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State Senator J. Kalani English, who represents Molokai as well as Upcountry, East Maui and Lanai, has introduced two bills to reform state law regarding marijuana use. One bill will legalize medical marijuana dispensaries and the other will decriminalize possession of amounts of marijuana under one ounce. By following the lead of California English believes [...]
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With the new year another change has come to Kalaupapa. Since 2001 Jennifer Cerny has been the cultural anthropologist and the chief of cultural resources for the National Park Service at the Kalaupapa National Historic Park. Now Cerny has returned to her own culture and family in Wisconsin to be the new executive director of [...]
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Last week, the Molokai Planning Commission was asked to approve a Special Management Area minor permit to allow for the construction of a concrete wheelchair path leading to a condo at Ke Nani Kai. Although the plan seemed to lack some of the detail that the commissioners were looking for, the modifications do meet the [...]
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To help balance the state’s budget deficit, Governor Linda Lingle has recommended withholding the Transient Accomodations Tax money from all counties. For Maui County, this could take away as much as $18 million. Representative Mele Carroll of House District 13 came out with a statement opposing taking the TAT money away from neighbor islands. Carroll [...]
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n Baby monk seal found last week at La’au Point The Surfrider Foundation has received a $10,000 pledge from an anonymous donor as a reward to find and indict the killers of endangered Hawaiian monk seals found dead last year on the Westside of Kauai and just last month outside the reef breakers near Kahinapohaku [...]
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Dal-Tile Corporation recently made a generous donation of tile to Molokai Habitat for Humanity, according to a press release from Tile Partners for Humanity, Inc. Although the family was not named, the donated tiled went to the home of a single dad on Molokai with three kids who is also the grandfather of one. The [...]
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A Maui Interscholastic League round-robin wrestling tournament took place Saturday at King Kekaulike Gym in Maui. This was the first MIL wrestling competition of the season for Molokai and Lanai. The Farmers had three champions out of the 152 wrestlers in the meet. Kevin Dudoit was champion at 135 pounds. Two female competitors — Michal [...]
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Gong Xi Fa Chai! In Chinese, that means have a happy and prosperous New Year. Yesterday morning, that message was heard along Ala Malama Street in Kaunakakai as the Molokai Chinese Cultural Club sponsored the first-ever Molokai Chinese New Year “Year of the Tiger” parade. The Molokai veterans group roared down the street on their [...]
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The Molokai girls Farmers began the defense of their Division II state championship in basketball this weekend in dominating fashion. In the home opener at the Barn Friday evening, the wahine Farmers trounced St. Anthony 62-18. The game was virtually over at halftime as the Trojans fell behind 46-13. Kalei Adolpho and Danna-Lynn Hooper-Juario led [...]
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The home season for the Molokai girls basketball team kicks off tonight at The Barn when the reigning Division 2 state champs go up against St. Anthony starting at 7 p.m. A special guest will attend the game tonight. Keith Amemiya, who is retiring as executive director of the Hawaii High School Athletic Association, his [...]
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