Rains fall on Kauai, Oahu; 1 lane of Kauai highway reopened ADVERTISING Rains fall on Kauai, Oahu; 1 lane of Kauai highway reopened HANALEI, Kauai (AP) — One lane of Kuhio Highway on Kauai’s north shore has reopened after heavy
Rains fall on Kauai, Oahu; 1 lane of Kauai highway reopened
HANALEI, Kauai (AP) — One lane of Kuhio Highway on Kauai’s north shore has reopened after heavy rains forced the highway to close overnight.
The National Weather Service on Friday issued a flash flood watch for Kauai and a flood advisory for Oahu as rains moved across the northwest edge of the state.
The state Department of Land and Natural Resources says the Kalalau Trail on Kauai’s north shore is closed until further notice.
Kauai’s Department of Water is asking Hanapepe and Eleele residents to conserve water because the power has been knocked out at a well and tank site in the area. High river levels and severe weather are preventing personnel from reaching the site to restore power.
Kauai County says it expects unstable weather to continue through the weekend.
Sailor killed in Pearl Harbor attack to get hometown burial
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military says a recently identified sailor killed in the 1941 bombing of Pearl Harbor will be buried in his Wisconsin hometown next week.
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Friday Chief Petty Officer Duff Gordon was 52 years old and assigned to the USS Oklahoma when he died.
He’s scheduled to be buried in Hudson, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.
Japanese planes hit Gordon’s battleship with multiple torpedoes and caused it to quickly capsize. The Oklahoma lost 429 men in the attack. The military wasn’t able to identify most of the Oklahoma dead and buried hundreds as “unknowns.”
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency dug up their remains from a veterans’ cemetery in Honolulu last year, saying advances in forensic science and technology have made identification more feasible.
Appeals court vacates Kauai man’s murder conviction
LIHUE, Kauai (AP) — A Kauai man convicted of an execution-style killing may get a new trial as his conviction has been vacated.
The Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals has ruled that Vincente Kote Kapika Hilario’s 2013 conviction should be vacated because he did not get a speedy trial.
Hilario’s case went to trial more than 7 months after his arrest. State law requires courts to dismiss charges if a trial does not begin within 6 months.
Prosecuting Attorney Justin Kollar says he will ask the Hawaii Supreme Court to review the lower court’s decision, but that he is ready to retry the case if necessary.
Hilario was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2010 death of 34-year-old Aureo Moore. Prosecutors say Hilario shot Moore to prevent him from testifying in a robbery case.
