Pearl City High School's project graduation organizers will hold a craft fair Saturday at the high school cafeteria to raise money for the event.

The National Kidney Foundation of Hawaii will conduct a Kidney Early Evaluation Program screening from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Lili'uokalani Church in Hale'iwa.

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Law Day, the Hawai'i State Judiciary will offer public tours of the Kaua'i court complex from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday.

State lawmakers yesterday signed off on a $10.7 billion state budget for next fiscal year that trims Gov. Linda Lingle's spending requests by more than $44 million because of concerns about the economy.

The Rev. Marc Alexander said the news out of Rome, that Audrey Toguchi's miracle could be attributed to Damien, "means this is the last major hurdle before Father Damien's canonization can be approved."

The state has appealed a major Hawai'i Supreme Court decision that blocks the state from selling or transferring former Hawaiian monarchy lands.

HILO, Hawai'i — With Mother's Day approaching, Grayson Inouye needs to move more than 10,000 pounds of cut flowers a day from Kea'au to Honolulu or the Mainland, and the sudden shutdown of Hawai'i's largest interisland cargo carrier hasn't helped.

The Lingle administration is talking with county mayors about cargo alternatives in the wake of the Aloha Airlines cargo unit shutdown and is working with carriers and shippers to pass along information about what resources might be available.

A key factor contributing to the collapse of Aloha Airline's cargo division was the inability of Aloha's lender and the two bidders for the unit to come to terms on what the purchase would entail, an Aloha attorney said yesterday.

A $2 million warrant was issued yesterday for the arrest of a Mobile, Ala., man on charges connected to last May's botched kidnapping and robbery that ended in the slaying of a suspected drug dealer in Kane'ohe.