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The winners have been announced for the 14th Annual Kū Mai Ka Hula Competition, held on Saturday, Sept. 14 in the Castle Theater at Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

A man charged with second degree attempted murder in connection with a shooting in Kahului on Thursday, is being held on $250,000 bail.

Here on Maui, there were a total of five record setting or tying days over the month-long period (from Aug. 17 to Sept. 16), including: 97 degree temperatures in Kahului on Sept. 16; 95 degrees on Sept. 1; 94 degrees on Sept. 15; 93 degrees on Sept. 9; and 92 degrees on Sept. 5, 2019.

Forecasters continue to monitor Hurricane Kiko in the Eastern Pacific. At 11 a.m. HST, the center of Hurricane Kiko was located about 1,000 miles WSW of the southern tip of Baja California.

A portion of Hāna Highway will be closed in Kīpahulu starting today (Sept. 16, 2019) in order for crews to repair landslide damage to the road.

Governor David Ige called a news conference at the State Capitol on Friday to discuss the ongoing conflict at Maunakea and to dispel what state officials are calling “false narratives.” Meantime, leaders of the movement maintain that their efforts are “rooted in Kapu Aloha,” “peace,” and “non-violence.”

Concerns surrounding the homeless presence off of East Kamehameha Avenue and Hoʻohana Street in Kahului are top-of-mind following Wednesday night’s fatal traffic accident and Thursday morning’s shooting involving a homeless altercation at the site.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), together with all four county police departments and child passenger safety advocates, will participate in National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 15 to 21, 2019.

Maui police have identified the victim in Wednesday night’s fatal motor vehicle collision in Kahului as 41-year-old Jeremy Tackett.

Police say Kahalawai was reported missing by family members, who say she was last in contact with them at around 6:40 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.

Manuel Nunes Jr. allegedly used a twelve gauge shotgun loaded with bird shot to shoot Douglas Balinbin in the upper back of his head, police said.

The video spells out the counter argument: “If DLNR and DHHL truly care about mālama ʻāina, maybe they would stop the TMT project that would: excavate 64,000 cubic yards of earth and destroy six acres of pristine alpine desert habitat.  That’s a lot more damage than cleaned shoes traveling along trails.”

Maui police are conducting an investigation into a shooting reported early this morning in Kahului near the back of the old Safeway store.

Maui police have confirmed a fatal traffic accident occurred in the parking lot outside of Ross and the old Kahului Safeway store this evening.

There were two 9/11 ceremonies, one at the Kahului Fire Station on Dairy Road and the other held at the main security checkpoint at Kahului Airport.

The first report of a possible case of vaping-associated severe respiratory illness in a Hawai‘i Island resident under the age of 18 years has surfaced.

A team from the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources conducted a rapid assessment of coral health at Molokini and along Maui’s south shore from Mākena to Māʻalaea.

The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of a dive float found approximately a quarter mile off Kāʻanapali Beach today.

Emergency responders were dispatched to ʻĪao Valley State Park on Tuesday afternoon for a report of a 19-year-old female from Austria who suffered a laceration to her head after falling from a rock.

Maui High School was the fifth largest in the state with 2,082 students; Maui Waena is the fifth largest intermediate school in the state with 1,162 students; Kahului is the fourth largest elementary school with 933 students and Kīhei Charter School is the fifth largest charter school in the state with 689 students.