Track and field and softball open their seasons

Candice Pauole led the Molokai girls track and field team to a seventh place finish at the Yamamoto Invitational Meet at War Memorial Stadium Saturday. Pauole took first place in the high jump with a leap of 4-foot-6, earning 10 team points for the Farmers. The boys team finished ninth with one point as Akona [...]

Kaunakakai Elementary Principal Janice Espiritu honored by State Senate

State Senator J. Kalani English, who represents Molokai, tweeted a message yesterday that Janice Espiritu, principal of Kaunakakai Elementary on Molokai, was honored by the senate for winning the Masayuki Tokioka Excellence in Leadership Award for 2009. Espiritu was one several educators who was honored by the Hawaii State Senate as part of education week, [...]

Former Big Leaguer Steve Trout coaches Molokai baseball

Molokai has a deep tradition of baseball. In 1999 and 2000 the Farmers won state titles. Alumnus Keith Lu’uloa made his big league debut with the Anaheim Angels in 2000. Even the Philadelphia Phillies all-star Shane Victorino, of Maui, has family on Molokai. The success of the Little League teams from Molokai is also well [...]

M20 Group joins Epic Sports to manage Molokai to Oahu paddleboard race

An event management group out of Encinitas, California called the Molokai 2 Oahu Group just announced that it has joined forces with local event team Epic Sports to take the annual paddleboard race to the next level. Now in its 14th year, the annual Molokai to Oahu Paddleboard Race will take place on July 25 [...]

Hawaii Eco-Lights saves money for two local businesses through LED technology

Press Release from Hawaii Eco-Lights Napa Friendly Island Auto Parts and Molokai Shores find cost savings with LED Molokai, HI, March 4, 2010 – Hawaii Eco-Lights, the leader in energy saving concepts, today announced two local companies, Napa Friendly Island Auto Parts and Molokai Shores have taken advantage of LED technology and are seeing the [...]

Public hearing next week on new fishing rules

Registration information for fishermen on Molokai will be available at a public hearing March 24 at the Mitchell Pau’ole Center. Representatives from the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources will be on hand to answer questions or concerns about marine resource management issues. They will be able to issue commercial fishing [...]

Molokai Ranch eager to resolve lawsuits

It has been almost two years since Molokai Ranch shut down its operation on Molokai. Since then, Molokai Properties Limited has attempted to end its commitment to provide water and sewer utilities to Molokai’s West End, which resulted in legal battles with Maui County, the state Health Department and Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. Now it [...]

Tennis team faces Maui Prep in first home matches

The Molokai boys and girls tennis teams had their first home matches of the season this weekend against Maui Prep. The girls team swept Maui Prep twice while the boys dropped all their matches. The first match, scheduled for Friday, was played Saturday at the high school tennis courts. Molokai’s Aloha Will won her number-one [...]

Aka’ula School’s PRISM environmental symposium opens

Each year the Aka’ula School holds a symposium to share environmental research with the Molokai community. Known as PRISM — which stands for Providing Resolutions with Integrity for a Sustainable Molokai — the symposium is in its 13th year. It all begins today and continues through tomorrow at the Lanikeha Center in Ho’olehua. The theme [...]

Keiki and kupuna plant native trees in Ho’olehua yesterday

The keiki of Molokai joined the kupuna yesterday for project Ulu La’au, designed to educate the families of Tutu and Me Traveling Preschool about the importance of trees to our environment. The special program was held at the old Ho’olehua Headstart School near the Lanikeha Center. Preschool students planted ohia and lehua trees as well [...]

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