WAILUKU — In three years, customers may no longer be given plastic bags when purchasing items at Maui County retail stores.

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HANA — Hana High and Elementary School plans to appeal a report that placed the campus in the lowest status possible because of its failure this year to meet raised proficiency benchmarks in reading a » Full Story

WAILUKU — The Maui County Council’s Land Use Committee voted unanimously for a two-year permit that would enable the Hale Hookipa Inn in Makawao to continue to operate as a transient vacation rental.< » Full Story

WAILUKU — After more than four months in bureaucratic limbo, a personal watercraft is on its way to being donated to the county in memory of an 8-year-old boy killed in a car crash last year.

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PUKALANI — A program to set up a HI-5 redemption center in Pukalani has residents of the area concerned over traffic on a busy stretch of highway and the appropriateness of the location within their r » Full Story

KAHULUI — A Wailuku man was arrested for robbery after allegedly stealing a $150 pair of basketball shoes off a teenager’s feet Tuesday night, police said.

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SPRECKELSVILLE — The Spreckelsville beach replenishment project will be discussed at a public meeting at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday in Kaunoa Senior Center, rooms 101 and 102.

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LAHAINA — Refuse pickups were delayed Wednesday in the Lahainaluna Road area because of staff illness in the county Department of Environmental Management’s Solid Waste Division.

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With less than 24 hours’ notice, Maui County officials showed up Tuesday morning at a state Department of Health hearing in Honolulu ready to fend off an attempt to require the county take over water » Full Story

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