Westbound H-1 lanes to close overnight
All Waianae-bound lanes of H-1 freeway will be closed near the Vineyard Boulevard offramp nightly from Sunday night through Friday morning, according to the state Department of Transportation.
Closures between the Vineyard Boulevard and Palama Street offramps will begin at 10:30 p.m. and end at 4:30 a.m., so crews can replace the electronic message board on the Liliha Street overpass.
Each night, crews will start closing two lanes at 9 p.m. and close all lanes in the Waianae-bound direction at 10:30 p.m.
The closures will begin each night from Sunday through Thursday.
Westbound traffic will be detoured to the Vineyard Boulevard offramp and allowed back onto the freeway from Halona Street (Vineyard Boulevard) just after Palama Street during the closures.
The Transportation Department advised motorists to use caution when driving through the area, allow extra travel time and use alternate routes. Some alternatives for affected routes:
» Pali Highway can be accessed from South Vineyard Boulevard.
» To reach North School Street, drive west on Vineyard Boulevard, turn north onto Liliha Street and turn on North School Street.
» Motorists on School Street trying to get on H-1 freeway should turn south on Liliha Street, turn west on North Vineyard Boulevard and continue to the H-1 freeway onramp.
Concert brings together top band students
Student musicians from across Oahu will make beautiful music together at the High School Select Wind Ensemble and Honor Band Concert at 7 p.m. Saturday.
The event will take place at the Pearl City Cultural Center at 2100 Hookiekie St., next to Pearl City High School. Tickets are $15 and will be available at the door starting at 6 p.m.
The young musicians hailing from various public and private high schools will perform under the baton of Grant Okamura, recently retired director of bands at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The students in the Honor Band were nominated by their respective band directors.
Members of the Wind Ensemble were selected through a rigorous audition process in December. The ensemble will be conducted by Kevin Sedatole, director of bands at Michigan State University.
The concert is being presented by the Oahu Band Directors Association and Pearl City Cultural Center Society.
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Maui man dies during drive near Makena
A 61-year-old Maui man was killed early Thursday when his SUV veered off the road on the south coast of Maui and hit a tree.
Maui police said the one-car accident occurred at 4:32 a.m. on Makena Alanui Road nearly a mile south of Wailea Golf Club Drive in Makena.
But police said the death of Bernardo Ragmat is being investigated as an unattended death and not a traffic fatality because the medical examiner said Ragmat did not die as a result of the crash.
The victim was driving south on the Makena Alanui Road in a white Toyota 4Runner when he failed to make a left turn and hit a tree. No further details were available.
Injured hiker airlifted from Kalalau Valley
A Kauai Fire Department helicopter airlifted an injured 52-year-old hiker out of Kalalau Valley on Wednesday.
The hiker, a California man, fell and hurt his left knee and ankle while hiking to Kalalau Beach. The helicopter took him to Princeville Airport, and he was taken by ambulance to Wilcox Hospital in Lihue.
Rain brings risks to Kauai coastal waters
Kauai residents in Hanalei, Wailua and Nawiliwili are advised by the state Health Department to stay out of coastal waters if they are brown and turbid.
Heavy rain may have caused cesspools and sewer manholes to overflow, releasing pesticides, animal fecal matter, dead animals, pathogens, chemicals and associated flood debris.
