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The County’s Maui Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with County staff and contracted partners, will begin removing hazardous wildfire risks from County-owned parcels near a public school and a church in Wailuku on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025. The Waiʻale Road area has had 13 fires so far this year, according to the County of Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety.

As a result of the search, officers recovered: a .22 caliber bolt action rifle; two Mossberg 12-gauge pump-action shotguns; one 9mm semi-automatic pistol; 2.71 grams of crystal methamphetamine; 12.61 grams of marijuana; and other drug paraphernalia associated with the use of illegal narcotics.

The state of Hawai‘i will receive more than $4 million in new federal funding to help respond to methamphetamine and opioid misuse. In 2016, Hawai‘i had 6.8 meth-related deaths per 100,000 residents — three times the national rate.

A Maui man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession of stolen firearms, according to the Justice Department officials.

For the second quarter in a row, more synthetic urine is being submitted by people trying to cheat the workplace drug testing system.

Why is nothing being done about homeless and drug deals right on Front Street across from the old Hard Rock?

Police on Thursday, Dec. 8, 2016, recovered approximately six pounds of suspected crystal methamphetamine from a package intended for the Kona side of Hawaiʻi Island.

Today, Saturday, October 29, you can dispose of unused, unwanted, or expired medications at a National Prescription Drug Take Back Day collection site.

Proper disposal, authorities say, helps reduce the risk of prescription drugs being used inappropriately, and reduces the risk of the drugs entering a human water supply and potentially harming aquatic life.

The Maui Police Department will collect unused or expired medication for safe and anonymous disposal.

The Maui Roller Girls proudly present their first official Roller Derby Bout on Maui!  The event begins at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 27th at the Central Maui Boys and girls Outdoor Basketball Courts on Kanaloa Avenue in Kahului. The bout features MRG’s Crazy 808’s and the Garden Island Renegade Rollerz of Kauai. Flat Track Roller […]

By Wendy Osher Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta spoke with residents of Lahaina Wednesday night in latest of a series of Town Hall meetings, which has so far drawn the strongest showing with more than 30 people in attendance. “I can show statistics that the crime is dropping; I can show them all the good […]

The Maui Police Department hosts a Town Hall Meeting in West Maui tonight (Monday, October 26, 2009).  The meeting runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center and will be hosted by Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta and Deputy Chief Clayton Tom.  The meeting is open to the public and is a […]

The Maui Police Department will host the first in a series of Town Hall meetings tonight in Pukalani to address problems in the community and the direction of the new administration.  Tonight’s meeting runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center in Pukalani. Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta and Deputy […]

A Las Vegas couple was sentenced yesterday on drug charges involving distribution to Hawaii.  31-year-old Benjamin Acuna and 25-year-old Anabel Valenzuela were sentenced to 32 years in prison on meth trafficking and related money laundering offenses.  U.S. Attorney Ed Kubo said Acuna and Valenzuela were leaders of a large drug trafficking organization which shipped thousands […]