The Honolulu-bound portion of the Wilson Tunnel will be closed this week during late-night hours for installation of wall tiles and other work.

Closures will be from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. through 4 a.m. Friday.

Construction crews last week completed renovations to the Kane'ohe-bound lanes of the Wilson Tunnel.

Beginning Sept. 6, the Ho-nolulu-bound lanes will be closed around the clock for a month as crews give it a face-lift that includes new lighting and a grooved roadway to improve wet-weather traction.

KAPAHULU

STABBING VICTIM IN CRITICAL CONDITION

A 31-year-old man was taken in critical condition to The Queen's Medical Center last night after being stabbed on Olokele Avenue in Kapahulu.

Police arrested a man, 32, for questioning in the attempted murder investigation. The stabbing occurred between 7 and 7:30 p.m., police said.

KALIHI

2 HELD AFTER REPORT OF GUNFIRE

Police last night were investigating an incident on Meyers Street in Kalihi in which shots may have been fired. No injuries were reported in the incident, which happened about 8 p.m., police said. Two people were arrested for questioning.

MAUI

MAUI LIBRARY GETS $43,000 FOR ROOF

The Kahului Public Library will receive $43,000 in state money toward the replacement of its deteriorating 25-year-old wood-shake roof.

Roof leaks have damaged materials and the library's interior, officials said.

In addition, the roof was singed during a fire at the neighboring Kahului Shopping Center in February. The total project cost is $288,000.

WHITMORE VILLAGE

BUS SERVICE RESUMING AUG. 21

The city will resume bus service to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station, Pacific, above Whitmore Village on Aug. 21.

Buses on the No. 72 route will stop at the military site twice each morning and afternoon and once at midday.

KAUA'I

HOSPICE DIRECTOR TO STEP DOWN

Phil Clark, executive director of Kaua'i Hospice, will leave the facility at the end of the month to take a position with Episcopal Community Services of San Francisco, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Judy Smith, a registered nurse and member of the organization's board of directors.

Clark has been with the organization for three years, and one of his key programs was the development of a capital campaign for a permanent office facility. Groundbreaking for that facility was held Tuesday.

AROUND THE STATE

PARTS OF KAUA'I ABLE TO GET HPR

Hawai'i Public Radio has strengthened the signal of its translator atop O'ahu's Mount Ka'ala, which is expected to provide strong coverage on north O'ahu, and also the first clear signal to the east and south sides of Kaua'i.

"Lihu'e and Po'ipu are now the westernmost parts of the United States in which listeners may tune to broadcasts of 'Morning Edition,' 'Car Talk,' and 'A Prairie Home Companion,' " station general manager Michael Titterton said. The broadcasts are on 88.5 FM.

CONSERVATION WORKERS HONORED

The Hawai'i Conservation Alliance has given distinguished services awards to Tim Tunison of Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park and David Woodside of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Tunison, a 25-year veteran at the park, is its chief of resources management and has overseen groundbreaking efforts to restore degraded habitats and fight alien weeds.

Woodside helped establish several of Hawai'i's state and federal wildlife refuges and sanctuaries during his 49-year career.

KAPOLEI

PUBLIC LIBRARY EXPANDING HOURS

Kapolei Public Library will open one hour earlier on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, and three hours earlier on Tuesdays and Wednesdays beginning Aug. 20.

New library hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. On Saturdays, the library is open from 10 a.m. to 5p.m.

The library is celebrating its first anniversary with special events this month.

Aug. 20: Book sale and also StarLab interactive display for children, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Aug. 23: "Journey through Jazz @ your library," 6:30 p.m., featuring six musicians playing Dixieland, swing, beebop, modal jazz and hard bop.

Aug. 24: Magic show featuring Kelvin Chun, Children's Room, 6:30 p.m.

Aug. 26: Keiki craft, beginning origami, 3:30 p.m.

Aug. 27: Free DVD and video rentals (10-item limit) with Hawai'i library card.

Since it opened last Aug. 16, customers have checked out 5,700 items per week at Kapolei Library. The library has attracted 14,600 people to 447 program and events.

PARKING CITATIONS MAY BE ISSUED

Honolulu police began enforcing all county traffic laws Aug. 1 in the Villages of Kapolei due to a recent change in state law that clarifies that the definitions of "public housing" and "complex" pertain only to the project developed by the state Housing and Community Development Corp. of Hawai'i.

Police were able to enforce moving violations. However, they could not previously issue city parking citations in the master-planned community because of wording that might indicate it was a "public housing" project.

The new law cleared up the issue.

PEARL CITY

CULINARY ARTS SCHOOL GETS $1.6M

Leeward Community College's Culinary Arts Program will receive more than $1.6 million for renovation and expansion of its dining room, Gov. Linda Lingle has announced.

Average class size for the college's Food Services Program in the dining room will increase from 15 to 18 students, and the building will be air conditioned.

The project will add offices and a conference room. The project is slated for completion by March.