Adm. Timothy Keating, the U.S. commander in the Pacific region, said the military is ready to handle any orders it might receive in response to North Korea's threatened missile launches and potential illicit shipments.

Ulutunu Faumuina, tried for murder in the 2004 stomping death of another man, was sentenced to a year in jail yesterday after a Circuit Court jury found him guilty of misdemeanor assault.

The Leading Edge Network, an after-school program, is offering a free summer health and wellness program for youth twice a week at the Kahuku Community Center.