Parents and Children Together is seeking more volunteers for its Summer Food Service Program.
The local nonprofit serves free meals to over 100 keiki from noon to 1:30 p.m. weekdays at The Towers at Kuhio Park. The meals will be served until Aug. 3 to youth 18 years old and under who qualify for free meals at public schools. The summer program fills that meal gap when school is out.
Volunteers are needed to set up, serve meals and break down after service. To volunteer, call 847-3285 or email info@pacthawaii.org.
Hunting season licenses, stamps available
Licenses and stamps for the 2018-19 hunting season are now available.
A valid hunting license is required for hunting on public and private lands. Hunting season lasts from July 1 to June 30, 2019.
Licenses and stamps are available at the Department of Land and Natural Resources district and administrative offices or via ehawaii.gov/huntinglicense.
Administrative rules for all legal hunting days can be viewed at hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw.
For more information, call your local Division of Forestry and Wildlife office: Kauai, 274-3433; Oahu, 587-0166; Maui, 984-8100; Molokai, 553-1745; Lanai, 565-7916; Hilo 974-4221; Kamuela, 887-6063; or the DOFAW administration office in Honolulu, 587-0166.
MAUI
Kahului man arrested in hit-and-run crash
Maui police have arrested a 35-year-old man in connection with a hit-and-run crash Saturday that left one man dead and one woman injured in Kahului.
Police identified the victim as Joey Ruiz, 36, of Kahului. He died at the scene of the crash. A 19-year-old woman who was riding on a moped with Ruiz was taken in serious condition to Maui Memorial Medical Center.
Police said Ruiz and the woman were heading northbound on Puunene Avenue near Airport Access Road when the suspect, in a 2006 Toyota sedan, struck them from behind at about 4:30 a.m. Saturday.
The woman was thrown from the moped, but Ruiz and the moped continued to be pushed along the road by the sedan’s driver until north of Puukani Street, police said.
The sedan driver drove away before police arrived.
Police later found the sedan parked in front of a nearby home and recovered it for evidence. After an investigation, police arrested the suspect, a Kahului resident, in connection with the crash.
The road was closed for about nine hours while police investigated.
It was Maui’s fourth traffic fatality this year compared with three at this time last year.
HAWAII ISLAND
Firefighters unable to find cause of Pahoa house fire
Hawaii island firefighters were unable to determine the cause a fire that destroyed a home Sunday in Pahoa.
Firefighters responded at about 8 a.m. to 14-3357 Hapuu Road and found a single-story, wood-frame home engulfed in flames, Big Island firefighters said.
The structure was partially hidden from the road by heavy brush surrounding the home.
Firefighters said the cause could not be determined because of the extent of the damage and a lack of witnesses.
Damage was estimated at $99,000.
