Light work to close H-1 westbound lanes
Crews will close several westbound lanes on the H-1 freeway Sunday to relocate lights along the roadway, according to the state Department of Transportation.
From 4:30 a.m. to noon, three right lanes will be closed from the Kaamilo overpass to the Waimalu offramp, and two right lanes will be closed from the Pearl City/Waimalu offramp to the Waipahu offramp.
Pot discovery leads to arrest of Puna couple
Hawaii County police arrested a Puna couple Friday after 674 marijuana plants were found at their home in the Hawaiian Paradise Park subdivision.
Officers executing a search warrant found the plants — ranging in height from 6 inches to 4 feet — as well as 80 clones and nearly 7 pounds of dried marijuana, police said.
A 62-year-old woman was arrested at the scene and taken to the Hilo police cellblock. Her 52-year-old husband turned himself in several hours later. The two are being held on suspicion of commercial promotion of marijuana.
Crash victim is identified as Kalaheo man
Kauai police identified a 55-year-old county worker killed Thursday morning in a crash involving a semitruck as Severino Butay of Kalaheo.
Police said Butay was with two other men near Eleele, next to a trailer attached to a county pickup truck, when a semitruck heading west on the highway struck the trailer at 9:30 a.m.
Police said the three men were believed to be repairing a tire on the trailer on the shoulder of Kaumualii Highway.
The truck driver had attempted to stop abruptly due to traffic when the vehicle veered off the road and struck the trailer, injuring the three men, police said.
The other two men were taken to the Kauai Veterans Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The truck driver was not injured, police said.
The highway was closed for four hours in both directions while police conducted an investigation.
