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LĪHU'E  – A 27-year-old Hanalei woman was arrested last night for operating a vehicle under the influence of an intoxicant (OVUII) after crashing her car into a road construction site along Kūhiō Highway.

At about 11:15 p.m., Enjoli Chappy-Barnes was traveling north on the highway at a high rate of speed, just below the Hanalei police substation, when her Hyundai struck a plastic traffic barrier.

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Police arrested a Hanamaulu man for first degree arson after he reportedly set fire to his home Sunday night.

Andrew Sarita, age 23, is being held in police cellblock in lieu of $20,000 bail.

Officers were dispatched to the home on Hoohana Street shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday, after receiving a report of a man armed with a knife who was setting fires inside of his home.

Police were first on scene and took custody of the suspect and secured the surrounding area.

Firefighters from the Lihue station arrived to the burning one-story home at 10:17 p.m. and had the blaze extinguished by 11 p.m.

The fire was contained to the bedroom where it appears to have originated, according to fire inspectors.

The suspect's father reported minor injuries and was treated and released at the scene.

KŌLOA – Kōloa Road was closed for roughly seven hours this morning following a single-car traffic collision that occurred at about 2 a.m. Friday.

Richard Hartje, age 24 of Kalaheo, was headed west on Kōloa Road when his Ford SUV struck a utility pole near 4391 Kōloa Rd., severing the pole in two places. The vehicle continued over an embankment and landed in a pasture.

No one was injured in the incident.

Police closed a mile and a half stretch on Kōloa Road, near Mānā Hema Place, while a utility crew worked to replace the downed pole.

The eastbound lane of Kōloa Road was open to alternating traffic flow just before 8 a.m.  Both lanes were reopened at 8:45 a.m.

Hartje was later arrested for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant (OVUII). He remains in police cellblock at this time.