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Maui County’s Lanai, Maui and Molokai Planning Commissions will now consider whether to allow owners of 4,519 short-term vacation rental units to apply for exemptions to a new county law requiring ...

Preliminary necropsy results show the endangered fin whale had blunt force trauma. The 42-foot whale was towed from Gloucester City to Philadelphia Navy Shipyard for examination.