As Army pallbearers salute, the flag-draped casket of George P. Perry is placed in the back of a hearse. Perry was killed when two Black Hawk helicopters crashed Monday evening in Kahuku. See story.
Bruce Asato • The Honolulu Advertiser
Greeneville officers to face highest-level court inquiry
The captain of the USS Greeneville, its executive officer and the officer of the deck will go before a court of inquiry on Thursday at Pearl Harbor and face the Navy's highest form of investigation.
Legislators may cut new spending to pay for raises
If Hawai'i public workers are to receive raises this year, it will come at the expense of Gov. Ben Cayetano's plans to pump more state money into everything from drug treatment for inmates to new computers for state offices.
200 remember Army pilot
Family, friends and co-workers honored Army helicopter pilot George P. Perry, 41, at funeral services yesterday at St. Stephen's Church in Nu'uanu. Perry died in a crash of two Black Hawk helicopters Monday evening in Kahuku. Memorial page: Soldiers' Last Salute Memorial fund created for families
'Iolani student wins spelling bee
Matthew Won, an 8th-grade student at 'Iolani School, won the Honolulu district spelling bee yesterday on his home turf — at the 'Iolani Amphitheater. Matthew correctly spelled paralysis to capture the title
Service today for Xiana Fairchild
A local service for Xiana Fairchild, the 7-year-old former Hawai'i girl whose body was found last month in California after being reported missing for more than a year, will be held at 4 p.m. today.
HPR 'Morning Concert' host Alan Bunin dead at 49
Hawai'i Public Radio's music director Alan Bunin, 49, died of a heart attack yesterday morning while attending a national public radio conference in Tucson, Ariz.
Kapolei 'making remarkable progress'
Eight major construction projects valued at more than $165 million are planned or under way in Kapolei this year, maintaining the momentum begun more than 10 years ago when the city was born.
Le Jardin Academy loses go-getter Lum
Stan Lum bid aloha to Le Jardin Academy last week. He had completed a mission to raise $12 million in five years, helping the school go from rented church space to a 24-acre campus high above Quarry Road.
Maestro's mad tempo no 'Figaro' honeymoon
After a rocky first act, Hawai'i Opera Theatre's production of Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro" settled down enough to offer moment after moment of pure delight.
O'ahu briefs
Estate seeks nominations; Coast access to be discussed; Youth facility move discussed; HRI names three officials; School to hold annual Fun Day; Jellyfish cause bay to close.
Kaua'i site sought for wind generator
A site for a wind farm could be selected within two months, though the project faces at least two years of going through the permit process and actual construction, said Kaua'i Winds President Rick Koebbe.
Students to celebrate Big Island Youth Day
Hundreds of high school students are convening at St. Joseph High School in Hilo this weekend to celebrate Big Island Youth Day 2001.
Valley Isle wind farm negotiations continue
Negotiations that would result in the Valley Isle's first wind farm continue between Maui Electric Co. and a California wind-energy company.
Bob Krauss
Coconut wood can save forests
You may be as surprised as I was to learn how useful coconut wood is, and that it's the material out of which a lively new industry is growing in the Pacific. Whoever heard of coconut furniture? Stop and think.
Lee Cataluna
Homesteaders who do their job are thriving
As chairman of the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Ray Soon seems to believe that it's DHHL's job to get qualified Native Hawaiian applicants on their homesteads, that it's the homeowners' job to thrive.
Jan TenBruggencate
New kind of landfill emerging
Several Mainland and foreign areas are experimenting with a new kind of landfill — one that actively composts trash in one-tenth or less the time of a standard landfill.
Mike Leidemann
Yonamine faced the music like a man
Just a week after being arrested for drunken driving, state Rep. Noboru Yonamine went in front of his constituents, ready to take his lumps. No hiding, no excuses.
