The County of Maui will begin work on a planned Drainage System project in Kaunakakai on Molokai in October. The waterline service includes the proposed Molokai Veterans Caring for Veterans building site and the installation of a replacement waterline. Contractor Goodfellow Brothers, Inc. was awarded the contract for the complete project. “We’re pleased that this [...]

The county’s Real Property Tax division holds an auction today (Tuesday, May 25, 2010) for parcels with delinquent accounts.  The properties on the tax sale list owe a combined total of $420,646 in delinquent taxes, penalties, interest and administrative costs.  Properties being sold have been delinquent for three or more years and have received a [...]

A Molokai family is being assisted by the Red Cross tonight following a home fire in Hoolehua. County authorities say the incident was first reported at 1:30 p.m. Friday, May 21, 2010 at a 2,000 square foot home near the airport. The blaze burned about a third of the home and caused an estimated $150,000 [...]

(Updated @ 3:45 p.m. 2/2/2010) The flood advisory for the island of Molokai was cancelled shortly before 4 p.m. (2/2/2010) as showers moved offshore.  The approaching front continues to move from the northwest , producing clouds and showers over Maui County tonight.  The front is expected to reach the Big Island Early Wednesday. (Updated @ [...]

Molokai residents will be updated on the status of the state’s health drug prescription program.  Kimberly Svetin, the president of Molokai Drugs, Inc., will be the guest at the upcoming meeting of the Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Moloka‘i. There, she will provide an update on the status of state Employer-Union Health Benefits [...]

By Wendy Osher Contemporary Hawaiian musicians, Cecilio & Kapono, are sharing early Thanksgiving cheer with the homeless community and transitional residents of Maui County.  The duo will visit Wailuku’s Ka Hale A ke Ola Homeless Resource Center on Friday, November 20, 2009, where they will perform a free concert and talk story with residents. The [...]

The County of Maui Department of Water Supply (DWS) is urging all residents and businesses in Kaunakakai, Kalae, Hoolehua, Kualapuu, Kipu, and Kalamaula, Molokai to use water for health and safety purposes only while the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) well pumps are out of service.  At this time the DWS Kualapuu Well is [...]

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 [...]