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Maui police today identified the male victim in Saturday’s Pāʻia homicide investigation as 20-year-old Keenan Blair. Police say Blair and Allen knew each other, but say the reason for this incident is still being investigated.

A groundbreaking ceremony was held today for the County of Maui’s Wailuku Town Improvement Project. Road improvements will begin this week on Church Street as part of Phase 1A of the project.

Maui company, HNu Photonics LLC, is bringing NASA-funded cutting-edge technology to the International Space Station to better understand the effects of living in space on the human body.

Maui police arrested a 46-year-old Lahaina woman on suspicion of first degree assault and disorderly conduct for an incident on Sunday night that left a male victim with critical, life-threatening injuries.  

“Further checks revealed Kane was found to be Habitually Operating a Vehicle while Under the Influence of an Intoxicant (OVUII), a Class C Felony offense punishable by up to five years in prison,” said Lt. William Hankins, Commander of the Maui Police Department’s Traffic Division.

An “abundance of mother/calf pairs” have been observed in and around Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, prompting a reminder to ocean users to proceed with caution.

Coast Guard crews on Maui rescued the operator of a jet ski after the craft overturned about 200 yards off Haycraft Park on Sunday.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a 4.2 (preliminary magnitude 4.0) earthquake in the Hilina Region of the Kilauea Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

So far, investigation reveals that the victim and suspect knew each other. 

Maui police say William Douglas Allen has been located and arrested.  Police thanked the public for their assistance. Police are are conducing a Homicide type investigation and had temporarily closed the area of Holomua Road and Baldwin Avenue.

An innovative pilot project that uses oysters to improve water quality at Maui’s Māʻalaea Harbor was launched on Friday by the Maui Nui Marine Resource Council.

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Kaohu currently serves an executive aide for Councilmember Tamara Paltin.  Her name will surface for consideration at the full council meeting on Friday, Feb. 7.   Krueger currently serves as a legislative analyst in the Office of Council Services and be considered for the deputy clerk vacancy.

Police arrested a 40-year-old man from the Kīhei area on suspicion of attempted kidnapping and second degree robbery. The man was released pending further investigation.

Crews rescued the two mariners, successfully righted and dewatered the boat, and towed it back to Māʻalaea Harbor on Maui.

Starting today, Friday, Jan. 31, and continuing through Sunday, the Maui Police Department Traffic Division, will be conducting sobriety check points and saturation patrols at various locations to address impaired driving over the Super Bowl weekend.

Maui police arrested a Lahiana man after an alleged crime spree that included the theft of tens of thousands of dollars in merchandise in Wailea and a knife attack in Kīhei.

US Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie K. Hirono of Hawai‘i are calling for an investigation into the Federal Aviation Authority following a new Senate report and whistleblower complaints.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health (DOH) has confirmed a case of angiostrongyliasis, or rat lungworm disease, in an adult on the island of Kaua‘i.

Emergency personnel on Maui found no evidence of a crash or signs of distress after a caller reported seeing a helicopter going downward in an unusual motion in East Maui on Thursday afternoon.