Hints from Heloise: Check airlines' rules when children fly solo

Dear Readers: Do you need to send a child alone on a trip by commercial airline? The airlines have procedures that must be followed, and most airlines have similar policies, but you should check with the specific airline you are using.

Lobos' leaders shape program like UH's

In the midst of all the current conference madness, Hawaii is chasing another volleyball final four, New Mexico is chasing Hawaii and stable BCS siblings Southern California and Michigan State are here for the ride at this weekend's Hawaiian Airlines Wahine Classic.

Some helpful tips for sending child alone on plane

Dear Readers: Do you need to send a child alone on a trip by commercial airline? The airlines have p ...

Business Briefs

Hawaiian Air debuts 'Hawaii Five-0' • First Hawaiian gets state card pact • Maui health consulting firm sold • Tesoro Hawaii unit shut, filing says • Pest appears in pineapple shipment • And more

Troubled Mexicana suspends operations

Mexicana Airlines suspended operations over the weekend, citing its "delicate financial situation." The carrier had been operating under creditor protection in both Mexico and the US since Aug. 3, and a Mexican business consortium called Tenedora K earlier this month acquired 95% of MX's holding company, Nuevo Grupo Aeronautico, in an attempt to rescue it ( ATW Daily News, Aug. 24 ).

Local News

WAILUKU - When he found a man bleeding from his abdomen on the floor of a Kahului residence last year, police officer Levon Freeman grabbed a T-shirt and held it on the puncture wound.