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Efforts underway to remove a dinner cruise yacht ran aground off Maui coast

Efforts to defuel a luxury tour yacht that ran aground in shallow waters off Lahaina, Maui, last week are underway. The Maui Princess, a 100-foot passenger vessel widely popular for its sunset dinner cruises around Maui, broke free from its mooring further offshore on Thursday after “a part reportedly failed,” according to a press release […]

Merriam council votes to remove “thin blue line” flags from city event

MERRIAM, Kan. — Merriam City Council voted 6-2 Monday night to allow only American flags to fly at the city’s “Flags 4 Freedom” event around the Independence Day holiday beginning this year. The event was started in 2006 in response to the September 11th attacks by volunteers and was called Healing Fields. Original organizers said […]