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General news which affects the Molokai community in one way or another.

A Special Night of Music

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Ho’ala Cafe & SipShop News Release

Kapena De Lima, son of well-known Kelly Boy De Lima and longtime member of the group Kapena, will be visiting Molokai for a special night of music, dinner and fun at Ho’ala Cafe & SipShop on Sept. 6 at 5 p.m.
Kapena, popular and talented winner of Na Hoku Hanohano awards, began playing keyboards for the group at age 11. Now, a well-known singer, songwriter and musician, he’s also a sought after producer and recording engineer.
Molokai’s own singer, songwriter and musician Tania Manabe will be sharing songs from her recently released CD “Me Ka Fiyah.”…

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Could Scholarships Address Molokai’s Doctor Shortage?

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Molokai residents are well acquainted with the strained healthcare landscape on-island, especially with the passing of longtime physicians Emmett Aluli and William Thomas in recent years. Now, Alaka’ina Foundation, a Native Hawaiian organization, is looking at attracting medical personnel to Molokai through scholarships.

In addition to funding the Kauka Emmett Noa Auwae Aluli Medical Scholarship, the Alaka’ina Foundation is working on an additional, Molokai-specific scholarship at the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii. According to Alaka’ina Foundation Vice President Kimo Bacon, this scholarship will require recipients to work five years at Molokai General Hospital.

“We’re looking at innovative ideas,” said Bacon.…

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Upcoming BOEM Meeting on Offshore Wind Farming

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Upcoming BOEM Meeting on Offshore Wind Farming

A recently publicized project from Aukahi Energy made waves on Molokai this summer as the company seeks to build an offshore wind farm in the Ka’iwi Channel off the windward coast of Oahu. The channel’s geographical proximity, along with its environmental and cultural significance to Molokai, have already raised a variety of concerns regarding this project.

Now, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be holding an intergovernmental renewable energy task force meeting on Aug. 22 on Oahu, accessible to Molokai residents virtually, to discuss offshore wind farming, amongst other renewable energy topics.

John Romero, Pacific Public Affairs Officer for BOEM, explained that while the Aukahi Energy project has gotten attention statewide, BOEM doesn’t currently have any projects before them to even review on wind farming.…

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Hawaii Pacific Teleport Continues Despite Challenges

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Hawaii Pacific Teleport Continues Despite Challenges

Nine antennas encased in white, space-age looking balls attracted Molokai’s attention early in 2024. These antennas are satellite receiving stations for Starlink internet. Installed by Hawaii Pacific Teleport, this receiving station will expand Wi-Fi coverage across rural areas of Molokai and the rest of Hawaii.

The project garnered some criticism after the antennas were installed at the Goodfellow Brother’s quarry before receiving approval from the Molokai Planning Commission.

Zhan Lindo, a commissioner on the Molokai Planning Commission, explained that the project was installed after the planning commission failed to rule within a 60-day window from the project’s proposal.

“The shot clock ran out,” said Lindo at an Aug.…

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Back to School with Karen Harada

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Back to School with Karen Harada

As the school year gets going on Molokai, students return to their classes, teachers to their classrooms, parents to their morning routines. For one teacher in particular, the back-to-school ritual is most familiar. As 12th grade English teacher Karen Harada celebrates her 40th year at Molokai High School (MHS), she looks back on four decades of Molokai students, teachers and parents, and forward to the year ahead.

A graduate of the class of 1972 from MHS, Harada left Molokai for 13 years before coming back as an educator. After college in Colorado and various jobs on Oahu, Harada decided to use her writing skills in the education field.…

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Kicking off Fall Sports

Thursday, August 22nd, 2024

Kicking off Fall Sports

Molokai High School (MHS) sports fans have had to endure the long summer months without the Farmers. Fear not, as MHS sports are back for another ambitious fall season. Of special interest this year will be the Farmers’ football team, which will compete in the 11-man division for the first time. The Farmers will embark on their historic new journey in a highly anticipated season opener at Lahainaluna on Aug. 31. This past week, the Farmers got a taste of 11-man competition as they faced each other in a Green and White scrimmage, with Green taking the 19-13 victory. The first home game of the football season will be against Baldwin, Saturday Sept.…

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Exciting Things are Happening

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

Molokai History Project News Release

The Molokai History Project has received several educational grants, and we want to use them to provide events for our entire community. Our focus is on the students, with residents and visitors welcome at all events. The students will be asked to delve deep into research about our island. They will learn from our kupuna, and those who are experts, as they work doing what they love. The students will then be asked to share their results, thus creating exciting new ideas and projects for our island. We hope to begin in September and run through April, 2025, with monthly events.…

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Maui Fire Dept. Announces Recent Promotions

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

Maui Fire Dept. News Release

The County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety, and Fire
Chief Brad Ventura are proud to announce the recent promotions of personnel, including many for Molokai.

Captain Troy Tendo has been with the fire department since 2007, and most recently
was assigned to the Paia Fire Station. He had also worked in Kula, Kihei, Makawao,
Napili, and Lanai. With his promotion, he will move to the Puko’o Fire Station on
Molokai. A 1998 graduate of St Anthony and a 2004 graduate of UH Manoa, Captain
Tendo, his wife Christine Newsom, and his son live in Kula.…

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Molokai Hosts State Paddling Championships

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

This year’s Hawaiian Canoe Racing Association (HCRA) state championships were held at Ke’ehi Lagoon on Oahu, Aug. 3, and hosted by the Molokai Canoe Racing Association.

“We would like to send out a huge, heartfelt mahalo to members of both associations that put in endless hours of work to get us here today,” said the Molokai Canoe Racing Association in a statement.

Molokai crews from both Molokai Canoe Club and Wa’akapaemua competed in a wide range of races. The top finishers on the day for Molokai came in the Women’s 70 and up category, where Wa’akapaemua came in third place. Overall, Lanikai took home their fifth straight HCRA state championship.…

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Primary Election Results

Thursday, August 15th, 2024

Saturday, Aug. 10 was primary election day in Hawaii. Residents mailed in and dropped off their ballots to select candidates for each party to represent them in November’s general election. Overall, voter turnout statewide was poor, at just 32 percent. For Molokai, that number was even lower, as just 28 percent of Molokai’s registered voters participated.

In the race for District 7 State Senator, current senator Lynn DeCoite ran unopposed in the Democratic Party, and will face Republican challenger Gabby Macaraeg in the general election.

Current state representative Mahina Poepoe handily defeated challenger Linda Clark by almost 40 percent in the race for the Democratic nomination for the District 13 State Representative seat.…

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