By Wendy Osher  (Posted: Wednesday, July 21 2010) A political rivalry on Maui is off to a touchy start.  The race for Mayor is officially one candidate shy of a dozen, and eight weeks short of being narrowed to two.  But recent rumblings raised on the campaign trail have cast a shadow of negativity in [...]

By Wendy Osher In a ballot that is filled with 11 mayoral candidates, three Maui council members and Maui’s OHA representative will return to office without a single challenger.  Council Members Joe Pontanilla of Kahului, Gladys Baisa of Upcountry Maui, and Danny Mateo of Molokai are uncontested in the September Primary election.  Maui’s Trustee for [...]

6:20 a.m. 7/21/10: Motorists are advised to drive with caution on the Mokulele Highway this morning because of inoperable traffic signals.  Maui Police are directing traffic at several points along the highway including intersections at Hansen Rd., the Central Maui Baseyard and at the Animal Shelter.  Maui Electric Company has been working to restore power [...]

By Wendy Osher A total of 11 candidates are vying for Maui’s top job.  The field was finalized yesterday with the passing of the filing deadline leaving a long list of candidates in the running for Mayor.   The field grew by four in the past week with Sally Chow Hammond of Molokai and Marc [...]

The University of Hawaii football program passed on former Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli.

By Wendy Osher The County of Maui reached a settlement with two community groups in a lawsuit over the planned Waiale Water Treatment Plant in Wailuku.  The county agreed to pull its acceptance of the project’s Environmental Impact Statement because water for the facility would come from streams that are under dispute in an ongoing [...]

(Posted 11:14 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 1010) Maui police are investigating the cause of a fatal single car collision in Kihei Monday night.  Authorities identified the victim as 58-year-old Terry Eoff of Kihei.  According to police reports, Eoff was traveling east on Kilohana Drive when the vehicle he was driving veered to the left, collided [...]

An estimated 4,000 residential refuse customers on Maui are delinquent in paying their trash bills. Customers that have not paid their bills in full by the 4 p.m. deadline on August 6th will have their accounts closed, and will be assessed a $30 service fee to reopen their account.  The last six month cycle for [...]

By Wendy Osher  (Update 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, July 20, 2010) Maui firefighters returned to the scene of a blaze near the agricultural area of Maui High School on Monday night.  The blaze was initially reported at 5:35 p.m. and was declared contained, but crews were called back to the scene shortly before 10 p.m. No [...]

(9:08p July 19, 2010) Police have completed their investigation and Kilohana Drive is now completely OPEN. (7:46p July 19, 2010) Maui Police closed a portion of Kilohana Drive following a fatal traffic accident earlier this evening (Monday, July 19, 2010). Kilohana Drive is closed between South Kihei Rd and Waikai Street. The road was closed [...]