Honoapiilani Hwy OPEN at 10 a.m. Road advisories are in effect for South Kihei Rd. Hauoli Road in Maalaea was closed today after the raod partially collapsed under the weight of a county vehicle.

By Wendy Osher (Update 6:30 p 6/8/10) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl6ed3NH6Jo[/youtube] Maui Police re-opened the Honoapiilani Highway at around 6 p.m. (Tuesday, June 8, 2010) for contraflow travel using one lane of travel, following a six hour road closure.  Firefighters continue to battle a 2,000 acre blaze above Maalaea that was first reported at 10 p.m. Monday. Police [...]

By Wendy Osher Maui Community Correctional Center Escapee Harry Kahaleauki was apprehended today (Wednesday, May 12, 2010) at approximately 3:05 p.m. in the Kihei area. Authorities say Maui police tailed the vehicle Kahaleauki was in for a few minutes before making a traffic stop at the intersection of North Kihei Road and Piilani Highway. Kahaleauki, [...]

A Lahaina woman suffered fatal injuries in a traffic accident last night (Sunday, September 13, 2009) on North Kihei Road.  The woman has since been identified as 24-year-old Elitisi Tuivailala of Lahaina. According to police reports, the car Tuivailala was in was headed east on North Kihei Road when it crossed the center line and [...]

Maui’s traffic fatality count for 2008 rose to 24 following the death of a Kihei man last week.  Maui police say 20-year-old Jonathan Ferrer was transported to Maui Memorial Medical center on December 21st after an early morning accident in which the pickup truck he was in, collided into a cement island and post on [...]