Kauaʻi

Poet and essayist Jonathon Medeiros will be one of the featured authors at next week’s Kauai Writers Conference.

The Archipelago Research and Conservation group is partnering with the state to make a stretch of Kaumualiʻi Highway safer for Hawaiʻi's state bird. Five nēnē have been fatally hit by cars in the area since Friday.

This year, the movie has been picked up by streaming services such as YouTube TV, Amazon Prime, Tubi and soon — Apple TV.

The U.S. Department of Energy announced last week that it would terminate more than $7.5 billion in funding awards to state-level energy projects. Those projects are mainly in Democrat-led states, including Hawaiʻi, which lost an estimated $68 million.

André Raine, science director for the Archipelago Research and Conservation, spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender about a mass killing of native birds by a colony of feral cats on Kauaʻi.

Jason Gamel is with the American Resort Development Association. A recent ARDA report points to the generation of more than $518 million in the state tax coffers. HPR talked to Gamel to learn more.

The Kauaʻi utility has yet to share if and how customers' bills may increase to pay for the costs of the utility’s plan, but KIUC Chief of Operations Brad Rockwell told the commission that the utility was keeping possible impacts to ratepayers in mind.

The energy developer AES Hawaiʻi is hosting a community meeting on Kauaʻi on Wednesday to discuss a proposed solar farm. Its Kauaʻi project, called Kaawanui Solar, is slated for Makaweli.

The only machine before this addition was at the Wilcox Medical Center in Līhuʻe, which meant patients faced months-long wait times or had to travel to Oʻahu for necessary tests and screenings.

HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on how the Office of Elections is pushing back after being accused of overcounting hundreds of ballots received in Kauaʻi County during the 2024 election; Honolulu Marathon President Jim Barahal shares that there's been an increase in runner signups in all categories