John Szemkow ? who was given a 10-year sentence Aug. 6 for failure to render aid in an April 4, 2006, Kunia Road accident in which four farm workers were killed ? could be released as early as next month.

A federal judge has criticized the Army for an "extraordinary and inexcusable delay" in taking the steps needed to allow more cultural access in Makua Valley. The Army agreed in 2001 to identify certain cultural sites by October 2002 and eventually provide access to those sites.

Legislators yesterday questioned why Hawai'i lacks comprehensive data to gauge the extent of a pervasive domestic violence problem, even though the dearth of information has persisted for years and the state spent $100,000 in the 1990s to set up a computer system to compile data.