Puhi News

LIHU'E, Kauai - Calling his story "unbelievable," 5th Circuit Judge Randal Valenciano last week sentenced Ronald Frances Luna to 10 years in prison, with a 40-month mandatory minimum, on burglary and indecent exposure charges.

Ann Marie Semonian deeply loved her mother, who died of cancer at age 64 this year in Boston.

Jack LoCicero found a niche and filled it - with custom wood doors and windows and related high-end hardware.

A new Community Market that includes Garden Island-grown fruits and vegetables, plus prepared foods and products made from local ingredients, starts Saturday on the grounds of Kauaci Community College in Puhi.

Tomas Barrientos, 61, of Lihu'e, died from injuries sustained in a one-vehicle crash late Sunday night along Kaumuali'i Highway, county officials said.

A 61-year-old Lihue man died in a one-car crash in Puhi last night, according to a news release from Kauai County Police.

Lauren Keala Megumi Kagawa ...In her hand-written filing of the TRO document, Kagawa said [Ex-Kaua'i Police Officer Joseph] Bonachita had sexually assaulted her and choked her neck to the point where she thought she "was going to die."... Bonachita, 41, of Hanapepe, was charged Monday night with first-degree burglary, two counts of carrying a ...

Police said Miguel Puerto Jilhaney of 85-0870 Lihue St. allegedly enticed the teenager into his vehicle, then allegedly engaged in sexual activity with her.

LIHUE - A former Kauai police officer was arrested this week on burglary and weapons charges.

Kauai police said a 27-year-old Puhi woman died from an overdose of prescribed medication and alcohol last month.

Police arrested a 19-year-old Kalihi man yesterday who allegedly killed a man in Kalihi in January.

Kaui police said a 27-year-old woman, who was found dead outside her apartment in Puhi, died from an overdose.

A 27-year-old Kaua'i woman whose body was found outside her apartment in Puhi on Aug.

LIHU'E, Kauai - It took a jury of his peers less than an hour to find Michael Wong of Puhi not guilty on a single misdemeanor count of animal cruelty.

Twenty-two vehicles in Puhi and Lihu'e were vandalized between Saturday night and Sunday morning, Kaua'i police said yesterday.

LIHUE - Twenty-two vehicles in Puhi and Lihue were vandalized between Saturday night and Sunday morning, Kauai police said today.

Police investigators have identified a female found dead in Puhi as Lauren Kagawa, 27 years old.

PUHI, Kaua'i - Kaua'i police said foul play is suspected in the death of a 27-year-old woman whose body was found outside her apartment at 7:03 a.m. yesterday morning.

Just Live! is offering a free Mission Possible adventure camp and team-building program to a lucky youth, school or community group at its location in Puhi.

Two Wailuku teenagers died yesterday in a crash on Kula Highway, police said. Killed were Laula Wallace, 19, and Kai'o Fukushima, 16, both rear-seat passengers in a car headed north carrying five people.