Kauaʻi

The state Department of Health has awarded new contracts for ambulance services following a competitive bidding process.

Condominium residents of the Courtyards at Waipouli Apartments on Kauaʻi are concerned that they will be displaced once the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands acquires the property.

Despite concerns over cultural preservation and climate change, a small plot of state-owned land in Wailua, Kauaʻi, near the old Coco Palms Resort, will be put up for public auction. The Board of Land and Natural Resources voted 4-2 to offer the parcel to the highest bidder. HPR's Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports.

Kauaʻi Habitat for Humanity acquired six properties in Kīlauea from non-profit workforce housing developer Permanently Affordable Living Hawaiʻi. It's estimated that the house offerings may be out as soon as the end of May.

The Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in School Leadership Award comes with $25,000, of which $10,000 serves as a personal award and $15,000 is appropriated to a school project of the educator's choice.

The state Department of Health is seeking proposals for emergency medical services to operate ground ambulance services for Maui and Kauaʻi counties.

Kauaʻi County has agreed to pay $350,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the police chief discriminated against a captain for being Japanese American.

The viewpoint site is located along Kūhiō Highway in Princeville. It includes two lookouts with views of Hanalei Valley and Bay, the wildlife refuge and the Haleleʻa Forest Reserve.

Authorities say an inmate was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash soon after his escape. Correctional officers found the inmate on a highway outside Kauaʻi Community Correctional Center early Friday.

Last week, a judge ordered a 10-day work stoppage for the Kauanoe O Kōloa project, a 279-unit development that has received backlash from members of the Native Hawaiian community.