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Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Kauai County, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 396 stories have been published about Kauai County which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.

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Digitized agriculture form disrupts tourism data

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Akamai Arrival, the pilot program for a digitized agriculture disclosure form, left out the optional tourism questions from the back of the form, creating a blip in the state’s continuous tourism arrivals set that goes back to before the jet age. Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke said the decision was made to initially leave off the questions to start with a simplified form. Eliminating the tourism questions for the pilot program, which runs from March 1 to …See the Story

Cheryl Lum steps in as YWCA director

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LIHUE — A two-day series of open houses that wrapped up with Friday lunch celebrated the retirement of Renae Hamilton-Cambeilh, and the welcoming of Cheryl Lum as the new YWCA executive director. “It has been an honor and a privilege to serve as YWCA’s executive director, working alongside an incredible team and community committed to making our island a safer, more compassionate place,” said Hamilton-Cambeilh. “Cheryl is a longtime Kauai reside…See the Story

Hanalei Hill Slope Stabilization Project nears completion

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HANALEI — It’s no joke: Scheduled intermittent closures on Kuhio Highway between Hanalei Plantation Road and Ohiki Road will occur on April 1. The 1.6-acre construction zone will require both directions of Kuhio Highway to intermittently close from the Hanalei Fire Station to the Hanalei Bridge for 30 minutes at the bottom of the hour beginning Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. through Wednesday, April 2, at 4 p.m., for necessary construction work. The Hawai…See the Story

Island sweep nets six wanted individuals

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LIHUE — Law enforcement netted six wanted individuals across the Garden Isle last week. On March 19, officials with the Kauai Police Department KPD Lihue’s Field Operations Division conducted a warrant sweep operation, which resulted in the successful apprehension of six individuals wanted on outstanding arrest warrants. The following wanted suspects were arrested: Twenty-nine-year-old Christian Troy Kopps was arrested for Criminal Trespassing i…See the Story

EDITORIAL: Pass bills to fund ecological action

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Gov. Josh Green has asked the state Legislature to approve three methods to fund state action to address environmental stressors that include overtourism, global warming and rising seas. w The first, via Senate Bill 1395, has been deferred (deep-sixed) by the House Water and Land Committee. It would “sweep,” or divert, all interest earned from the state’s rainy day fund — about $60 million annually — to the general fund, and as amended, required…See the Story

New appointment defuses Hawaii water commission litigation

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Gov. Josh Green has reversed course on a controversial path to fill a state water commission seat reserved for a traditional Native Hawaiian water management expert. Green on Thursday appointed Hannah Kihalani Springer to fill the special seat on the Commission on Water Resource Management after twice previously passing her over in moves that led to litigation. Springer’s appointment was effective immediately, though she is subject to confirmati…See the Story

Paul Zina announced as new Alakai O Kauai Director

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KOLOA — The Governing Board of Alakai O Kauai announced on Friday afternoon that it has chosen Paul Zina the new director for Alakai O Kauai starting in the 2025-26 school year. “Our dedicated and selfless volunteers who serve faithfully on the Alakai O Kauai Board of Directors have been diligently searching for a new director for well over one year now,” said DJ Adams, who will be retiring as the Alakai director when Zina assumes his post on Ju…See the Story

Hannemann resigns amid HTA controversy

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The Hawai‘i Tourism Authority is back in the hot seat with state legislators and the public as it undergoes more leadership shake-ups while dealing with allegations that procedural deficiencies allowed for inappropriate freebies at the Hawai‘i Convention Center. Mufi Hannemann resigned Thursday as chair of the Hawai‘i Tourism Authority board, saying he wants to end distractions after allegations surfaced during a discussion of a state financial …See the Story