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As omicron spreads, Maui County will require people eligible for booster shots to get them to be considered fully vaccinated.

It was at least the third monk seal to be intentionally killed by humans this year on Molokai, government officials said.

The bird is already established on Oahu, where it gorges on tropical fruit and orchid buds, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in agricultural losses.

The county said it will no longer prepare and review immigration applications and other documents for Maui residents following the retirements of federally accredited staff.

Where you’re born and raised isn’t a protected class in Hawaii’s fair employment law, but some say it’s unfair for employers to prefer mainland applicants.

The Maui Police Department said the proposal is about resources for fighting crime, and they’re not involved in enforcing immigration laws.

Advocates say the agreement between a renewable energy company and a community group in West Maui could be a model for resolving disputes.

A staffer says false data in a 2018 audit of the Maui jail hid deviations from staffing requirements under the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act.

Pelletier will be sworn in Dec. 15.

Brandon Saffeels was sentenced to 30 months behind bars for soliciting sex from a woman he arrested in exchange for throwing testimony in her case.