Motorists can expect some delays on Kuhio Highway between Kalihiwai Road and Kahiliholo Road while crews work to resurface Kuhio Highway near Hanalei.
Roadwork will effect travel in both directions from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily on these dates and locations:
Wednesday, August 20 through Friday, August 22, Kalihiwai Bridge to Kalihiwai Road.
Monday, August 25 through Friday, [...]

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A three-vehicle crash on Kauai sends nine to Wilcox Hospital
A Kapaa man trying to pass a car on a curve was killed at about 9:20 p.m. Wednesday when his pickup truck hit a sport utility vehicle head-on.
James Piekos, 24, of Wailua Homesteads, was driving an El Camino when, police say, he crossed a double yellow [...]

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Several boulders, rocks and other debris broke loose from a North Shore hillside along Kuhio Highway yesterday around 4 p.m. closing one lane of the highway for a time.
“It happened around 4 p.m. and state crews are on their way,” said state Department of Transportation spokeswoman Tammy Mori, shortly before 6 p.m. last night. “There [...]

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The Goodriches had two daughters and were married 15 years
A Mother’s Day drive in a sports car turned tragic Sunday for the mother and father of two preteen girls.
Paul and Laurie-Ann Goodrich, decades-long residents of Kauai’s North Shore, were killed when he lost control of their 1994 Porsche convertible around a hairpin turn along Koolau [...]

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The annual “Click It or Ticket” statewide campaign began yesterday and will run throughout the entire month of May.
“We want to remind drivers about the importance of our seat belt and child passenger restraint laws and encourage the proper use of seat belts and child safety seats,” said Lt. Mark Scribner of the Kaua’i Police [...]

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Motorists mired in Kilauea traffic lately may have some relief soon as four portable traffic light units and two accompanying warning signs appeared over the weekend near a bridge construction project.
Flashing yellow and red, the lights are in place, and once activated, should allow safe exits from the intersection of Kolo Road and Kuhio Highway, [...]

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