DHHL has found alternative state and federal sources to pay for the Courtyards at Waipouli complex.

Kauai residents say a county program does far too little to solve the problem, and their elected officials agree.

After norovirus tore through the remote Kalalau campsite, campers and locals say it needs better management.

Disasters like the one in Lahaina last year are often thought of as wildfires. In fact, experts say, they are urban fires whose spread depends on the way houses and neighborhoods are built.

UPDATED: Voters winnowed a field of 17 candidates down to 14 who will advance to the general election.

It’s a learning experience for the utilities and the communities they serve as emergency plans are developed.

More than 200 homes had been under an evacuation order Monday as the wildfire spread between Hanapepe and Kaumakani.

UPDATED. One structure has been destroyed, 1,000 acres have burned and KIUC has de-energized its transmission lines as a safety precaution.

UPDATED: The Kauai coast is popular with tour helicopters.

Tenants of the Courtyards at Waipouli on Kauai don’t know where to go if they’re forced to move out. Many Native Hawaiian beneficiaries don’t want to move in.