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All nine individuals are now accounted for, with one individual suffering fatal injuries in a plane crash off of Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi on Wednesday afternoon.

In an exclusive interview this week, Mayor Arakawa said it’s difficult to create rules and regulations when shark movement and how they react to people has varied.

Road improvements and related road closures are scheduled to start on Monday, Dec. 16, in the remote Kahakuloa area on Maui, and continue through April 30, 2014, county officials announced.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health announced the finding of “minute amounts of organic chemicals” in a Haleakalā National Park water system tank on Maui during routine sampling.

Andrew Young was arrested at 11:40 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 9, for a warrant issued by the Sacramento Sheriff’s Office in California for 9 counts of alleged molestation of a family member.

A 15-year-old juvenile male was reportedly assaulted by seven individuals while walking alone at night on the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Campus near the Harbor Lights Condominium complex, police said.

Lonely Planet described Lāna’i as an island that boasts empty beaches, snorkeling, diving, shipwrecks, petroglyphs, hiking, and their favorite poke market in the state.

Maui police Lt. Jayson Rego, with the department’s Criminal Investigation Division said an investigation is still underway and the department is looking into finding the homeless victim’s next of kin.

There are several construction projects taking place across Maui this week. Maui Paving Co. continues work on road resurfacing and street improvements on Wākea Avenue. Work will impact traffic on the section of Wākea Avenue just south of Kaʻahumanu Avenue, across the entrance of the University of Hawaii Maui College Campus.

Rita’s Finest Steak and Fish House took over the space left behind by Lulu’s Kihei last summer. Perhaps inevitably, there are some bumps in the newly paved road.

Two structure fires at Maui High School this morning appear to have been intentionally set. In the first fire, officials say the perpetrators tried to ignite a barrel of used motor oil with a piece of cardboard.

The students were among a list of 23 classes from 16 schools in Maui County that competed in the event, which is dedicated to the cultural preservation and perpetuation of Hawaiian mele, language and the arts.

A blessing was held on Thursday morning for the new Kīhei Police Station, which houses a detective bureau, a criminal investigation division, a training division, uniform services and executive offices.

A 73-year-old woman was transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon after the vehicle she was driving went off a cliff on the Kahekili Highway.

The event runs from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and includes: a traditional Hawaiian blessing by kumu hula Kaponoʻai Molitau; special performances by actor and jazz aficionado Jimmy Borges, Grammy award winner George Kahumoku, and more.

A&B Properties Vice President, Grant Chun, was appointed to a seat on the state Board of Education; and Kula resident, Doreen Nāpua Gomes assumes the Maui seat on the Hawaiian Homes Commission.

According to the Division of Aquatic Resources, this is the thirteenth reported shark incident statewide this year, and the eighth in Maui waters. The agency notes that over the last 20 years, Hawaiʻi has averaged about four unprovoked shark incidents per year, but numbers per individual year are “highly variable.”

A capital improvement project on the Pāʻia-Kūʻau water system starts on Wednesday night, Dec. 4, and will continue through the end of April 2014.

Maui police have since identified the victim who sustained fatal injuries in a shark attack offshore of Mākena Maui on Monday as 57-year-old Patrick A. Briney.

The proposal includes an overview of the contamination discovered at the former military site, the potential risks, cleanup standards, remediation alternatives, and the selection of a preferred alternative.