High school football marks historic moment Saturday

After a 50-year hiatus, football team to play two games this weekend Call it history in the making. On Saturday, Molokai High School will take its squad to Maui to compete for the first time in 50 years. The 1960-61 school year was the last time Molokai High School fielded a football team. Starting at [...]

Kalaupapa patient airlifted yesterday by U.S. Coast Guard

A Kalaupapa Hansen’s disease patient was airlifted from the settlement by a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter early yesterday for medical help. The female patient, who has not been publicly identified, was picked up by the chopper at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday, said Mike Maruyama, administrator for the Hansen’s disease branch of the state Department of Health. [...]

West End water rates increase by more than 126 percent

By Brandon Roberts In a final ruling the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission admits as “large,” Molokai’s West End water users will receive no reprieve on water rates with an increase of 126.52 percent. The Sept. 23 final decision and order comes two months after the PUC declared Molokai Properties Limited — parent company of Molokai [...]

Team Bradley comes from behind to win Na Wahine O Ke Kai, extending winning streak to six straight years

In a race that celebrates the strength and stamina of its competitors, Team Bradley has now proved its staying power for six straight years. The team of Hawaiian wahine from four different islands found the fortitude to overtake the Waikiki Beach Boys on Sunday in the 35th mile of the 41-mile Na Wahine O Kei [...]

Seniors lead the way in final home match victories over Seabury

Molokai’s wahine volleyball team has dominated the competition in Division II this season. The results were no different this weekend against previously undefeated Seabury Hall at home on Friday and Saturday. For Senior Night Friday at The Barn, the team’s five seniors did not disappoint. Seniors Kalani Ritte-Camara and Kalei Adolpho led the way with [...]

Team Bradley sets out to vanquish Na Wahine Canoe Race for 6th straight year

Busy weekend for local wahine sports: Volleyball girls tonight and tomorrow at The Barn; Na Wahine O Ke Kai launches Sunday morning from Hale O Lono Harbor Team Bradley will be gunning for its sixth straight victory in the Na Wahine O Ke Kai Molokai to Oahu Canoe Race on Sunday. Often called the world [...]

Head Start program receives federal funds

The Molokai Head Start program got a shot in the arm from a $225,000 grant that will be given to Maui Economic Opportunity, Inc. Congresswoman Mazie Hirono announce on Tuesday that this is part of $2,581,287 in U.S. Department of Health and Human Services grants that will support a wide-range of Native Hawaiian education programs [...]

Pacific Wings offers $39 one-way fares for Molokai

Pacific Wings is leading the charge in the airfare wars by offering $39 one-way interisland flights to and from Molokai. Last week The Molokai News reported that Island Air was offering a limited time one-way airfare of $59 to Molokai while Mokulele Airlines offered its own special $49 fares on selected flights to Molokai. Maui-based [...]

Veterans, frustrated by permit process, file a lawsuit against Maui County

When the Molokai veterans gathered under a tent on May 19 at the site of the new veterans center on Wharf Road, the idea was to find alternatives to legal action against Maui County. Since that day — and over the past four-and-a-half years — the group Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans has jumped through [...]

Low voter turnout islandwide in Saturday’s primary

Across all four of Molokai’s voting precincts, only 20.75 percent of registered voters turned out for Saturday’s primary election. Among the 84,386 registered voters in Maui County, 34.2 percent or 28,839 people cast ballots. On Molokai, 818 people voted. The top two vote-getters in the Maui County mayoral election were incumbent Charmaine Tavares with 7,307 [...]

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