Community Emergency Response Team training is set to begin today and Wednesday in Kilauea and Kekaha, respectively.
Space is available at both locations for the free training.
The sessions are part of the county’s efforts to establish a CERT in every community on the island. In Kilauea, the CERT training will be held Tuesday nights, 5:30 to [...]

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Temporary traffic signals have been installed at the intersection of Kuhio Highway and Kolo Road in Kilauea on Kauai.
The State Department of Transportation said the signals are currently in a flashing mode.
Flashing red lights should be treated as a stop sign and approaching vehicles should come to a complete stop before proceeding through the intersection. [...]

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The second hearing in two months concerning a Kilauea landowner’s contested plans to build an upscale home on coastal land featured a full day of testimony without a Planning Commission decision in sight.
The commission is reviewing permits requested by California resident Charles Somers to develop two homes and a barn on 35,000 square feet of [...]

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A quasi-judicial hearing over a Kilauea property owner’s plan to build an upscale house on environmentally sensitive coastal land started with an all-day session yesterday at the Mo‘ikeha Building.
County Planning Commission Chair Steven Weinstein presided over the contested case, expected to resume April 1, acting as a judge while attorneys questioned witnesses ranging from building [...]

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After more than 25 years of delay, the use of a 75-acre agricultural park in Kilauea will be determined by stakeholders with the help of county-hired Kimura International, an O‘ahu-based firm.
The project gained ground when acreage in the Crater Hill area was transferred to the county in the fall of 2006. The donation of the [...]

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