An unexploded ordnance believed to be a World War II aerial bomb was discovered Monday morning in a Puunene cane field, police said.

An employee with Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. discovered the ordnance around 10 a.m., during weed control operations about 150 to 200 feet east of the old Puunene School, said police Capt. Clarence Kenui and company officials Tuesday.

Upon arrival, police photographed the rusted cylindrical ordnance, which was about 2 feet long by 4 to 6 inches wide. The photographs were immediately sent to the U.S. Army’s Explosive Ordnance Division, where officials there determined the device posed no immediate danger with no structures within 200 yards, police said. Read the full story.

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Kona coffee lawsuit settled

Carden Academy now has place to call home

Poindexter served on subcommittee that steered money to nonprofit

Coco Palms takes final blow

Hawaii lawmakers want full voting rights for D.C. residents

Volcano monitoring equipment stolen

Trouble with the trees

Judge shoots down South Kona PUD

Waena plan to add, free up space

Photo courtesy Allie_Caulfield.

—Chad Blair