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  • Home 4 the Holidays

    Maui Weekly – Tue Dec 8, 3:18 pm ET  

    The Maui Humane Society (MHS) has teamed with nearly 3,500 shelters from around the world to participate in the annual “Home 4 the Holidays” pet adoption campaign through Jan. 4, 2010. The Maui shelter’s goal is to find forever homes for 250 animals in need. To date, MHS has completed 77 successful adoptions and needs your help to make or break the goal. Full Story »

  • North Shore Beach Parks Close Due to High Surf

    Maui Weekly – Mon Dec 7, 11:03 pm ET  

    Due to high surf and dangerous shore break conditions, Maui County announced an additional day of closure for Baldwin Beach and Ho‘okipa Beach parks. Both parks will be closed again on Tuesday, Dec. 8. Ocean safety officers reported afternoon waves at 25 to 30 feet at Ho‘okipa today.   Waves at Peahi were observed to be 40 feet and D. T. Full Story »

  • Power Line Meeting to be Held Dec. 10

    Maui Weekly – Mon Dec 7, 5:33 pm ET  

    Munekiyo & Hiraga, a planning consultancy and project management firm located in Wailuku, will hold a public on Thursday, Dec. 10, at 6:30 p.m. in the Kamali‘i Elementary School cafeteria to introduce a set of preliminary alternatives for a new transmission line route. Full Story »

  • Abercrombie Discusses Issues

    Maui Weekly – Thu Dec 3, 12:03 am ET  

    Nearly 30 years ago, U.S. Rep. Neil Abercrombie waded into the warm, indigo surf off of the rugged coast of Lihue, Kaua‘i, eager for a relaxing afternoon swim. Weeks later, the congressman was writhing in pain in a hospital bed—he had contracted the encephalitis virus, a common illness associated with swimming in polluted water. Full Story »

  • Maui Wind Energy Power Project Acquired by Sempra Generation

    Maui Weekly – Thu Dec 3, 12:03 am ET  

    Maui County’s energy use is arguably one of the decade’s most talked-about issues, especially as we inch closer to the state’s goal of using 95 percent renewable energy by 2020. From solar and geothermal to wave and wind energy, the search for renewable energy sources is gaining momentum, leaving residents with several options from which to choose. Full Story »

Honolulu Star-Bulletin

  • Big-wave thrills attract throng

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Wed Dec 9, 6:39 am ET  

    Waimea Bay was vibrant yesterday as the Quiksilver In Memory of Eddie Aikau invitational surf contest got under way for the first time in five years. Full Story »

  • Chief planning cuts to staff, services

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Wed Dec 9, 6:39 am ET  

    Honolulu's new police chief announced yesterday some tough decisions: rejecting a popular work schedule proposal and planning to deal with possible budget cuts and furloughs. Full Story »

  • Pollution from rail feared

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Wed Dec 9, 6:39 am ET  

    The city's proposed $5.3 billion rail system could increase greenhouse gas emissions in Hawaii by as much as 28,000 tons by 2030, according to a study commissioned by rail opponents. Full Story »

  • Reward offered for info on slaying of monk seal

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Wed Dec 9, 6:39 am ET  

    Federal officials are offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer of an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on Kauai in April. Full Story »

  • Lingle explores support for future special session

    Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Wed Dec 9, 6:39 am ET  

    Gov. Linda Lingle's administration is starting to sound out legislative leaders about a possible special session to raid much of the state's $60 million rainy day fund to wipe out some of the public school teachers' furlough days. Full Story »

The Garden Island

  • Carvalho, Hawaiians seek path forward

    The Garden Island – Wed Dec 9, 9:20 am ET  

    LIHU‘E — Kaua‘i residents, some in favor of a makai alignment for the Wailua segment of the multi-use path and some strongly opposed, piled into the War Memorial Convention Hall Monday night to tell Mayor Bernard Carvalho Jr. their thoughts on his recent announcement to keep the boardwalk on the sand. Full Story »

  • Experts only

    The Garden Island – Wed Dec 9, 9:20 am ET  

    LIHU‘E — A northwestern swell continued to produce huge surf Tuesday, later becoming “lumpy and disorganized” but still dangerous, a county lifeguard said. Full Story »

  • Petition rejected

    The Garden Island – Wed Dec 9, 9:20 am ET  

    LIHU‘E — Despite pleas from Hawaiian cultural practitioners, the county Planning Commission said Tuesday that North Shore landowner Joseph Brescia has complied with permit conditions for his controversial single-family home at Naue. Full Story »

