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The National Weather Service has issued a wind advisory for Maui, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today.

Wisdom, a Laysan albatross and the world’s oldest known, banded wild bird has returned to Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge and Battle of Midway National Memorial. Wisdom is at least 69 years old and has hatched more than 35 chicks over the course of her lifetime.

Eight emerging leaders from Hawai‘i, including two from Maui were selected as part of the inaugural cohort of Obama Foundation Leaders: Asia-Pacific.

The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management this week notified the US Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health, reporting October 2016 findings from wastewater test samples of the presence of nitrophenol. The chemical is a metabolite of methyl parathion, the active ingredient in Penncap-M, the same banned pesticide identified in the recent Monsanto case on Maui.

The public is advised of a water quality exceedance of enterococci at Wailea Beach, Maui. Levels of 384 per 100 mL were detected during routine beach monitoring by the Department of Health Clean Water Branch.  That’s above the threshold of 130 enterococci per 100 mL.

An alligator lizard was found on a Christmas tree in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island over the weekend and a green iguana was captured this week in Waimānalo, Oʻahu.

At approximately eight acres, the infestation encompasses several homes and some areas frequented by hikers and swimmers.

In January, Maui Brewing Company celebrates the company’s 15th Anniversary in which Hawaiʻi’s largest craft brewery will release a specialty Barrel-Aged Imperial Ale.

The Salvation Army will be providing approximately 5,000 Thanksgiving holiday meals through annual meal events at locations statewide this week.

A Maui man succumbed to injuries sustained in a moped crash on the Kūihelani Highway earlier this month.

The lululemon Maui Pro, the final stop on the World Surf League Women’s Championship Tour, will be OFF again today (Wednesday, Nov. 27) due to lack of swell conditions at Honolua Bay.

The Kansas Jayhawks defeated the BYU Cougars 71-56 in Day 2 of the 2019 Maui Jim Maui Invitational early season college basketball tournament, to secure a spot in today’s championship game against the Dayton Flyers.

The greatest potential for coastal flooding impacts will be during the peak high tides through Friday, Nov. 29, which will occur before sunrise during the early morning hours.

More than 3,000 Lānaʻi residents attended the 26th annual Lānaʻi Turkey and Rice Giveaway, hosted by the Coon Brothers.

“…can’t ignore the 800-pound gorilla that, except for bag limits for a limited number of species, nothing prohibits these collectors from taking every single fish from every singe reef in the state.” –Earthjustice

Hobart W. Dickinson, 39, is approximately 6’2″ tall, weighs 225 pounds, and has no local address. He was last known to be in the Lahaina area.

The public is invited to Grand Wailea’s annual Tree Lighting Ceremony, taking place from 4 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2019 at the resort lobby and front lawn.

With just four more days remaining in the Central Pacific Hurricane season, there were a total of five tropical cyclones that occurred in the region, which is considered near average.

The 200-room Windward Hotel is planned on just over five acres of former sugar cane land in Central Maui off of Lauʻō Loop.

Honokōwai Master Plan had called for up to 1,000 residential lots and kupuna housing. Plans have shifted to a lower impact agriculture community.