Sabrina Bodon

March 20, 2022 | 5 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Submitted to the Kaua‘i County Council for review, Mayor Derek Kawakami’s fiscal year 2022-23 budget proposes a $260.2 million operating budget and $48.9 milli...

March 16, 2022 | 3 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Using a $10 million commitment gift from Dr. Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s John A. Burns School of Medicine will fun...

March 15, 2022 | 1 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — The state Department of Health and county will be distributing another round of free at-home COVID-19 tests, Mayor Derek Kawakami announced Monday.

March 15, 2022 | 6 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Reflecting on his last three years in office, Mayor Derek Kawakami, in his fourth State of the County address on Monday, is offering a more-optimistic projection of the up...

March 13, 2022 | 3 MIN READ

HANALEI — There will be a single-lane closure on Kuhio Highway in either direction between mile markers 0.5 and 2.4, Hanalei Plantation Road and Aku Road, Monday through Friday, March 14...

March 11, 2022 | 2 MIN READ

ANAHOLA — Two weeks ago, U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Joe Kaleiohi was back on Kaua‘i watching the sunset, feeling that trade wind breeze.

March 10, 2022 | 5 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against Elena Branson, 61, a dual citizen of Russia and the U.S., for acting as an illegal Russian agent in the U...

March 10, 2022 | 1 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Wednesday, the state Department of Health Kaua‘i District Health Office reported 23 new cases of COVID-19, mostly linked to a workplace outbreak at a food supplier....

March 9, 2022 | 3 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Hawai‘i’s statewide indoor mask mandate will tentatively be fully lifted March 26, Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday.

March 8, 2022 | 2 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — A steady decline in COVID-19 cases and a loosening of pandemic-related mitigation rules has offered a sigh of relief for many.

March 2, 2022 | 4 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Later this month, the state’s travel quarantine and Safe Travels program will end, Gov. David Ige announced Tuesday afternoon.

March 1, 2022 | 2 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — The final COVID-19-related county emergency rule has been lifted, Mayor Derek Kawakami announced Monday.

February 27, 2022 | 3 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Rebecca Like has been elected County of Kaua‘i Prosecuting Attorney, defeating former county prosecutor Shaylene Iseri.

February 25, 2022 | 3 MIN READ

LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i High School junior Natalie Lett had six hours to produce and edit a minute-long business feature story.

February 23, 2022 | 1 MIN READ

BARKING SANDS — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating the crash of a Sikorsky S-61N helicopter at the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands that r...

February 22, 2022 | 1 MIN READ

KEKAHA — Officials at the U.S. Navy Pacific Missile Range Facility at Barking Sands have confirmed there are four fatalities related to a helicopter crash that occurred earlier today....