Kauaʻi County

The Kauaʻi Medical Training Track at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa John A. Burns School of Medicine welcomed its fourth cohort of students into its program, which aims to improve healthcare in Kauaʻi’s rural areas while also training future physicians.

The state Elections Commission has been digging into Kauaʻi County’s 2024 election, alleging there are hundreds of unaccounted votes. But HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports that the Office of Elections says that's incorrect.

The bill would require minors to wear helmets while using e-bikes, or electric bicycles. It would also effectively ban bike tricks like wheelies, along with riding in a “hazardous manner” — such as driving with more than one person.

Kauaʻi County is looking at ways to better prepare homes in high fire risk areas. HPR's Ashley Mizuo reports on a bill being considered by the county council.

Rural health advocate John Desfur talks about how transportation shapes health care in rural Hawaiʻi; Investigative reporter Guthrie Scrimgeour delves into Mark Zuckerberg's land holdings on Kauaʻi

When a thunderstorm brought record-breaking rainfall to Kauaʻi in April 2018, the county didn't have a formal plan for how it would address the impacts of global warming. After seven years, that's about to change. The Kauaʻi County Planning Department is on track to finalize its Kauaʻi Climate Adaptation Plan at the end of this summer. HPR's Savannah Harriman-Pote reports.

Author Kelsey Timmerman spoke to The Conversation's Maddie Bender about his new book, "Regenerating Earth: Farmers Working with Nature to Feed our Future," which was released today.

The Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative has submitted a wildfire mitigation plan to the Public Utilities Commission. It lays out KIUC's strategy for reducing wildfire risk, as well as its associated costs, over the next three years.

Illegal vacation rentals, federal funding uncertainties, budget plans and more were the topics of a live discussion with Kauaʻi County Mayor Derek Kawakami as he prepares to deliver his state of the county address Friday.

Kauaʻi Mayor Derek Kawakami responds to questions from HPR listeners; Members of the cast and crew of "Ride the Cyclone" share a preview of the "delightfully weird" musical premiering on Oʻahu