Ben Angarone/Civil Beat
Evacuation Order Lifted After West Kauai Brush Fire Reported 100% Contained
More than 200 homes had been under an evacuation order Monday as the wildfire spread between Hanapepe and Kaumakani.
HNN viewer/Screenshot/2024
200 Residents Evacuate As Fast-Moving Wildfire Rips Through West Kauai
UPDATED. One structure has been destroyed, 1,000 acres have burned and KIUC has de-energized its transmission lines as a safety precaution.
Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
1 Dead, 2 Missing In Tour Helicopter Crash Off Na Pali Coast
UPDATED: The Kauai coast is popular with tour helicopters.
Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
DHHL Is Finding It’s Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist
Tenants of the Courtyards at Waipouli on Kauai don't know where to go if they're forced to move out. Many Native Hawaiian beneficiaries don't want to move in.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
The ability of fire departments to muster extra help during major wildfires is a critical issue for the state as it grapples with how to prevent another disaster like Lahaina.
Courtesy: Jason Blake/2022
Kauai’s Premier Concert Venue Reopens After 4-Year Closure
The public health threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic forced the theater to go dark in 2020. Major repairs prolonged the closure.
Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
Discrimination Suit Against Kauai Police Chief Dismissed, Captain Forced To Retire
Chief Todd Raybuck was suspended for creating a hostile work environment but an investigation found his hiring practices had been fair.
Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2020
Escaped Kauai Inmate Dies In Alleged Hit-And-Run Incident
Matthew Ornellas had scaled the community correctional center's outer perimeter fence.
Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2014
The Hawaii DOE Has Defaulted On Rent Owed To Another State Agency
The Department of Education has been planning to build a "mega kitchen" that would eventually go to the Agribusiness Development Corp. But it has yet to pay the security deposit.
Courtesy: Kauai County/2024
Kawakami’s Spending Plan For Kauai Targets Fire Risk, Housing Affordability
The mayor's $448.5 million budget proposal marks an almost 13% spending increase from the county's fiscal 2024 budget.