Kauai County is advising residents to avoid the ocean near Lydgate Beach Park.

Under an emergency order, Mayor Derek Kawakami said an island-wide curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. will begin Friday.

Kauai’s last mom and pop market is fighting to stay in business and nurture a new breed of local entrepreneurs.

I, like others, believed Arthur Brun’s story that he had turned his life around after earlier legal problems. His recent arrest for allegedly running a meth ring showed we missed a lot of warning signs.

Updated. Weapons violations were among the charges against Arthur Brun and 11 others. Brun pleaded not guilty Friday afternoon in Honolulu.

Arthur Brun and 11 other people were indicted as suspects in a “major drug trafficking organization.”

A company worked with scholars to develop a message that educates visitors en route to the North Shore about the place and its people.

The Kauai town has its flash points, but a shared sense of pride continues to hold this community together.

Updated. The state has announced its intent to shut down key reservoirs if the Legislature and a water cooperative don’t find a solution.

The preliminary report also said that the helicopter’s pilot was on his eighth and final scheduled 50-minute tour flight of the day.

The National Transportation Safety Board plans to have a preliminary report from its investigation in three weeks and the final report within two years.

The helicopter company, Safari Helicopters, has had 11 enforcement actions since 1994.