WAILUKU >> Maui County has purchased 50 acres of land for a regional park south of Lokelani Intermediate School in Kihei for $1.7 million. Maui County buys 50 acres
for new park in KiheiMayor James "Kimo" Apana said the county plans to hold public meetings to determine what the south Maui community wants in the park.
No date has been set for a meeting.
County officials said the land was appraised at $6.1 million, and the $4.4 million balance was a gift from the owner Piilani South LLC.
A University of Hawaii resolution honoring the late Kane Fernandez was to be presented to his widow Linda today. UH to honor Fernandez
UH President Evan Dobelle and Warren Haruki, chairperson of the UH Foundation board of trustees, were to recognize Fernandez for his dedication to the prosperity of education at the university and throughout the state.
Fernandez, best known as the king of the E.K. Fernandez midway, was a 1958 UH graduate in business administration. He went on to work as a vice president at his family's E.K. Fernandez Shows, taking over the business following his father's death in 1970. He later became president and chief executive officer of Fernandez Entertainment.
Fernandez was a former chairman and board member of the UH Foundation. His last year on the board marked the beginning of a four-year fund-raising campaign that brought $116 million to the university.
Coast Guard believes missing ship found
ANCHORAGE >> Coast Guard investigators today discovered what they believe is a wreckage of a fishing boat that sank in the Bering Sea last April with 15 people aboard, including part-time Hilo resident David E. Rundall, 34, the skipper.Using a sonar device towed behind a fishing trawler, the vessel was located more than 450 feet below the surface and about 200 miles northwest of St. Paul Island, the Coast Guard said.
Investigators planned to view the sunken vessel with a camera mounted on an unmanned submarine after a short memorial ceremony today.
"This is going to help us tremendously," said Capt. Ronald Morris of the Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation. "It floors me this is coming together the way it is."
The 92-foot Arctic Rose sank about 775 miles southwest of Anchorage on April 2. The only sign of trouble was a signal from the vessel's automatic emergency locator beacon.
Only the body of Rundall has been recovered.
Murdered pilot's wife claims self-defense
BEND, Ore. >> Opening arguments began yesterday in a trial of a Bend woman accused of killing her husband during a camping trip last fall.Christopher James Northon, 44, a Hawaiian Airlines pilot, was found dead in his sleeping bag with a gunshot wound to the head at a campsite where the couple had been staying, police said.
His wife, Liysa Ann King-Northon, 39, has pleaded not guilty and said she acted in self-defense, Wallowa County Circuit Judge Phillip Mendiguren told potential jurors Monday.
King-Northon was arrested the day of the killing in Umatilla County after turning herself in. She had a black eye and other bruises when she was arrested, police said.
In 1997, Honolulu police went to the couple's home in Lanikai after a report of a domestic disturbance. The Northons split their time between their homes in Oregon and Hawaii, family friends said.
The couple had a 3-year-old and were raising an 8-year-old child from Liysa Northon's previous marriage. The children are in the care of King-Northon's first husband, who lives in Lanakai.
2 counterfeit $20 bills passed at Kunia store
Police recovered two counterfeit $20 bills yesterday when a 31-year-old Maili man tried to use them at the Royal Kunia Wal-Mart. Police said the man handed a store cashier the fake money at 12:30 a.m. yesterday. The cashier discovered the bills were counterfeit and called police. The bills do not resemble the counterfeit $50 and $20 bills that were circulating on the Big Island, said Al Joaquin, U.S. Secret Service Special Agent-In-Charge. Joaquin said no charges are being sought against the man because it appears he did not know the bills were counterfeit.
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5 injured in 1-car accident near Turtle Bay
A 21-year-old Mililani man and four teenage boys, from Mililani and Waipahu, have improved to fair condition at Queen's Medical Center after their car crashed on Kamehameha Highway near Turtle Bay last night.Police said the man driving a car with the four boys, ages 13 to 15, failed to negotiate a bend in the roadway. The car crashed into some shrubs on the shoulder then hit a fence and a tree at about 11 p.m.
The man and three of the boys were transported by helicopter to Queen's and originally were reported in critical condition. The fourth boy was taken to Kahuku Hospital in good condition then later transferred to Queen's. Police said speed and rain may have been factors in the crash.
LEEWARD OAHU
Suspect nabbed after truck runs over woman
A 33-year-old Kapalama man was arrested yesterday for assault after he allegedly ran over his girlfriend with his truck following an argument. Police said the man and the 29-year-old victim were at Pokai Bay in Waianae when the victim walked away from her boyfriend's truck.Police said the man reversed the truck, headed straight for the woman and knocked her to the pavement. She suffered bruises and swelling to her elbows and left knee but refused treatment. The boyfriend fled but was later located and arrested.
HONOLULU
Man wielding machete chases 3 neighbors
A 20-year-old man was arrested for terroristic threatening after he allegedly chased three people with a machete in Moanalua yesterday.Police said the man was chasing his neighbors on Ala Lani Street at about 3 p.m. Police said he was taken to Queen's Medical Center. Medical staff had no information on the suspect's condition.
WINDWARD OAHU
Second hospital escapee arrested after returning
Police arrested Michael McDonald Monday afternoon when he returned to the Hawaii State Hospital after escaping Sunday.McDonald, 37, was given permission to walk along the grounds of the hospital at noon Sunday. He faces a charge of second degree escape.
Man allegedly threatens girlfriend with a hammer
Police arrested a 30-year-old man Monday after he allegedly threatened his girlfriend with a hammer in their Kailua home.The suspect had an argument with his girlfriend, picked up a hammer and threatened to kill her, police said. He man was arrested for terroristic threatening.
