Kauaʻi

The Kauaʻi Police Commission has picked its new chief of police, though the selection process has been criticized by the state’s police union. At a meeting on Friday, the commission made a conditional offer to Rudy Tai, one of four finalists.

Kauaʻi Coral Restoration Nursery at Nōmilu Fishpond is the island's new and only coral nursery, housing its first coral specimens that will contribute to reef restoration and emergency response.

On today's program, we're sharing stories we reported on the scene and in the field, from rural Kauaʻi to downtown Chinatown.

The state Consumer Advocate hired the outside consulting firm Jensen Hughes to review the KIUC's wildfire plan. According to their findings, some areas of the plan need critical improvement.

Kapua Chandler, principal of Namahana School on Kauaʻi, spoke to HPR's Maddie Bender a few months after opening day.

Kauaʻi County Councilmember Fern Holland spoke to HPR's DW Gibson about what she witnessed with the recent federal law enforcement operations on 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.