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				200 Residents Evacuate As Fast-Moving Wildfire Rips Through West Kauai
UPDATED. One structure has been destroyed, 1,000 acres have burned and KIUC has de-energized its transmission lines as a safety precaution.
          
        Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources
      
      
				1 Dead, 2 Missing In Tour Helicopter Crash Off Na Pali Coast
UPDATED: The Kauai coast is popular with tour helicopters.
          
        Kevin Fujii/Civil Beat/2024
      
      
				DHHL Is Finding It’s Not So Easy To Just Buy An Apartment Building For Families On The Homelands Waitlist
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.
          
        Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
      
      
				Volunteer Firefighters Are Big On The Mainland. Not So Much In Hawaii
The ability of fire departments to muster extra help during major wildfires is a critical issue for the state as it grapples with how to prevent another disaster like Lahaina.
          
        Courtesy: Jason Blake/2022
      
      
				Kauai’s Premier Concert Venue Reopens After 4-Year Closure
The public health threat posed by the coronavirus pandemic forced the theater to go dark in 2020. Major repairs prolonged the closure.
          
        Cory Lum/Civil Beat/2019
      
      
				Discrimination Suit Against Kauai Police Chief Dismissed, Captain Forced To Retire
Chief Todd Raybuck was suspended for creating a hostile work environment but an investigation found his hiring practices had been fair.
          
        Brittany Lyte/Civil Beat/2020
      
      
				Escaped Kauai Inmate Dies In Alleged Hit-And-Run Incident
Matthew Ornellas had scaled the community correctional center's outer perimeter fence.
          
        Nick Grube/Civil Beat/2014
      
      
				The Hawaii DOE Has Defaulted On Rent Owed To Another State Agency
The Department of Education has been planning to build a "mega kitchen" that would eventually go to the Agribusiness Development Corp. But it has yet to pay the security deposit.
          
        Courtesy: Kauai County/2024
      
      
				Kawakami’s Spending Plan For Kauai Targets Fire Risk, Housing Affordability
The mayor's $448.5 million budget proposal marks an almost 13% spending increase from the county's fiscal 2024 budget.
          
        Courtesy: County of Kauai/2024
      
      
				Kauai Fire Deals $20 Million Blow To Affordable Housing
The controversial project was nearing completion when it burned down over the weekend.