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First Potentially Hazardous Asteroid Discovered with Maui Telescope
The University of Hawaii’s Pan-STARRS PS1 telescope at Haleakala on Maui has discovered an asteroid that will come within 4 million miles of Earth in mid-October. The object is about 150 feet in diameter and was discovered in images acquired earlier this month. UH officials say that although the object will not hit Earth in […]
Celebs bag groceries for Earth Day in advance of plastic ban
By Wendy Osher Local celebrities will bag groceries this Saturday in celebration of Earth Day, and in advance of a plastic bag ban that is set to go into effect on January 11, 2011. The plastic bag reduction bill prohibits the distribution of plastic bags at the point of sale. When the council passed the […]
Maui trailing in Census response, Friday deadline approaching
By Wendy Osher Census workers are on Maui this week, making a last minute push to boost Census response on the Valley Isle. As of Wednesday morning, Maui County had a 47% return rate for census surveys—that’s the lowest in the state. Areas with particularly low response rates include: 32% for Kihei (48% in 2000), […]
