Man given probation in abuse case
A Kauai man was sentenced in Fifth Circuit Court Wednesday to two years of probation for abuse of a family member, a misdemeanor, after pleading no contest to the charge. He was also ordered to pay court fees and to participate in parenting classes.
‘God, what am I going to do?’
Most days, Sheena Raposas sleeps late after coming home from work at Koloa Landing. But on Tuesday, she said her 3-year-old daughter kept bothering her to get up early, soshe did.
Thirteen firefighters graduate
The Kauai Fire Department grew Friday when 13 firefighter recruits graduated. Beginning the ceremony with the firefighter’s prayer, KFD Deputy Chief Kilipaki Vaughan said the men had endured six months of accelerated training.
Fighting to keep their home
After falling on hard times in 2010, one Hanamaulu couple has been fighting to keep their home, but with a recent summary judgment hearing in favor of their lender, they may lose that battle.
Beck ordered to pay restitution
The man who pleaded no contest to one count of reckless endangering in a September stabbing outside a Hanalei restaurant and received probation in June for the incident was ordered to pay restitution to the victim in Fifth Circuit Court.
Talk Story with Dolly Kanekuni
On most days you’ll find Dolly Kanekuni with an ever-present smile, in her studio behind a yellow door and up a long flight of stairs, waiting to greet her steady flow of students and get to work.
Free Kauai model search today
Two of America’s Next Top Models will be on hand coaching and judging during a model call today at the Courtyard Marriott at Coconut Beach. The free event, hosted by Hawaii Fashion Week, is open to all models ages 5 to 30, or classic models with a ‘30s look.
20 years for sex assault on minor
During a powerful and oftentimes emotional victim’s impact statement in Fifth Circuit Court Wednesday, the mother of an 8-year-old sexual-assault victim said her family’s lives were changed forever when a man broke into their Puhi home and attacked her daughter as she slept in her bed.
Former KPD officer sentenced
A former Kauai Police Department officer who was convicted of harassment by stalking and the use of a computer in the commission of a separate crime was sentenced to five years of probation and community service in Fifth Circuit Court Thursday.
Couple dead in apparent murder-suicide
A stand-off in Kekaha ended tragically Wednesday with the death of two people in an apparent murder-suicide.
Man sentenced for pushing drugs
A man convicted of promoting a dangerous drug in the first degree, a class B felony, was sentenced to 10 years in prision Wednesday.
Murder suspect in court
The man charged with the stabbing death of his mother in May appeared in Fifth Circuit Court Tuesday.
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Deluge swamps North Shore
Hanalei resident Megan Wong said Weke Road was flooding Tuesday and a house was tipping because of the water.
Many hoping for strong turnout in general election
The percentage of registered voters on Kauai may have increased in this year’s primary election, but compared with the 2014 election, the number of those who cast ballotsdecreased.
Stream diversion decision delayed
A decision to amend the interim in-stream flow standard for the Waialeale and Waikoko Stream diversions was stalled Tuesday after multiple requests were made for a contested case during a contentious, eight-hour meeting of the State of Hawaii Commission on Water Resources Management.
‘Batten down the hatches’
The first thing you’ll see when you drive north into Hanalei is a boarded-up building, but just down the road at Ching Young Village Shopping Center it’s business as usual.
Red Cross rises to the challenge
After a 12-hour flight from Ohio and a three-hour layover in Honolulu Wednesday, Jan Dayton deboarded the plane at Lihue Airport and headed straight for the Red Cross shelter at Church of the Pacific in Princeville. Despite the long flight, Dayton didn’t waste time getting to work manning her post. It’s not the first time the Red Cross volunteer has flown into danger.
What, me worry?
When many visitors on Kauai heard Hurricane Lane was barreling their way, they decided to stick it out rather than flee for home.
In this together
Erikson Walleen was in sixth grade when Hurricane Iniki hit in 1992. “We just started school and then the storm came and we were out of school, so it was pretty fun,” he said. But now that he has kids of his own, the situation is more intense, Walleen said during a shopping trip in Lihue Wednesday.
Production delivers message of conflict, resolution
Some students on Kauai are learning how to deal with difficult situations in their lives.