Hawaii to get 1,000 Marines HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye says 1,000 Marines are expected to move to Hawaii from Okinawa. ADVERTISING The senator said they’re among 8,000 Marines the U.S. planned to move to Guam from Okinawa.
Hawaii to get 1,000 Marines
HONOLULU (AP) — U.S. Sen. Daniel Inouye says 1,000 Marines are expected to move to Hawaii from Okinawa.
The senator said they’re among 8,000 Marines the U.S. planned to move to Guam from Okinawa. But the U.S. and Japan are having problems implementing that agreement.
Now the U.S. plans to send only 4,000 Marines to Guam. Others will go to Australia and Hawaii instead.
Inouye says the Marine base in Kaneohe Bay can accommodate about 500 more Marines, and the Army’s Schofield Barracks on Oahu or the Big Island could house some. The government hasn’t decided whether Marines would rotate through Hawaii or be stationed here.
Airport outage delays flights
HONOLULU (AP) — A partial power outage at the Honolulu airport Tuesday morning has delayed dozens of Hawaiian Airlines flights between the islands.
Hawaiian spokesman Keoni Wagner says the outage prevented the airline from opening jetways until after 7 a.m. These delays held up other Hawaiian flights leaving Kauai, Maui and the Big Island throughout the day.
Fight delays ranged from six minutes to two-and-a-half-hours. The airline mobilized two extra planes to help it catch up. It was expected to resume its normal schedule at 5 p.m. Tuesday. Hawaiian estimates 75 of its flights were delayed Tuesday. That’s nearly half of its 170 interisland flights.
Man dies after being restrained
HONOLULU (AP) — A 37-year-old Waianae man died after being restrained by Honolulu police officers.
The incident happened at around 4:30 a.m. Monday when police responded to a 911 call for help.
When they arrived, they say the man appeared to be mentally unstable and possibly under the influence of drugs. Police say they restrained the man so he wouldn’t hurt himself or others. They say that’s when he became unresponsive. The man was taken to the hospital where he later died.
Preschool bills are considered
HONOLULU (AP) — State officials are trying to figure out how to best teach Hawaii’s preschool aged residents.
On Thursday, the Senate Ways and Means Committee will decide whether to give the administration $500,000 to establish an executive office on early learning.
The Senate Education Committee has already approved the measure, noting that the office would help the state achieve its goal of offering its families a viable early education system.
The funding request comes from Gov. Neil Abercrombie. The early education office proposal is included in Senate Bill 2545, which also would repeal all junior kindergarten programs and require entering kindergarteners to be 5-years-old by July 31 of the school year.
