Heavy rains in East Maui earlier this month undermined the Hanawana Bridge, cutting off transit for an estimated 40 residents since March 9.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa’s next “County on Your Corner” will be held on Saturday, March 24, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Maui Swap Meet located on the University of Hawai`i Maui College campus in Kahului.

The trial of a man accused of murder in the death of a California woman on Maui last year was scheduled to start today, but was postponed to 8:30 a.m. on July 9, 2012.

Sixteen people on Maui have already pulled papers as they consider a run for public office in the upcoming 2012 election. The candidate filing deadline is 4:30 p.m. on June 5, 2012.

Maui police say Abel Ventura Jr., 58, and Marlene Debnam, 56, both of Maui, died at the scene. Both were part of a pack of over 50 motorcycles that were riding together as part of an organized St. Patrick’s motorcycle rally.

An early morning fire destroyed a structure on the lu’au grounds of the Maui Lu Resort in South Maui today. Damages included an estimated $40,000 in losses to the structure, and $5,000 in damage in to the contents.

One store clerk compared the craze to the rush for Tickle-me Elmo’s in the 90s and noted that the iPad accounts for 95% of the tablet market.

Big Island police have initiated a custodial interference case in connection with a nine-year-old boy who was taken in by a Puna family overnight after the child ran away from home on Wednesday, March 14, 2012.

The grand prize winner of the 2012 Congressional Art Competition is high school junior Mariko Langevin of Parker School on Hawai‘i Island. Eighty students from Kaua‘i, Maui, Moloka‘i, Oʻahu, and Hawaiʻi Island entered the prestigious contest.

Two paddlers on Maui made their way to shore after running into trouble in waters off of Kanaha Beach Park. The incident was reported at 1:38 p.m. on Saturday, March 17, 2012.