Maui News

The policies emphasize educator effectiveness through professional development, and compensation tied to job performance.

Once complete, the eight wind turbines will generate enough electricity to power 10,000 Maui homes.

The Hawaii State Senate on Tuesday confirmed Maui residents Jonathan Starr and Ted Yamamura to the Hawaii State Commission on Water Resource Management.

Two sewer line replacement projects begin along Front Street in Lahaina next month. Both projects were designed to minimize impacts to traffic in the area by scheduling night work and waiting until nearby schools were out for summer break to start the project.

Maui Electric Company is ranked seventh in the nation in a list of top utilities for solar power. In 2011, Maui Electric Company reported a 100.2 watts-per-customer rate, an increase from its 22.8 rate a year before.

Here on Maui, the County processed 18% more applications and rejected 100% more applications than expected. In Maui County, there were a total of 1,965 Applications Processed; 1,842 Applications Approved/Permits Issued; 73 Applications Approved/Permits Voided; 50 Applications Rejected; 2.5% Rejection Rate; 4,569 Firearms Registered; and 2,108 Firearms Imported.

A total of 22 volunteers were nominated and honored by the Mayor for their loyalty and drive in helping others through the county volunteer programs.

CERT training includes basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization and disaster medical operations. When emergencies happen, CERT members can be called upon to give critical support to professional first responders by providing immediate assistance to victims at a disaster site.

The NOAA drifter will be used to collect climate and environmental data, contributing a vital role to the tracking of hurricanes, ocean pollutants, species migration and marine debris.

At the end of the ceremony, the Dalai Lama boarded the Hōkūle’a with his entourage and offered a scarf as a gift, which was tied to the mast of the vessel. From Kualoa, the Hōkūleʻa embarks on the statewide sail from April 16 through August 7, 2012.

The groups allege that wastewater or sewage from the treatment facility is injected into the wells, and then flows via groundwater through the subsurface into near-shore Maui ocean waters.

Maui’s lone hālau entry in the Merrie Monarch Festival over the weekend earned several awards at the 49th annual event.

More than $3 million in CIP appropriations are being released for the Hamakua Ditch Watershed Project on Hawaii Island. The funds are part of a larger funding release from Governor Abercrombie for projects in Waimea and Kau.

The team is working toward the goal of eradicating the population on the island before farmers face the same problems now occurring on Maui, where deer populations are exploding.

AARP Hawaii hosts a discussion on Maui today about the future of Medicare and Social Security today. The ‘You’ve Earned a Say’ events take place in Kula and Wailuku on Monday, April 16 and are free and open to the public.

The Dalai Lama arrived Friday in Honolulu for this weekend’s “Pillars of Peace Hawaii: Building Peace on a Foundation of Aloha.”

Repairs began on March 27 and were completed this week, enabling residents to once again drive in and out of the area with their vehicles. The Maui Department of Public Works completed emergency repairs at the Hanawana Land Bridge in East Maui after severe rains washed out a portion of the road on March 9.

“Park officials say the playground is damaged and could result in injuries to children if they play on it,” said Communications Director Rod Antone in a press release.

Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald has appointed Adrianne N. Heely as judge of the District Family Court of the Second Circuit for the County of Maui.

A group of dancers from Maui held a Flash Mob at the State Capitol last week, in the hopes that lawmakers would support a bill to help liberate dancing rules on Maui.