Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - April 30, 2008

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

AT LEAST ONE GATE TO THE KINGDOM HAS BEEN OPENED. SOME TENSE MOMENTS TODAY WHEN ABOUT 70 MEMBERS OF A GROUP CALLED THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM GOVERNMENT BARRICADED THE GATES TO THE IOLANI PALACE IN HONOLULU EARLY THIS MORNING - CLAIMING THE PROPERTY AS PART OF THEIR KINGDOM. THIS AFTERNOON THE BACK GATE TO THE PALACE WAS OPENED AFTER THE GROUP MET WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES.

THE PARENT COMPANY OF GO AIRLINES, MESA AIR GROUP, SAYS IT'S NOT AN ADMISSION OF GUILT, BUT TODAY AGREED TO SETTLE WITH HAWAIIAN AIRLINES AND PAY THEM FIFTY-TWO AND A HALF MILLION DOLLARS AFTER HAWAIIAN PREVAILED IN A LAWSUIT THAT SAYS MESA USED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION TO HELP LAUNCH GO AIRLINES IN HAWAII. THE AGREEMENT STOPPED A SKIP IN MESA'S STOCK, AS SHARES ROSE TWENTY-SEVEN PERCENT TO 70 CENTS.

FOR DETAILS ON THESE STORIES AND MORE BREAKING NEWS, VISIT MAUITVNEWS DOT COM AND FOLLOW THE LINK TO BREAKING NEWS. FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING.

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

IF YOU SAW SMOKE RISING OVER KAPALUA WEST MAUI AIRPORT EARLIER TODAY - IT WAS A DRILL. FIRE AND SAFETY CREWS PRACTICED AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE AROUND NOON TODAY.

IT WASN'T A DRILL IN HONOLULU WHEN ABOUT 70 MEMBERS OF A GROUP CALLED THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM GOVERNMENT BARRICADED THEMSELVES INSIDE THE GATES TO THE IOLANI PALACE EARLY THIS MORNING, CLAIMING THE PALACE AS PART OF THEIR KINGDOM. DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONVINCED THE GROUP TO OPEN AT LEAST ONE GATE - EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE GROUP SAYS THEY WILL BE BACK AGAIN EARLY TOMORROW.

AND GO AIRLINES SAYS IT WILL STAY. MESA AIR GROUP AGREED TO A FIFTY-TWO MILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENT WITH HAWAIIAN AIRLINES TODAY, HOPING TO PUT AN END TO THE LEGAL BATTLE - AND THEIR STOCK SLIDE. MESA SHARES CLOSED THE DAY AT 70 CENTS.

ISLAND WEATHER…..TONIGHT, ISOLATED SHOWERS WITH LOWS IN THE MID 60S. SCATTERED SHOWERS TOMORROW WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 80S.

FROM THE VISIONARY RADIO NEWS CENTER, I'M JEFF KING.

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