Kauai Wildfire Shows How Other Hawaii Power Safety Shutoffs Might Work
It’s a learning experience for the utilities and the communities they serve as emergency plans are developed.
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.
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.
1 Dead, 2 Missing In Tour Helicopter Crash Off Na Pali Coast
UPDATED: The Kauai coast is popular with tour helicopters.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Escaped Kauai Inmate Dies In Alleged Hit-And-Run Incident
Matthew Ornellas had scaled the community correctional center’s outer perimeter fence.
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.