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State officials say the new two-year offer included $49 million of new compensation, including 2% raises in each year of the contract for all teachers and restoring the previous 5% reduction in teacher compensation.

Alaska Airlines today announced the top three designs in their “Paint the Plane” contest, including one from Izabella Hamilton, a 12th grader at Seabury Hall.

Mana Rosa, a junior defensive tackle from Haiku and former Baldwin High School standout was arrested along with two of his Oregon State teammates on Saturday.

Here on Maui, there were no sales recorded during a random sampling of participating stores in the spring of 2012; however, rates for individual counties are not considered historically reliable due to the small sample size.

Firefighters worked last night to put out four separate brush fires in Lahaina. The incident was first reported at 7:14 p.m. on Sunday, December 9, 2012.

Former Baldwin High School standout Mana Rosa was among three Oregon State football players arrested Saturday and currently being held in the Benton County and Linn County jails.

The inaugural Wailea Wine & Food Festival is happening now. The festival offers a host of wine-tasting and food pairing events from tonight through Sunday evening.

Plenty to choose from as First Friday (and Santa) hit Wailuku, the Wailea Food and WIne Festival is in full swing, and ProArts Playhouse presents Smokey Joe’s Cafe.

According to bankruptcy proceedings today in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in Manhattan, the Government of Singapore Investment Corp will buy the Grand Wailea and three other luxury resorts.

Several Honolulu-based Coast Guard units responded to a vessel on fire approximately 69 miles northwest of Maui, on Wednesday. Coast Guard officials say the tug was in transit from Seattle to Honolulu, when an engineer on board reported hearing a fire alarm.

Maui resident Keola Beamer was nominated last night for a Grammy Award for his album Malama Ko Aloha.

Police say the man was trying to cross the road outside of an unmarked crosswalk when he was struck by a gray 2000 Toyota RAV4 being operated by a 50-year-old Makawao resident. The pedestrian was initially transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition, but police say he later succumbed to his injuries and died.

Temporary lane closures will be implemented starting on December 10 along the Upcountry Pi`ilani Highway as crews work to restore the road that was impacted during construction of the Auwahi Wind project on Ulupalakua Ranch.

“Apparently, the male fell from the tuna tower of his fishing boat, landed on a mounted fighting chair, and then fell again onto the boats deck where Coast Guard members found him.”

Star Noodle’s Chef Sheldon Simeon continues to compete on this season of Top Chef: Seattle. We talked to Chef Simeon about the show, the experience, and that ubiquitous red hat.

A broken waterline in South Maui has since been fixed and water service was fully restored at approximately 12 noon today.

Damage to the Mobile Transformer was estimated at one million dollars. Electrical service has been restored to remaining customers in Pu’ukoli’i as of 12:59 p.m. The outage was caused by a fire at the company’s Pu’ukoli’i Substation at around 7 a.m. and resulted in a power outage for much of the Ka’anapali resort area.

The determination to suspend the search was made at 3 p.m., on Monday, December 3, pending further information. “The decision to suspend a search is one of the hardest a commanding officer has to make,” said Captain Joanna Nunan

The Sulunga-Kahaialii ΄ohana of Napili was chosen to participate in an early holiday celebration and a dream day to remember. The family’s 11-year-old Sina, who is in need of a life-saving kidney transplant, has been under close medical care since April, 2012.

Hawaiian Airlines today announced plans to launch nonstop service between Taipei, Taiwan and Honolulu in July 2013, further extending the airline’s strategic expansion into Asia.