The Maui News

HONOLULU (AP) - U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie of Hawaii says he will resign from Congress. Abercrombie, who has been planning to run for governor, says he'll announce soon when his resignation will be effective. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Central and South Maui residents are asked to conserve water today while Maui Electric Co. installs electrical upgrades at the Waihee Wells. Full Story »

Trash collection has been suspended on Lanai for up to two months, due to a mechanical problem with the only garbage truck on the island. Without the service, around 600 households are faced with having to dispose of their own trash by driving it to the Lanai Landfill. Full Story »

KIHEI - The combined efforts of about 40 passers-by served to wrestle about 10 dolphins back into deeper water when they tried to beach themselves in front of the Sugar Beach Resort late Thursday afternoon. Full Story »

WAILUKU - For the second straight year, Maui County farmers and ranchers could receive federal aid after the U.S. Department of Agriculture declared the county an "agricultural disaster zone" Thursday. Full Story »

MAALAEA - First Wind, to its surprise, has discovered that lower slopes provide a good place to catch wind for its windmill expansion. And now it is proposing to expand the Kaheawa Pastures wind farm to a ridge below the existing farm, rather than parallel it to the west. Full Story »

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WAILUKU - The county Board of Ethics said Wednesday that County Council Member Gladys Baisa may vote on a bill that would open the Hamakuapoko Wells for residential use, even though she owns property Upcountry that is waiting for a water meter. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Kaiser Permanente's move to establish outpatient dialysis facilities on Maui is meeting resistance from the company currently providing such services on the island. Full Story »

MAALAEA - A "Kids Create" holiday craft-making workshop will be presented by the Pacific Whale Foundation from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the foundation's Discovery Center in Maalaea. Full Story »

PUKALANI - The federal government's Advanced Technology Solar Telescope, a highly controversial project to study the sun that's $23 million in planning and 10 years in the making - so far - will receive the money it needs to be built atop Haleakala. Full Story »

PAIA - The monster-sized waves that visited Maui County earlier in the week were gone Wednesday, allowing the National Weather Service to cancel high-surf warnings and replace them with advisories of larger-than-normal surf on north- and west-facing shores. Full Story »

WAILUKU - A man is facing a mandatory 10-year prison sentence after being convicted last week of possessing methamphetamine and paraphernalia found in a home he was renting in Waiehu last year. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Pacific Wings pleaded no contest Tuesday to a charge of spilling fuel at Kahului Airport in June and was fined $1,000. However, that may not be the end of the issue. Full Story »

Nearly 200 acres of pristine watershed will be preserved with the purchase of Kawaikapu Ranch lands in southeast Molokai by the Molokai Land Trust. Full Story »

KAHULUI - Jan McEwen, who has bachelor's and master's of science degrees, will be out of a state job, again, this month. This time, she is going to collect unemployment and use the time to write a book about gardening, she said Tuesday. Full Story »

PAIA - With the monster surf of the last couple of days losing some of its punch, Maui County will consider today whether to reopen Hookipa and Baldwin beach parks, both closed Monday because of dangerous surf. Full Story »

WAILUKU - In what experts called a "textbook" whale rescue, a juvenile humpback was freed of hundreds of feet of plastic rope Sunday, officials from the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary said Monday. Full Story »

KAHULUI - Two men are facing theft charges after a traffic stop Sunday afternoon led to the recovery of property stolen in burglary, car break-in and stolen car cases, police said. Full Story »

KAHULUI - The state Board of Education will hold a community meeting tonight in the Lihikai Elementary School cafeteria in Kahului. The meeting will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. It is part of an ongoing series of meetings board members hold to discuss public education and library issues. Full Story »

KIHEI - A public hearing before the Board of Water Supply on the Final Candidate Strategies Report for the Central Water District will be held at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kihei Community Center. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Academy Award-winning filmmaker and part-time Maui resident Clint Eastwood is going to let the Valley Isle make his day - three of them - when he films part of his newest movie here. Full Story »

PAIA - Towering surf pounded Maui's shoreline Monday, drawing daredevil tow-in surfers and thousands of people to watch them and the massive waves generated by hurricane-force winds. Full Story »

PAIA -- Baldwin and Hookipa beach parks closed shortly after 8:30 a.m. Monday because dangerously high surf and shore breaks posed unsafe conditions for beachgoers, Maui County announced. Full Story »

HONOLULU (AP) - Whale experts are reporting success in cutting away a heavy plastic rope that had entangled a young humpback whale. The Hawaiian Islands Humpback National Marine Sanctuary says the 35-foot-long yearling was freed from the life-threatening rope Sunday. Full Story »