The Maui News

WAILUKU - Some Wailuku residents will be without water at times Wednesday. Customers living on Muliwai Drive, Uhiwai Place, Moani Place and Holowai Place in Happy Valley will be affected by the transfer of water distribution lines on Vineyard Street, according to the Department of Water Supply. Full Story »

A wedge-tailed shearwater bird that was rescued from sharks at Molokini on Thursday had to be euthanized later by state wildlife officials. Full Story »

KAHULUI - Hawaii does not have rabies, and consequently, pharmacies do not stock rabies vaccine. However, that does not mean that nobody ever needs the vaccine. Full Story »

PUKALANI - "It's been pretty awful" the last few weeks at Paradise Pharmacy, says owner Larry Land. The shift of a large fraction of his customers to InformedRx, a mail-order pharmacy, not only took away business, it generated time-consuming hassles in getting his customers switched over. Full Story »

One result of switching many state employees' mail-order prescriptions to Florida is that Paradise Pharmacy will close today after 20 years in business in Pukalani. Full Story »

KIHEI - The High Tech Maui Holiday Career Fair will be held from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 28 in Ke Alahele, the Maui Economic Development Board Center at the Maui Research & Technology Park. Full Story »

KAHULUI - Maui Community College will be closed to the general public Dec. 21 through Jan. 3. All current and new students are strongly encouraged to register prior to Friday to secure their class schedule. Full Story »

Ume Binstock of Haiku sets off overhead spray with his skimboard under sunny skies at Baldwin Beach Park on Sunday afternoon. Later, Binstock and his friend, Joshua Hyman of Kula (left), rest on the beach between waves. Full Story »

WAILUKU - While one man was allowed to continue in drug treatment, another man was ordered to complete a one-year jail term for the theft of property taken in a burglary at a Lahaina residence last year. Full Story »

More than 300 people attended Sunday's "celebration of life and legacy" for Carl and Rae Lindquist, a well-known couple whose car was washed away during a night of flooding last month in Hana. Their bodies were not found, despite a search lasting several days by rescue professionals and many of their friends from Hana. Full Story »

Do you think that Rep. Neil Abercrombie's decision to resign his seat in Congress will: Help his campaign for governor? Full Story »

FIRST PHOTO: Jaz Kelber, 5, of Paia gets into the Christmas spirit with a festive hat along with her dad, Jay, while visiting Santa at the Maui Mall on Sunday afternoon. Jaz said she was hoping to get a dollhouse for Christmas. Full Story »

WAILUKU - A Honolulu man who said he was "showing off" for his girlfriend when he shot at road signs on Lanai was ordered to perform 300 hours of community service as part of his sentence Friday. Full Story »

Kihei pup Nickel hustles after a ball thrown by owner Don Osterwise on Saturday afternoon. When the 18-month-old Yorkshire terrier-toy poodle mix isn't chasing balls, she often can be found by looking up. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Hundreds of new homes would be built in Lanai City under an affordable housing project proposed by the county for development over 17 years. Full Story »

Signs were posted at Kamaole I Beach Park warning beachgoers of Saturday's shark sighting. Kamaole Beach Parks I, II and III were closed for several hours Saturday after a 10- to 12-foot-long shark was seen in the area. Full Story »

HANA - Unlike public school students across the state, those at Hana High and Elementary School have not lost classroom instructional time because of Furlough Fridays. Full Story »

WAILUKU - In what appears to be a blow to East Maui Native Hawaiian taro farmers and environmentalists - and a potential much-needed win for struggling Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. - the state Commission on Water Resource Management staff has recommended that water diverted by HC&S be restored to only one of the 19 streams it uses to irrigate its sugar crop. Full Story »

WAILUKU -- The Maui County Water Supply Department is asking Kula residents to conserve water today while county crews work to repair a line that broke last night. Full Story »

KIHEI -- Maui County closed the three Kamaole beach parks along South Kihei Road Saturday morning after a shark was spotted "stalking" a dolphin and baby dolphin, said county spokeswoman Mahina Martin. Full Story »

Haleakala Waldorf School held its 24th annual Holiday Faire last weekend in Kula. Games, crafts, food booths, entertainment and a large crowd covered the school grounds. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Authorities released a recent photograph Friday of 30-year-old David True Seal, a Maui sex offender who escaped from the Hawaii State Hospital last week. Full Story »

KAHULUI - Lawrence Crilley said it was something any firefighter would have done. But others said his quick action helped save a man who was unconscious after hitting his head while diving off a rock at Tavares Bay in Kuau last year. Full Story »

Graduation ceremonies were held at the Maui Beach Hotel for the 71st Police Recruit Class. Full Story »

WAILUKU - Kaiser Permanente's plan to establish outpatient dialysis facilities on Maui hit a bump Friday as a panel recommended rejection of Kaiser's proposal, saying the facilities would not benefit the entire community and may jeopardize the existing dialysis provider on Maui. Full Story »