Kapaa News

On Thursday, Vicente Kote Kapika Hilario, 26, of Anahola was found guilty after a jury trial of two Counts of Place to Keep Pistol or Revolver, two counts of Carrying or Possessing a Loaded Firearm on a Public Highway, Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Second Degree, and Promoting a Dangerous Drug in the Third Degree.

ISLANDERS IN OREGON: Students from Kauai provided plenty of island life April 13 at Pacific University's 53rd Annual Luau.

LIHUE>> A plan to update Kauai's single-lane Opaekaa Bridge has officials and residents discussing how much of the bridge's history should be preserved while structural changes are made to enhance safety.

Executive Director Penny Cistaro said the owner brought the unneutered male Rottweiler named Sampson to the humane society Monday where the 5-year-old animal was euthanized.

Paul D. Bacio Sr. April 30, 2013 Paul D. Bacio Sr., 61, of Kapaa, Kauai, a Goodfellow Bros.

Second Lt. Mika Hamm signs the phrase "American Sign" "Language is cool" . She holds an associate degree in ASL and early education, and hopes to be a teacher at a deaf school one day.

Philip Papagayo, Jr., 23 of Kapaa, was sentenced Thursday to concurrent five-year prison terms for firearm, reckless endangering, and terroristic threatening charges arising out of a 2009 incident.

Two Kauai men face lengthy prison terms for a 2012 crime spree that included burglaries, thefts and car break-ins. Aron Nagao changed his plea from not guilty to no contest Thursday for 15 felony charges in 12 cases, Kauai Prosecutor Justin Kollar said in a news release.