Kauaʻi

Costco ‘Pineapple Wars’ Pit Kauaʻi Business Owners Against Each Other Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Costco ‘Pineapple Wars’ Pit Kauaʻi Business Owners Against Each Other

On the Garden Isle, an essential ingredient to the Mai Tai, lūʻaus and many local dishes is in short supply, driving businesses to buy out Costco’s weekly supply in minutes.

Kauaʻi Businesses Fear ‘Breaking Point’ With Interisland Shipping Rate Hike Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2021

Kauaʻi Businesses Fear ‘Breaking Point’ With Interisland Shipping Rate Hike

Young Brothers is seeking approval from Hawai‘i regulators to significantly increase interisland shipping rates.

Kaua‘i Helicopter Company Wants New  Flight Rules Amid Public Opposition Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024

Kaua‘i Helicopter Company Wants New Flight Rules Amid Public Opposition

Blue Hawaiian has petitioned federal regulators for a rule change but community members, worried about safety and noise, say they need more time to study the proposal.

It’s Your Money: Kauaʻi Hiking Hazards Could Cost Taxpayers $550K Nathan Eagle/Honolulu Civil Beat/2013

It’s Your Money: Kauaʻi Hiking Hazards Could Cost Taxpayers $550K

The state has tentatively agreed to pay a pair of tourists injured at Waimea Canyon State Park in 2021 and 2023.

Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled Milk Industry Has A Rare Chance To Grow Courtesy: Alec Sou/2025

Hawaiʻi’s Imperiled Milk Industry Has A Rare Chance To Grow

Hawaiʻi is down to just one commercial dairy, mostly relying on imported milk. A new proposal looks at a West Kauaʻi site.

Kawakami’s Spending Plan For Kaua‘i Targets Roads, Workforce Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025

Kawakami’s Spending Plan For Kaua‘i Targets Roads, Workforce

The mayor’s $488 million budget proposal marks a more than 8% spending increase from the county’s fiscal 2025 budget.

Federal Cuts May Clip Wings Of Hawaiʻi’s Endangered Birds (Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2025)

Federal Cuts May Clip Wings Of Hawaiʻi’s Endangered Birds

Workers who had hoped to spend their careers supporting these at-risk local species have been let go. Now, who might take over remains up in the air.

This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes (Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2025)

This Luxury Kauaʻi Hotel Is Housing Foreign Workers In Container Homes

The 1 Hotel Hanalei Bay also bought a multimillion-dollar home in a working class neighborhood to house upper management.

Graveyard Of Kauaʻi Cows Killed By Anthrax Could Undermine Luxury Homes Courtesy: Kauaʻi Historical Society

Graveyard Of Kauaʻi Cows Killed By Anthrax Could Undermine Luxury Homes

A hearing is scheduled Tuesday in a lawsuit that Princeville residents have filed against the developer.

Kauaʻi Lawmakers Target Housing, Recreation Woes In 2025 Session (Keani Andrade photo/2024)

Kauaʻi Lawmakers Target Housing, Recreation Woes In 2025 Session

With a median home costing $1.4 million on the Garden Isle, lawmakers look to Vail, Colorado, for a solution.