Maui Prep Academy is constructing 2 new campus facilities that will add over 1200 square feet to existing infrastructure & position the school for future growth

Today’s update includes information on the interesting weather occurring in the lower east rift zone. In fact, a community rain gauge recorded 9.22″ in a 24 hour period ending at 8 a.m. this morning.

Gov. Ige signed into law SB 2046 which prohibits the manufacture, importation, sale and possession of bump fire stocks and multi-burst trigger activators.

Maui firefighters responded to reports of a house fire on Kamila Street in Kula on Monday afternoon. Upon arrival on scene, crews found a single story cottage..

The male victim, who was identified as 54 year old Kevin Ernst with no local address, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Lahaina Loft, a contemporary oceanfront event space is Maui’s newest premier venue for weddings, corporate events and social gatherings, meeting the growing demand for alternative celebration venues on the island.

The first phase of Kahului Lani will include a six-story building with 82 units, with construction set to start by the end of this year and be completed in 2020.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture has issued the first licenses to growers under the State’s Industrial Hemp Pilot Program.

The new law enables the state’s land board to preserve the affordable rentals at the Front St Apartments and appropriates funds to expedite the development of units at the Keawe St Apartments.

Timeshare properties in Maui County averaged a 95.6% occupancy rate for the first quarter of 2018. By comparison, hotel properties averaged an 80.2% occupancy.

A male reported being robbed at gunpoint at around 5 p.m. on July 3, while in the parking lot of the Times Supermarket on L Honoapiʻilani Rd in Honokōwai.

From the air, we could not pinpoint the exact location of her childhood home. The place she was born and raised, where her mother lived alone…

A new study from Kauaʻi’s Alakaʻi Wilderness shows different how management may enable long-term survival of the Puaiohi, a critically endangered native thrush.

The effort took several weeks and included the removal of a large net mass that was the size of a large SUV, and measured to be about 25 to 30 yards across. 

Attendance exceeded the previous 20,000 estimate from last year, according to Sne Patel, Board President of the Lahaina Town Action Committee.

The collapse/explosion events generate plumes that have become progressively more ash-poor and now rise only a few thousand feet above the crater. This is in contrast to the eruptive sequence from May 16-26, when the vent within Halemaʻumaʻu crater was open.

The bill bans any sunscreen containing oxybenzone in Hawaiʻi to help preserve the state’s coral reefs and marine ecosystems.

A witness did hear children playing with fireworks behind the homes immediately before the fire began. Fireworks remnants were also found in the area.

The female appeared to have a self-inflicted injury and was taken to the Maui Memorial Medical Center emergency room in critical condition.

Firefighters battled a few large flare-ups and continue water drops today after a brush fire blackened 2,500 acres of brush and fallow sugar cane fields.