In a letter to Kauai Mayor Derek Kawakami, Grove Farm President and CEO Warren Haruki said he is disappointed that the original vision for the facility “was not given a chance to succeed.”

An adult male resident received a positive test result for COVID-19 on Thursday, according to Kauai health officials.

The state is seeking a $650,000 federal grant to set up a pilot program for using medication-assisted treatment to address drug dependency in corrections facilities statewide.

Kauai’s police chief is encouraging officers to attend protests and have candid conversations with citizens — and each other.

The director of Hope Treatment Services said the county broke his contract to provide inpatient drug treatment to youth because it couldn’t obtain a license to operate fast enough.

On Kauai, suicide is an old problem. But it’s gaining new urgency as the island grapples with a spate of tragic deaths during the coronavirus pandemic.

But the county has lifted a nightly curfew that was ordered back in March.

His Facebook videos showing him covering rappers, dancing and making ice cream are meant to “break the boredom together as a community.”

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