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Less than a month after losing its federal contract to provide air service to Kalaupapa, Pacific Wings has filed a petition with the Federal Aviation Administration to reconsider awarding the route to Makani Kai Air Charters. In a report in The Maui News, Pacific Wings claims that the calculations used to establish a federal subsidy [...]
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The Department of Land and Natural Resources has reported a third monk seal found dead on Molokai. According to DLNR Deputy Director Guy Kaulukukui, the latest dead monk seal was discovered yesterday. This comes just one week after the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported the suspicious deaths of two monk seals found on Molokai’s [...]
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Rats chewing through Oceanic Time Warner Cable’s fiberoptic underground lines recently interrupted service for a week for about 140 customers on the West End of Molokai. According to Jill McGowan, West End Realtor and resident, Oceanic Cable had been giving customers the run around since Dec. 11. However, Oceanic General Manager for Maui County Rick [...]
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Public asked to contact enforcement officials with any information Department of Land and Natural Resources News Release The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in cooperation with the Department of Land and Natural Resources, is investigating the deaths of two Hawaiian monk seals on the south shore of Molokai. A young female was found dead [...]
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The Office of Hawaiian Affairs will help I Aloha Moloka’i with a $92,500 grant to support the first Alternative Energy Festival on Molokai Jan. 13 and 14. The event, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Mitchell Pau’ole Center, will look at different ways to reduce Molokai’s dependence on fossil fuels. The grant money [...]
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In an attempt to reach out to all of Molokai, the ‘Aha Ki’ole O Molokai held an informational meeting last night at the Mitchell Pau’ole Center in its move toward gaining greater local control of cultural and natural resources. Recent protests of a small-scale tourism operation, American Safari Cruises, provided the impetus for the organizational [...]
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By Ke’van Dudoit The Molokai boys basketball team experienced perhaps the worst boat ride ever from Molokai to Maui and still battled tough with Campbell High School Monday night at the King Kekaulike Gymnasium. But it was not enough as Campbell defeated Molokai 48-37. Molokai woke up early Tuesday morning and made the drive from [...]
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American Safari Cruises News Release Seattle-based American Safari Cruises is extremely pleased to announce that an understanding has been reached allowing its 36-guest yacht, the Safari Explorer, to resume visits to Molokai in January 2012. After working with state and federal authorities and local groups, an amicable agreement has been reached to allow the yacht [...]
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In an effort to fulfill its promise to “help resolve the cruise ship tourism issue,” ‘Aha Ki’ole O Molokai has scheduled five community meetings it will facilitate. A recent press release from the ‘Aha Ki’ole states that the organization, “will facilitate community meetings in order to educate, gather input and develop a document to be [...]
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The Molokai Dispatch, Molokai’s only newspaper, will no longer be delivered to every mailbox on the island free of charge. This week’s issue, dated Dec. 14, marks the last time the weekly newspaper will be sent out by bulk mail. Instead, the paper will be distributed twice a week at various drop spots around the [...]
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