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Architect Says Time Is Running Out To Save Kauai’s Coco Palms Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Architect Says Time Is Running Out To Save Kauai’s Coco Palms

The resort is likely headed for the auction block, but the building’s remaining concrete frames could lose their structural integrity before a new owner is in place.

Kauai Has A New Plan For Its Vacant Residential Drug Treatment Facility Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2020

Kauai Has A New Plan For Its Vacant Residential Drug Treatment Facility

The director of Hope Treatment Services said the county broke his contract to provide inpatient drug treatment to youth because it couldn’t obtain a license to operate fast enough.

Hawaii’s Internet Relies On Increasingly Tenuous Undersea Cables

Hawaii’s Internet Relies On Increasingly Tenuous Undersea Cables

Two of the three cables connecting the islands are old, and now one of them is the subject of a bankruptcy court hearing.

Ukuleles Could Be ‘A New Hawaiian Tradition’ For Kauai Graduates Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

Ukuleles Could Be ‘A New Hawaiian Tradition’ For Kauai Graduates

A local music store owner and a nonprofit have teamed up to present graduating seniors with an unusual gift.

Kauai Wants To Reopen Churches, Zipline Tours Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019

Kauai Wants To Reopen Churches, Zipline Tours

There have been no reported coronavirus infections on the Garden Isle for more than five weeks.

USDA Grant Throws A Lifeline To Kauai Farmers Hit By Pandemic Allan Parachini/Civil Beat/2020

USDA Grant Throws A Lifeline To Kauai Farmers Hit By Pandemic

With farmer’s markets and restaurants closed by the coronavirus, two nonprofits set up programs to distribute the farmers’ harvest directly to consumers and feeding programs.

Suicides Of 4 Young Men In A Week Raise Alarm On Kauai Flickr: Alachua County

Suicides Of 4 Young Men In A Week Raise Alarm On Kauai

On Kauai, suicide is an old problem. But it’s gaining new urgency as the island grapples with a spate of tragic deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

Quarantine For Kauai Arrivals Extended Through June Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Quarantine For Kauai Arrivals Extended Through June

But the county has lifted a nightly curfew that was ordered back in March.

Survey: Jobs Losses, Worries About Paying Rent Widespread On Kauai Courtesy: DLNR

Survey: Jobs Losses, Worries About Paying Rent Widespread On Kauai

A new Department of Health COVID-19 survey of 189 households showed many residents are worried about reopening tourism.

Kauai Mayor Imposes Curfew — Then Starts Entertaining Residents Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2020

Kauai Mayor Imposes Curfew — Then Starts Entertaining Residents

His Facebook videos showing him covering rappers, dancing and making ice cream are meant to “break the boredom together as a community.”