Hawaii News

Hawaiʻi is still dealing with the aftermath of Hurricane Lowell, with recovery updates spanning Kauaʻi and Maui and support reaching across islands. Kauaʻi County officials are asking visitors to reconsider travel while the island continues to recover, and the American Red Cross is still providing assistance and sheltering there. Maui Now also reported that the Hawaiʻi National Guard is assisting Maui and Kauaʻi with response efforts, including transporting critical care patients, while state offices, most public schools, Kauaʻi Community College and courts are set to reopen Monday. The material suggests recovery is still active and uneven, with some services resuming even as damage assessments and support operations continue. Kauaʻi recovery update, Red Cross response, National Guard assistance, reopening notice.

Weather and geologic activity are also prominent. A magnitude-4.0 earthquake south of Pāhala was reported by both Big Island Now and Maui Now, with Big Island Now noting more than 56 felt reports in the first half-hour. On Maui, Maui Now’s Volcano Watch looks back at the 1919–1920 Maunaiki eruption of Kīlauea, while another Maui Now piece argues that communities battered by storms are searching for more resilient solutions, including coastal retreat, better access and backup power in rural areas. Big Island quake, Maui Volcano Watch, resilience reporting.

Statewide public-service and institutional news includes Marigold Zoll being tapped to lead the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife, and the University of Hawaiʻi expanding sensory spaces to all 10 campuses. The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is also offering free breast and cervical cancer screenings for eligible women, a service highlighted in both Big Island Now and Kauaʻi Now. DLNR appointment, UH sensory spaces, free screenings.