From The Maui News:
The unprecedented spike in shark incidents this year in waters off Maui have caused an upsurge of oceangoers buying pricey shark repellent devices they say are worth the money. Read more.
And here’s the latest in other neighbor isle gov’t and politics:
Kauai locals recount Day of Infamy
Jiro Yukimura was 21, in college when Pearl Harbor was attacked
Hawaii County, foundation receive $3.47M to replace pipeline
Kane Street to close due to construction
Team from Hungary brings lunar robot to Big Island
Corrections officer graduates coming to Kauai
Hearing set Tuesday to get input on Hawaiian Beaches rates
Haleakala Nat’l Park unveils brochure in native language
Egg essentials for backyard Molokai farmers
UH to continue Kauai coral disease study Thursday
Officials investigate string of suspicious North Kona fires
Two Maui High School blazes under investigation
Hawaii Meth Project warns of solicitation scam

Photo: SeaWorld shark. (Ray_JRM)
—Chad Blair
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