Radio Script for Maui TV News on KAOI Radio - August 6, 2010

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

DEMONSTRATING INCREDIBLE SKILL IN SAVING LIVES AND PROPERTY, MAUI COUNTY FIRE CREWS KEPT A 60 ACRE BLAZE CONFINED TO HILLS BETWEEN THE KEHALANI SUBDIVISION, IAO VALLEY AND WAILUKU HEIGHTS. THE CAUSE OF THE 60 ACRE BURN IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. THE BLAZE WAS DECLARED UNDER CONTROL AT 6:42 THIS MORNING. IT WAS FIRST REPORTED JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT LAST NIGHT. SOME 200 RESIDENTS WERE EVACUATED FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS - BUT ALLOWED HOME SHORTLY BEFORE 3 A.M. THROUGH THE NIGHT EIGHT FIRE ENGINES AND FIVE WATER TANKERS KEPT THE FLAMES AWAY FROM HOMES.

KALAUPAPA'S YOUNGEST HANSEN’S DISEASE PATIENT HAS PLEADED GUILTY TO TRAFFICKING AND DISTRIBUTING METHAMPHETAMINE ON THE PENINSULA. NORBERT PALEA ADMITTED IN FEDERAL COURT YESTERDAY THAT HAS TRANSPORTED METH TO MOLOKAI WHILE RETURNING FROM DOCTORS' APPOINTMENTS ON O'AHU. THE 69 YEAR-OLD MAN FACES UP TO FORTY YEARS IN PRISON.

ISLAND WEATHER TONIGHT, PARTLY CLOUDY AND BREEZY WITH A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS - LOWS IN THE UPPER 60S. TOMORROW, MOSTLY SUNNY AND BREEZY WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S.

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

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