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Brittany Lyte: The Deadliest Beach On Kauai Might Surprise You Courtesy: Kyle Pearce/Flickr

Brittany Lyte: The Deadliest Beach On Kauai Might Surprise You

A researcher analyzed drownings over 42 years. The beach with the most fatalities isn’t considered the most hazardous.

Brittany Lyte: Even Bird Lovers Glad Night Football Is Returning To Kauai Nathan Eagle/ÌìÃÀÊÓƵ

Brittany Lyte: Even Bird Lovers Glad Night Football Is Returning To Kauai

The Friday night high school tradition was put on hold because stadium lights endangered Newell’s shearwater chicks.

Brittany Lyte: These Kauai Schools Opt For Farm-To-Table Lunches Courtesy of Malama Kauai

Brittany Lyte: These Kauai Schools Opt For Farm-To-Table Lunches

Poi and lau-lau, not burgers, are the focus of healthier menus at two charter schools taking part in a $170,000 pilot program.

Brittany Lyte: Has Kauai Finally Found A Site For A New Landfill? Brittany Lyte/ Civil Beat/2017

Brittany Lyte: Has Kauai Finally Found A Site For A New Landfill?

After a decade of effort, the county has located a preferred site for a new $65 million facility. But the plan will likely face NIMBY opposition.

Brittany Lyte: Kauai’s Shifting Sands Offer Clues To Beach’s Future Brittany Lyte/ Civil Beat

Brittany Lyte: Kauai’s Shifting Sands Offer Clues To Beach’s Future

A local scientist is trying to understand how development might affect Wailua beach near the Coco Palms resort site.

Brittany Lyte: Can Tiny Houses Fix This Big Problem? LiveWell Hawaii Modular Homes

Brittany Lyte: Can Tiny Houses Fix This Big Problem?

A 480-square-foot house recently built on Native Hawaiian trust land in Kauai is a pilot project for dealing with a dire housing shortage.

Kauai Council Says No Thanks To $100K To Fight Climate Change Courtesy: Alana Eagle

Kauai Council Says No Thanks To $100K To Fight Climate Change

Opponents of taking the money question whether the county needs its own plan. One said the work should be left to the federal government.

11 Arrested In State Effort To Control Access To Napali Coast Wilderness Courtesy of DLNR

11 Arrested In State Effort To Control Access To Napali Coast Wilderness

More than 200 people have been taken into custody since 2015 in a state wilderness park on Kauai.

Kauai Utility Wins Lease For Hydro Project in Kekaha Earthjustice

Kauai Utility Wins Lease For Hydro Project in Kekaha

The project could provide energy as well as irrigation needs on the island.

Kauai Logs 12th Drowning Of 2016 — Twice As Many As Last Year Courtesy: Kyle Pearce/Flickr

Kauai Logs 12th Drowning Of 2016 — Twice As Many As Last Year

Two tourists die in two days on the Garden Isle, one at Poipu Beach and the other at Larsen’s Beach.