Car crashes into Hawaii Kai Longs store
No one was injured Thursday morning when an elderly man accidentally accelerated and drove his car through a wall and window at the Longs Drugs store in the Hawaii Kai Shopping Center.
The store remained open following the 9:30 a.m. incident, said Carl Wensel, Longs manager. "It was an unfortunate incident but fortunately no one was injured," Wensel said. The crash damaged the store’s cosmetics section.
The store is at 377 Keahole St. near the Safeway Market.
Bicyclist dies on North Kohala highway
A 52-year-old bicyclist died Thursday after he was hit by a truck driven by a 15-year-old girl in North Kohala, Hawaii County firefighters said.
The cyclist was found at about 1:15 p.m. lying along Akoni Pule Highway near the 19-mile marker, where he died, firefighters said.
The girl and a 46-year-old woman who was also in the truck were sitting on the roadside. They were taken to Kohala Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Firefighters said the man was heading toward North Kohala town when the 2003 Nissan truck hit him.
Police were investigating, firefighters said.
RIMPAC exercises pre-empt Bellows fun
No camping will be allowed this weekend or the last weekend of the month at Bellows Field Beach Park due to Rim of the Pacific military exercises. The city Department of Parks and Recreation says that camping permits are not being issued for the weekends of July 13-15 and 27-29.
"Residents and visitors are also advised that day use of the park, including swimming and picnicking, will not be allowed during the RIMPAC exercises due to public safety concerns," the city said.
Camping permits will be issued for the weekend of July 20-22. Contact the department’s Permits Office at 768-3440.
Council vote honors former city employee
The City Council voted Wednesday to name the theater at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve as the Cynthia M. Bond Memorial Theater in honor of the late city employee.
Bond, who died at 64 in 2008 of cancer, spent more than 30 years in the Department of Human Resources, formerly the Department of Personnel. She was a longtime deputy director of the agency, and became its director under former Mayor Jeremy Harris.
She and her husband, former parks official Robin Bond, were key in establishing an education program and visitor center at Hanauma Bay, largely to help preserve the reef there. She went on to be a volunteer docent at the center following her retirement, and also served as a volunteer for a number of nonprofit causes.
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Hana Highway repair work starts Monday
Emergency repairs to sections of Hana Highway damaged during heavy rain in March will begin on Monday near mile markers 10, 14 and 16.
The state Department of Transportation says the highway will remain open during construction but might be limited to one lane at each work site. Work hours will be from 6 a.m. until 7 p.m. weekdays, with night and weekend work as needed.
