Today is the deadline to apply for a spot on the 11-member Maui County Charter Commission. The body is convened every 10 years

Applications are now being accepted for the Maui County Charter Commission, a body which convenes once every decade. The 11 members of the Charter Commission ..

Applications are now being accepted for a total of 60 vacant seats on various Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees. The deadline to apply is Wednesday,

Charmaine Tavares, 2010 candidate for Maui Mayor, Transcript: Introduction: Aloha, I’m Charmaine Tavares and I’m seeking re-election to the office of Mayor for the county of Maui.  I’ve spent the past three and a half years being your mayor since 2007.  We’ve had some really tough times and I plan to continue working on economic recovery for [...]

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 [...]

(Updated 6:30 p.m. Monday, July 12, 2010) The Happy Valley fire that was sparked by fireworks Sunday night is now 60 percent contained. After 22 hours of firefighting efforts focused on the Mokuhau area where the blaze began, officials from the Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety say they were able to reach 60% [...]

The deadline to apply for the various vacancies on the county’s Boards and Commissions has been extended to next week Friday, January 8, 2009. There are a total of 73 vacancies that were created due in part to expiring terms. Terms for seats on County Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees last from two to five [...]

By Wendy Osher The University of Hawaii is bringing men’s volleyball to Maui, making the War Memorial Gym home court for its February 27th game against BYU.  UH Director of Athletics Jim Donovan made the announcement this afternoon at the county building in Wailuku. “We’re very happy to be back here,” said UH Athletic Director [...]

The recent promotion of four firefighters to the rank of battalion chief marked a milestone for the department.  The simultaneous promotion of Karl Kubo, Derrick Arruda, James “Kimo” Kino and Valeriano Martin allows the department to fill an existing vacancy and three newly created positions. The department had sought for eight years to increase the [...]

The Maui County Police Commission today selected Deputy Chief Gary Yabuta as Maui County’s new Chief of Police. Police Commission Chair Doreen Gomes called the task of selecting a successor to Police Chief Tom Phillips was a difficult one saying, “The three well-experienced candidates shared many of the same attributes and qualifications, which made our [...]