Maalaea News

Opponents of proposed wind farm projects on Molokai and Lanai said they have more work to do now that the state Senate passed a bill Thursday that would set up the regulatory framework for development of a high-voltage electric transmission undersea cable to link the state into a single power grid.

First photo: A blade assembly is lifted Wednesday afternoon to the top of a 168-foot tower on the Kaheawa Wind Power farm above Maalaea.

A judge has found that the state was liable for the deaths of two people in a car that plunged 150 feet from a scenic overlook in 2005 and must pay more than $3.2 million in damages.

MAALAEA, Hawaii - A Maui judge has found the state liable for the deaths of two people in a car that plunged 150 feet from a scenic overlook in 2005.

A Kula man was being held in lieu of $117,000 bail for allegedly threatening, assaulting and sexually assaulting his girlfriend as he drove her from Kula to Paia to Napili on Sunday afternoon, police said.