Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 7, 2008

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL AND PEACEFUL MORNING. AFTER MORE THAN SIX WEEKS IN DRYDOCK, HAWAII SUPERFERRY IS BACK IN BUSINESS TODAY. THE COMPANY HAD NOT PLANNED TO RESUME SERVICE UNTIL APRIL 23RD. BUT LAST WEEK IT WAS ANNOUNCED SERVICE WOULD RESUME TODAY. ALAKAI ARRIVED ABOUT 30 MINUTES AHEAD OF SCHEDULE - AND ONLY 15 VEHICLES WERE SEEN EXITING THE FERRY, REPLACED BY 11 FOR THE RETURN TRIP - WHICH ALSO LEFT ABOUT 15 MINUTES EARLY. HAWAII SUPERFERRY EXPECTED TO SEE STRONG DEMAND FOR PASSENGER AND CARGO SERVICE FOLLOWING THE SHUTDOWN OF ALOHA AIRLINES A WEEK AGO TODAY.

MAUI COUNTY'S SIXTH TRAFFIC FATALITY OF THE YEAR HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND. FORTY-SEVEN YEAR OLD THOMAS CORBETT WAS KILLED IN A COLLISION AT THE INTERSECTION OF UKALI STREET AND WAIEHU BEACH ROAD EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. HIS FAMILY POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED CORBETT THIS AFTERNOON.

FOR DAILY UPDATES OF BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUITVNEWS-DOT-COM AND FOLLOW THE LINKS TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY ADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER I’M JEFF KING WITH MAUI TV NEWS.

THIS WEEK THE FRIENDLY ISLE IS THE BUSY ISLE. A SPECIAL STATE PANEL WILL MEET TOMORROW TO DISCUSS THE RECENT CLOSURE OF MOLOKAI RANCH. THE GOVERNOR’S MOLOKAI COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL WILL HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ON EFFORTS TO HELP THE MORE THAN 100 EMPLOYEES LEFT WITHOUT WORK FOLLOWING THE SHUTDOWN. THE PUBLIC IS INVITED TO ATTEND THE MEETING AT KULANA OIWI IN KAUNAKAKAI TOMORROW AT 3PM.

MEANWHILE, THE MAUI NEWS REPORTS THAT MOLOKAI PROPERTIES IS NOT ABANDONING IT’S CONTROVERSIAL PLANS TO DEVELOP LAAU POINT, AND THAT IT’S RANCH LANDS, HOTELS AND OTHER HOLDINGS ARE NOT FOR SALE, ACCORDING TO A TOP-RANKING UNION OFFICIAL WHO SAID HE WAS TOLD THIS INFORMATION BY COMPANY OFFICIALS RECENTLY.

ISLAND WEATHER - GUSTY NORTH EAST TRADEWINDS THIS AFTERNOON. PARTLY CLOUDY TONIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS LOWS AROUND 70. SUNNY AND BREEZY TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE LOWER 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER FOR MAUI TV NEWS, I’M JEFF KING.

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