Maui News

The House Committees on Water & Land and Finance will reconvene for decision making this afternoon on bills relating to the controversial Public Land Development Corporation.

The capital improvement project is intended to upgrade lines in order to provide sufficient fire protection for surrounding residents. The project will affect traffic on Nani, Loke, Wailani, and Kaniela Streets with work beginning today, and concluding in October 2013.

The Maui Department of Water Supply plans to switch back the distribution system disinfectant for the Upper Kula water system from chlorine to chloramines on or around Wednesday.

Projects are to be located within the Kauai, Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii Counties, with a focus on areas that typically receive the most marine debris.

The 62-year-old Laysan albatross known as “Wisdom” has likely raised at least 30 to 35 chicks during her breeding life.

Three people were rescued from waters off of Camp Pecusa in Olowalu last night after their kayaks became stranded in the reef during the evening’s low-tide.

The resolutions would add the Senator’s name to the Kilauea Point Lighthouse on Kauai, and designate Hawaii Island’s Saddle Road as the Daniel K. Inouye Legacy Highway.

Written testimony has already been received from Motley Crue’s Tommy Lee, Kat von D, Mick Fleetwood, Margaret Cho, Ozzy Osbourne, Britney Spears, Frankie Banali of Quiet Riot, Neil Diamond, and Avril Lavigne.

The forum is part of a Community Wellness Capacity project designed to discuss Valley Isle health needs and the resources to meet those needs, with emphases on low-income, rural, native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities.

Hawaiʻi County police have renewed their request for information about a 19-year-old Maui woman who was reported missing from Lakewood, Washington, where she attends college.

EPA staff and national experts will conduct workshops as part of the effort, assisting Maui in developing strategies for greening streets by adapting national best practices and case studies to a local context.

The tax credit for photovoltaic systems would be incrementally phased down from 30% of the actual cost to 15% over the next 5 years.

Items under review include HB 174, a GMO labeling bill; and HB 97, a bill that requires a permit to introduce or develop a new GMO.

“Neighbor island residents have to fly to Oahu on short notice and at their own expense if they want to testify before the legislature in person. For many people, that isn’t possible, and the result is that we don’t hear from them.

The County of Maui will welcome the Chinese Lunar New Year and the Year of the Snake with a special celebration at the County Building on at 9 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 15, 2013.

A necropsy of the animal revealed that he suffered fractured ribs earlier in life, but ingestion of a fishing hook more recently is believed to be the cause of death.

UPDATE 4:38 p.m. 2/5/13: Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected an there is NO tsunami threat to Hawaii. A tsunami has been confirmed in areas near the epicenter, but it should not affect Hawaii.

“This bill impacts everyone because as an island state we are extremely dependent on inter-island air travel, especially in ensuring that the smaller rural areas in Hawaii are well-served and have access to the other areas of the state…”

The plan focuses on improving health, development, family support and readiness and for young kids with goals for outcomes for learning proficiency by the third grade.

The proposed designation of 271,062 acres on Maui, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i, and Kaho‘olawe, is projected to cost between $115,000 and $125,000, from 2013 to 2022.