UH athletics director cleared UH athletics director cleared ADVERTISING HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii says Athletics Director Jim Donovan has been cleared of wrongdoing in a bungled benefit concert promoted as featuring Stevie Wonder. Donovan was placed on
UH athletics director cleared
HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii says Athletics Director Jim Donovan has been cleared of wrongdoing in a bungled benefit concert promoted as featuring Stevie Wonder.
Donovan was placed on paid leave after the concert was canceled because it wasn’t authorized by Wonder or his representatives.
The university announced Sunday that Donovan will return to work, but not in the athletics department. Instead, Donovan will move to a position reporting to Manoa campus Chancellor Tom Apple. He will retain his current base salary.
Donovan says he’s pleased to have been cleared of wrongdoing.
The university was trying to get back $200,000 paid to a local promoter as a deposit for the concert that was to benefit the cash-strapped athletics department. It’s not clear who will become athletics director.
3 Hawaii-based Marines killed
HONOLULU (AP) — The U.S. military says three Hawaii-based Marines deployed to Afghanistan to advise local police were killed last week in an incident that’s under investigation.
The Department of Defense said Monday the Marines died while supporting combat operations in Helmand province. The department isn’t saying how they died. The Marines are Staff Sgt. Scott E. Dickinson of San Diego, Calif., Cpl. Richard A. Rivera Jr. of Ventura, Calif., and Lance Cpl. Gregory T. Buckley of Oceanside, N.Y.
7 sailors rescued off Kaena Point
LIHUE, Kauai (AP) — Seven people are safe after their boat sank while sailing from Kauai to Oahu.
The Coast Guard rescued them early Monday 29 miles off Oahu’s Kaena Point. There were no injuries.
The Coast Guard says they were all wearing life jackets when they had to abandon their 30-foot sailboat Cowabunga because it started taking on water.
Four of the sailors were hoisted onto a helicopter and flown to Lihue Airport. The others remaining in a life raft were taken on a boat to Nawiliwili Harbor.
They were returning to Oahu from a weekend sailing race. It was not known why the boat started taking on water.
Hawaii withholds funds for 2 private schools
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s Department of Education says it will not pay several months of back tuition to two private schools that serve special-needs students using public funds.
The department is withholding the payments until the institutions provide more information on what services were provided and why those services were necessary.
The state alleges Loveland Academy and Pacific Autism Center have failed to provide detailed billing for hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition charges over the last school year.
Representatives of the for-profit schools say they are being unfairly targeted and that withholding the payments has forced them to downsize.
During the 2010-11 school year, the state paid $9.4 million for 68 students at Hawaii private schools. Loveland and Pacific Autism Center received the highest amounts.
