Satellite city hall likely to reopen Tuesday
The satellite city hall at City Square in Kapalama remained closed Friday because of nuisance odors from a construction project next door, but city officials were hopeful it could be reopened Tuesday.
Officials with the Department of Customer Services were working with City Square management to resolve the issue, and the city anticipates the office will reopen following Monday’s Presidents Day holiday, a news release said.
On Thursday, four satellite city hall employees became nauseated along with a female customer standing in line there, said Dennis Kamimura, city licensing administrator for the Division of Motor Vehicles, Licensing and Permits. Two licensing office employees also felt ill.
Capt. Terry Seelig, Fire Department spokesman, said fumes from construction in a space between the satellite city hall and Chuck E. Cheese entered the air conditioning system, spreading the noxious odors to other parts of the building.
Man dies after falling off boat
A man who fell overboard from a 37-foot charter fishing boat two miles off Lanai Thursday has died, officials said.
The man was recovered from the water about two miles southwest of Lanai. He was unresponsive and pronounced dead, a Maui police spokesman said.
The Maui Fire Department received a distress call at about 5:28 a.m., and a rescue boat located the man at about 8:15 a.m.
A small-craft advisory was in effect at the time of the incident. The National Weather Service reported winds blowing up to 25 knots and 6- to 8-foot seas.
The man’s identity was not immediately released.
3-vehicle crash injures officer
Kauai police were investigating a three-vehicle crash that injured a police officer Friday on Kuhio Highway near Kapaka Street in Princeville.
The officer was taken to Wilcox Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after his vehicle rear-ended a white van, causing it to hit a two-door convertible in the northbound lanes of the highway at 1:25 p.m. No other injuries were reported.
KPD’s Traffic Safety Unit responded to the scene and closed the northbound lane. The highway was reopened at about 4 p.m.
Accident briefly closes highway
Hawaii County police reopened one lane of Highway 11 south of Kealakekua Ranch close to an hour after a vehicle crash closed the road Friday.
The highway was closed at 2:53 p.m. due to a traffic accident between mile markers 108 and 109. One lane was reopened at 3:39 p.m.
