Lihue News

Kauai police are confirming a link between an organized crime family and a man found dead just after getting out of prison. Forty-seven-year-old Daniel Bonanno was released from prison Nov. 8 and found murdered in a parked pickup truck the...

The murder case of Joseph Hoapili Sr. might not go to trial if a deal can be reached within the next few weeks. A jury trial before 5th Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano was scheduled to begin yesterday in the state...

A trio of experts on the workings of local government say while the existing "strong mayor" system has its faults, those problems can be addressed through elections, downplaying the need for a proposed switch to a council-county manager system. Panelists...

The site has an online library with information on a broad rangeof topics, including assistive technology, civil rights, community life, education, emergency preparedness, employment, finance, health, housing and transportation. Applications for programs such as food stamps and Medicaid...

Lee Enterprises has named Randy Kozerski publisher and editor of The Garden Island newspaper, as well as president of Kauai Publishing Co. Kozerski has served as interim publisher since publisher Mark Lewis left the newspaper on Kauai in September to...

A 21-year-old Kalaheo man died this morning in a single-car crash in Omao. A county news release said Preston Ramson was headed west on Kaumualii Highway when he car he was driving left the road, clipped a utility pole and...

Habitat-restoration biologists in August discovered more rats on Lehua, an uninhabited island near Niihau, and plans are to eradicate the feral animals within two to three weeks, a federal spokesperson said yesterday. As with other eradication efforts, a multi-agency team...