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thayer@maui.net State Agriculture Department Plant Quarantine Inspectors Erika Magarifuji and Matthew Olbert carefully transfer a captured skunk to their truck Tuesday morning at Kahului Harbor. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos KAHULUI — A wildlife ecologist performing annual seabird awareness and response work at Kahului Harbor was surprised to find a skunk hiding in a tight cranny along the wall of Pier One Shed early Tuesday morning. Harbors Maui District Manager Duane Kim said the ecologist was looking for seabirds when the skunk was spotted between a large concrete block and an oc...

The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo A crew works on lines about 70 feet in the air while a Hawaiian Electric crew and contractors install transmission riser terminations on a pole near the Kaonoulu Substation along Piilani Highway on Thursday morning. A Hawaiian Electric representative said the installed equipment serves as a connection point that allows for the transition from overhead power lines to underground conductors that cross beneath Piilani Highway and tie into transmission lines that provide power to the South Maui area. Jim Diegel, Maui Health’s chief strategy officer, disc...