Halloween eve torrent left ruin in its wake

Wednesday marks the 20th anniversary of a Halloween Eve flash flood that sent a tsunami of mud, water and debris up to 8 feet high roaring through the University of Hawaii Manoa campus, damaging 30 buildings and tossing dumpsters and vehicles in its path.

KIUC receives AEE award for energy management

LIHUE — Kauai Island Utility Cooperative Energy Services Supervisor Scott Sato was in Tennessee on Sept. 24 to receive The Association of Energy Engineers - Western U.S. Region award for Institutional Energy Management on behalf of the cooperative.

KIUC looking for 2025 board election candidates

LIHUE — The Kauai Island Utility Cooperative announced that the deadline for a KIUC board candidate application or a petition requesting to be considered for a KIUC board candidate is Nov. 14.

Kauai Job Fair on Tuesday

LIHUE — With the latest state unemployment rate hovering at about 3 percent, the state’s Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and the American Job Center Hawaii announced the 2024 Kauai Job Fair on Tuesday from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Kauai War Memorial Convention Hall.

Lane closures scheduled on Kauai

LIHUE — A number of road-related projects are on tap in the week ahead, as work crews look to finish off as many projects as possible in the final days leading up to the start of the rainy season on Friday, Nov. 1.

Palolo housing to receive $35M upgrade

A roughly 70-year-old public housing complex in Palolo Valley is slated for refurbishing two decades after being privatized and renovated under an arrangement touted as a state and national model.

City plans 124 percent sewer rate hike

A more than 124 percent sewer fee hike for Honolulu’s average single-family residential customer may be on the horizon, the city administration announced Wednesday.

Projected air seat declines underscore tourism softening

Total trans-Pacific airline seats for Hawaii’s top U.S. market are projected to drop in November and December, with losses widening at the start of next year and remaining evident into April, according to Hawai‘i Visitors & Convention Bureau market data.

Man gets 4 years probation after judge says accuser lied

An Oahu Circuit Court judge Thursday sentenced a 32-year-old man — originally charged with attempted murder, robbery and gun charges for allegedly robbing and shooting at a Kaneohe gas station customer in 2023 — to four years’ probation on a charge of reckless endangering.