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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Anahola resident John Tyler is on a mission.
After learning that roughly 12 drownings happen annually on Kaua‘i, he had an idea to place rescue tubes at unguarded beaches.
“Our lifeguards do a great job, but they can’t be everywhere,” Tyler said. “That’s where the extra tubes can help.”
As a lifeguard trainer for more than 15 years, [...]

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Following 15 months since it last inspected the Ka Loko Reservoir Dam, the state is waiting until next Friday to decide whether its engineers will conduct a second structural assessment.
The last time the Department of Land and Natural Resources inspected the dam was Oct. 10, 2006, when state engineers conducted phase I of its post-breach [...]

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