Archive for July, 2009
First Wind gets financing for wind farm developments
First Wind LLC, which plans to build a 200-megawatt wind farm on Molokai, has closed loan agreements with two foreign investors worth $191 million to advance its wind farm development projects. The Pacific Business News reported that this financing for First Wind will be used for future development projects and general corporate purposes. First Wind [...]
Donate blood Monday at annual drive for free ice cream at Kamoi
How would you like a free double scoop of your favorite ice cream from Kamoi Snack-n-Go? Who wouldn’t. All you need to do is go to Molokai General Hospital on Monday between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. and donate to the Blood Bank of Hawaii’s annual blood drive on Molokai. The goal is to collect [...]
Donation helps cover transportation costs for Molokai athletes
A new school year starts on Monday for most Molokai students. Athletes at Molokai High School will be glad to know they are receiving assistance for travel expenses from Keith Amemiya, executive director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association. He and his wife Bonny will be making a personal donation of $20,000 to help [...]
Hoolehua man arrested, bail set at $25,000
The Maui News reports that Woodrow “Blue” Poepoe of Hoolehua was arrested early Sunday following a fight at a residence and an auto chase. Bail was set at $25,000. Molokai police say Poepoe, 56, rear-ended another vehicle at Moomomi and Hauakea avenues and then challenged the vehicle’s 24-year-old driver to a fight. Acting Capt. Jayson [...]
Hawai, Molokai visitor numbers and dollars down from last year
The Hawaii Tourism Authority released figures for the first half of 2009 showing total expenses by visitors traveling by air to Hawaii is down 16.1 percent. Just for the month of June this is a loss of $161.6 million of revenue for the state. On Molokai, June total arrivals were 3,560, down 41 percent over [...]
Pacific Wings complaints lead to call for new Kalaupapa carrier
By David Lichtenstein With recent actions by Pacific Wings the call is getting louder for the state to find a different carrier to serve the Kalaupapa settlement. After a conflict with airport security in Kahului over the service of a citation for a fuel spill, Pacific Wings briefly stopped all its services statewide two weeks [...]
Today’s briefs: Highway work, high surf on south shore
The state Department of Transportation advises Molokai motorists of alternating single lane closures on Kamehameha V Highway in both directions between Mile Post 7.9 and 11.3 today through Friday, from 7:30 a.m., to 3.30 p.m., daily, for storm drain modifications and pavement resurfacing. The National Weather Service in Honolulu has continued the high surf advisory [...]
Mitchell claims 8th consecutive Rainbow Sandals Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard
Hawaii’s Kanesa Duncan Claims Women’s Ekolu Kalama Takes Standup Honors Press Release HONOLULU – (July 26, 2009) — For the eighth consecutive year, Australian Jamie Mitchell proved he’s light years and hard-earned miles ahead of his paddleboard peers, winning the 32-mile Rainbow Sandals Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race that is the unofficial world title of [...]
County of Maui’s Kualapuu Well on Molokai Operational
Water level in holding tank for Kaunakakai and Kalae beginning to return to normal Press Release KAUNAKAKAI, Molokai, Hi – The County of Maui announced this afternoon that the Kualapuu well is now operational and pumping water at a rate of 800 gallons per minute to the one million gallon Kaunakakai holding tank. The County [...]
Dialysis patients returning to Molokai
Work progresses in fixing the water well pump that has forced Kaunakakai and Kalae customers to conserve water all week. Dialysis patients have started returning to Molokai. Maui County urges everyone to continue to save water so that the hospital’s dialysis center and local fire hydrants have sufficient water. While the water level in the [...]
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