base of the bridge over Wailua River.
Replacing Alakai’s redwood
For two years, four staff members with the Kauai Na Ala Hele program have trekked into the Alakai Swamp to periodically work on the boardwalk that helps hikers navigate the mud on the trail.
Rats remain on Lehua
There are more seabirds on Lehua Island after the 2017 helicopter drop of rodenticide over the landmass, but the rats haven’t completely disappeared.
It’s all about the students
Kauai Community College was reaffirmed as accredited in January, a two-year-long process that included hosting a team of peers from California and the Marshall Islands, all part of the Western Collection of Community and Junior Colleges.
Capturing the Hanalei ‘spirit’
When general contractor Grant Wells decided he wanted to cut some calories out of his life, he stopped brewing his own beer. And started distilling his own spirits instead.
Nualolo goat hunt a go
Hunters looking to bag a goat in Kauai’s Napali Coast State Wilderness Park are going to get the chance in 2019, but getting out there is going to depend on the luck of the draw.
Talk story with Jean Souza and Melissa McFerrin-Warrack
Friday kicked off the second OceanFest on Kauai, a four-week lineup of events highlighting Hawaiian culture and marine life. This year’s theme is “The Ocean That Connects Us,” and illustrating that point will be multiple lectures and panel discussions, keiki activities with take-home crafts, pop-up shops and a brand-new, life-sized, inflatable humpback whale.
Little hands, big difference
Many times, the classroom is outside for the kids in Christina Zimmerman’s Homeschool Now program.
Tourism reaches new heights
Joe Phillips of New York was pleased with his beer shirt that was wrapped up by Ana Munoz of Bamboo Island Bath & Body Thursday at Anchor Cove Shopping Center.
No dairy farm
Hawaii Dairy Farms announced Thursday it was discontinuing plans for a pasture-based dairy farm on Kauai.
HDF dumps dairy plan
MAHA’ULEPU — Hawaii Dairy Farms has decided to discontinue plans for a pasture-based dairy farm on Kauai and is now working with landowner Grove Farm and third parties to explore alternative food production in Maha’ulepu.
Waipa sets national rain record
Officials from the National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday that Kauai broke the U.S. record for rainfall in a 24-hour period in April.
Princeville welcomes first chick
A little, fuzzy chick has hatched in Princeville, signaling the beginning of that area’s Laysan albatross chick season and hailing the incoming of many more seabird babies throughout the North Shore.
Fluoride proposal draws opposition
Legislators pushing a proposal to add fluoride to Hawaii’s public water systems say it would promote better dental health, but some on Kauai have concerns about cost and implications of fluoridating the water.
Cause of whale’s death undetermined
The humpback whale calf found dead on Kekaha Beach Monday didn’t die of starvation and it wasn’t killed by sharks, according to Researchers from the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology’s Marine Mammal Stranding Lab.
Whale death investigated
Kekaha resident Kevin Rogers was walking the beach with his neighbor and a cup of coffee Monday morning, searching for monk seals they thought might be hauled out on the sand.
New management at Kauai Beach Resort
Kauai Beach Resort has undergone many transformations since its construction in the 1980s, and April 1 another hospitality company is taking over management of the resort.
Coral reefs bouncing back
Remote reefs with little exposure to human impacts were the most resilient during the 2015 bleaching event, according to a newly released analysis from The Nature Conservancy, which shows an overall recovery of Hawaii coral reefs since the incident.
Keep your distance
As 2019 broke over Kauai, visitor Dawn Reinfeld was ecstatic to see a threatened green sea turtle lounging on the beach near the lifeguard stand in Poipu.