  • Feds offer $5,000 reward for info on monk-seal killer

    The Garden Island – Wed Dec 9, 9:20 am ET  

    LIHU‘E — Federal officials Tuesday announced a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the successful arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for killing an endangered Hawaiian monk seal on a Kaumakani beach last spring. Full Story »

  • Zonta working to help needy

    The Garden Island – Wed Dec 9, 9:20 am ET  

    Editor’s note: From now through Dec. 24, The Garden Island will share stories of families who could use a little holiday cheer along with an appeal for monetary donations of any size. Funds raised will be distributed to needy families by Zonta Club members, who purchase gift certificates at appropriate businesses to help make these simple wishes come true. Because of logistical limitations, only ... Full Story »

The Maui News

  • No-drug pact falls through with conviction

    The Maui News – Wed Dec 9, 1:38 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Pacific Wings fined over fuel spill

    The Maui News – Wed Dec 9, 1:38 pm ET  

    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 »

  • Purchase will protect 196 pristine acres on Molokai

    The Maui News – Wed Dec 9, 1:38 pm ET  

    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 »

  • State workers ‘RIF’d’ to balance budget

    The Maui News – Wed Dec 9, 1:24 pm ET  

    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 »

  • HOOKIPA, BALDWIN PARKS MAY REOPEN TODAY

    The Maui News – Wed Dec 9, 1:23 pm ET  

    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 »

KPUA AM 670 Hilo

  • Bars and nightclubs receive free Taxi passes

    KPUA AM 670 Hilo – Wed Dec 9, 9:49 am ET  

    The Hawai'i County Office of the Mayor, the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, the Impaired Driving Task Force , the Police Department, the Department of Liquor Control and the Mass Transit Agency have teamed up to provide 500 coupons, which the Department of Liquor Control will pass out to bars and nightclubs. Full Story »

  • Playful seal misidentified as dead body

    KPUA AM 670 Hilo – Wed Dec 9, 9:34 am ET  

    HONOLULU (AP) — A report of a body bobbing around in high waves along Oahu's Waianae Coast drew a response from firefighters and a rescue helicopter. Full Story »

  • Honolulu may name park after Obama

    KPUA AM 670 Hilo – Wed Dec 9, 9:34 am ET  

    HONOLULU (AP) — A Honolulu beach may be renamed for President Barack Obama. Honolulu Mayor Mufi Hannemann is asking the City Council to rename Aina Moana Beach Park, also known as Magic Island, as President Barack Obama Beach Park. Full Story »

  • Contract extended for electrical workers on Kauai

    KPUA AM 670 Hilo – Wed Dec 9, 9:34 am ET  

    LIHUE, Hawaii (AP) — The electric utility that serves Kauai says its contract with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1260 has been extended while the two sides work on a new labor contract. Full Story »

  • Judge throws out legal challenge to shipping law

    KPUA AM 670 Hilo – Wed Dec 9, 9:34 am ET  

    HONOLULU (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out a constitutional challenge to the Jones Act, a law that requires domestic shipping to be performed by vessels owned and flagged by the United States. Full Story »

Hawaii Tribune-Herald

  • Saddle Road collision

    Hawaii Tribune-Herald – Wed Dec 9, 3:09 pm ET  

    An accident on Saddle Road shortly before 1 p.m. Tuesday injured two people. Waikoloa resident Nick Craig happened on the scene a few minutes after the crash and took this photo looking toward Hilo around the 43-mile marker. Craig said a Kona-bound Cadillac had stopped to yield at a one-lane bridge -- one of a series on the Kona side of Pohakuloa Training Area -- and was rear-ended by a tanker ... Full Story »

  • Isle power plants top polluters

    Hawaii Tribune-Herald – Wed Dec 9, 3:09 pm ET  

    Two Big Island power plants made the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's newly-released list of the state's top 10 industrial polluters for 2008. Full Story »

  • Big Isle gets plug from Frommer's

    Hawaii Tribune-Herald – Wed Dec 9, 3:09 pm ET  

    When the editors of Frommer's guidebooks and Frommers.com compiled their annual list of top destinations for 2010, as usual the list strayed far from the usual tourist traps of Disneyland, Paris and Cancun. Full Story »

  • Not very Merrie: Hula prices rise

    Hawaii Tribune-Herald – Wed Dec 9, 3:09 pm ET  

    Prices for the hottest tickets in town are rising, but not by much. Full Story »

  • 'What I did was probably stupid in a lot of people's eyes'

    Hawaii Tribune-Herald – Wed Dec 9, 3:09 pm ET  

    The locals had not shown up for work at Vehicle Patrol Base Seray on the morning of July 31, 2007, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Upp was concerned. Combined with intelligence reports of an imminent Taliban attack, the villagers' absence left him uneasy. Full Story »

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