Credit: Brian Howell via Flickr News Release County of Kauai Anyone interested in becoming an on-call/seasonal lifeguard with the Ocean Safety Bureau can apply between April 19 to 30 during normal business hours, Monday to Friday, 7:45 am to 4:30 pm. There are eight openings for this position. Applications are available at all lifeguard towers [...]

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Hanalei River after a recent heavy rain. Credit: NSK FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A team of researchers from Surfing Medicine International 501(c)(3), University of Hawaii Manoa, University of California Davis, and University of Nevada Reno have determined that a reduction in stream tree canopy significantly increases fecal bacteria in tropical island surface waters. This may not [...]

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Image Credit: George and Sandy By The Garden Island The county’s opportunity to blaze a trail forward on the eyesore that is the former Coco Palms resort may have passed many months ago when permit extensions were granted to the current owners, but Kauaians got two stark reminders in recent weeks of what could have [...]

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