Coverage dated September 18, 2026

Kauai small businesses ask tourists to return after Hurricane Lowell, with aloha and some patience

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In the days after Hurricane Lowell, officials asked tourists to stay away from Kauai to let island residents recover and responders clean up. Now small businesses say they are struggling. They have laid off staff and shuttered locations.

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    Kauai small businesses ask tourists to return after Hurricane Lowell, with aloha and some patience (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    In the days after Hurricane Lowell, officials asked tourists to stay away from Kauai to let island residents recover and responders clean up. Now small businesses say they are struggling. They have laid off staff and shuttered locations.

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