The public is invited to a moi release event this morning behind the Waikiki Aquarium.

The fish will be released from 11 to 11:30 a.m. by schoolchildren.

From noon to 1 p.m., remarks on Earth Day will be made at the aquarium stage by Mayor Mufi Hannemann, University of Hawai'i officials and others.

Also today, volunteers will gather at Manoa Stream to capture armored catfish.

The event starts at 10:30 a.m., weather and stream conditions permitting.

Members of the public are invited to watch at the bridges at Lowrey Avenue or East Manoa Road.

The event is aimed at bringing attention to the problem of alien species in Hawai'i freshwater streams.

MAN CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER

A 47-year-old Hilo man was charged Thursday with first-degree attempted murder after police said he tried to run over a Hawai'i County police officer who was trying to arrest him.

Police said the incident began shortly before 6 p.m. Wednesday when two plainclothes police officers confronted Valentin Solis in the parking lot of the Prince Kuhio Mall in connection with a separate investigation. Solis drove off, nearly running over one of the officers.

Officers pursued Solis on to Highway 11 in the Volcano direction, and at one point he rammed a police vehicle that was ahead of him, police said. Solis was arrested after his car came to a stop in the median.

DRIVERS ADVISED OF H-1 ONRAMP CLOSURE

The east-bound H-1 Freeway loop onramp from Makakilo Drive will be closed from 8:30 p.m. tomorrow until 4 a.m. Monday to allow the Department of Transportation to conduct pavement texturing work.

South-bound motorists wishing to get onto H-1 are advised to use the north-bound on-ramp by proceeding across the overpass, making a right onto Farrington Highway, left onto Wakea Street, left onto Haumea Street, left onto Manawai Street, right onto Farrington and left to Makakilo Drive in the north-bound direction.

CONTRACTOR CLEANS UP HILO OIL SPILL

The Coast Guard this week dispatched a contractor to clean up a small oil spill in Hilo Harbor.

Coast Guard investigators estimated that 250 gallons of red-dye marine diesel was the cause of a sheen on the water, extending between Pier 1 and Pier 2 and stretching about 200 yards offshore.

The Coast Guard was notified of the spill Thursday morning. The source of the oil was not known.

Using money from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, the Coast Guard hired Pacific Environmental Corporation to conduct the cleanup. Most of the oil was collected Thursday and yesterday with absorbent pads, the Coast Guard said.

SENATORS ANNOUNCE $5 MILLION GRANT

Hawai'i has been awarded $5 million by the Department of Health and Human Services for the Community Services Block Grant program, U.S. Sens. Daniel K. Akaka and Daniel K. Inouye said yesterday.

Organizations receiving block grant funding as part of the federal stimulus package must use the money for programs aimed at reducing poverty, revitalizing low-income communities and helping low-income families become self-sufficient, the federal agency said.