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An inspection of the restaurant was conducted on Sept. 9, 2019 in response to an anonymous customer complaint. A red placard has been posted at the establishment to protect public health.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino received a question posed by a Maui resident as part of his Ask the Mayor weekly column, inquiring, “How does the ‘pop-up’ tent kitchen in the ʻUkumahame/Olowalu area get to operate on what appears to be state land for weeks at a time?”

Maui County’s outstanding Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) stars were showcased during the annual Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) Ke Alahele Education Fund Benefit Dinner & Auction, “Pathways to Our Future.”

Maui police issued a total of eight traffic citations during a Mauna Convoy at Kahului Airport on Monday afternoon.

Police say the traffic alert was issued due to the potential for a planned protest convoy from Lahaina to the Kahului Airport beginning at 1 p.m. today (Monday, Sept. 9, 2019). 

The second annual Maui Fiber Conference wrapped up in Kāʻanapali this weekend. The event, entitled Kauluhiwaolele, speaks to the esteemed groves from which fibers are gathered to fashion traditional crafts.

A “dust devil” in Central Maui on Friday afternoon had some taken by surprise as they witnessed the swirling column in a field off of the Maui Veterans Highway. The incident was reported at around 1 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019 in an old sugar cane field.

The family of missing person Khiara Henry is offering a $10,000 reward for her safe return, and/or the arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for her disappearance.

A 64-year-old Texas man was pronounced dead at Kaanapali Beach this morning after witnesses discovered him face down in the water fronting Puʻu Kekaʻa “Black Rock.”

Leonardo Diaz, 30, was seen at his home in Hāna on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019 at around 10:30 p.m.  He was also observed by a resident at around 7:30 a.m. the following day on Haneoʻo Road walking towards Hāmoa Beach wearing only surf trunks.

The State of Hawaiʻi will be removing a structure that it says was “unlawfully constructed on Department of Hawaiian Home Lands property.”

Maui Central East Maui Little League All-Star teams who won the Senior Division World Series, and earned a regional title and second place national finish in the division for 11- and 12-year-olds, will be honored at a celebration this afternoon (Friday, Sept. 6, 2019).

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center and National Hurricane Center continue to track two systems that are on weakening trends.  

Motorist traveling to or from West Maui are advised of a traffic accident in Olowalu fronting Leoda’s restaurant.

The Central Pacific Hurricane Center and National Hurricane Center are now tracking two systems: Tropical Storm Akoni which has formed far southeast of Hawaiʻi and Hurricane Juliette which is weakening in the Eastern North Pacific.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation is expanding the network of cameras available to the public to Maui by providing real-time images of traffic conditions at key intersections. 

The National Transportation Safety Board issued a new report on what may have contributed to a deadly helicopter crash off Molokaʻi nearly two years ago. 

MPD has now canceled the Missing Persons alert.

The fire, which was located half a mile below Keahua Road and 100 yards south of Haleakala Highway, was extinguished a little over an hour from when it was reported.

A Kula man is scheduled to appear in Wailuku court today for arraignment and entry of a plea after he allegedly crashed a stolen vehicle in Kīhei last week.