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Lawmakers say the new law provides officers with another tool to deter motorists from getting behind the wheel while intoxicated.

Maui fire crews doused a fire on Piʻihana Road in Wailuku on Friday afternoon, saying crews arrived on scene to find abandoned vehicles and miscellaneous scrapped items on fire.

Inmate Randy Marez was released on probation from the Maui Community Correctional Center on December 12. It was later determined that Marez should have been detained because of a pending probation violation charge.

Maui Electric Company, Ltd. in Kahului on Maui was cited for exceeding the visible emission limits on their combustion turbine generator, units M14 and M17, diesel engine generator unit M14 at the Māʻalaea generating station.

His proposals are aimed at amending the Jones Act, which he says is “widely credited with artificially inflating the cost of shipping goods to Hawaiʻi.”

Alaska Airlines announces it’s Buy One, Get One fare sale, happening today (Friday, Dec. 20, 2019) only, where flyers who book one Alaska flight, can get another one for just the taxes and fees using the code: LETSBOGO.

Wind gusts of 60 mph are forecast for Maui County, with stronger gusts of up to 70 mph forecast for the summit of Haleakalā.

Governor David Ige announced the state will be withdrawing personnel from Maunakea Access Road on Hawaiʻi Island where a demonstration against the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope has been ongoing for more than five months.

Schatz’s law will expand the minimum legal sale age nationwide. Hawai‘i became the first state in the nation to raise the smoking age to 21 back in 2015.

Maui police have launched a second degree attempted murder investigation into a traffic incident reported on Wednesday morning in Honokōhau Valley.

Wailuku Patrol Officers were assigned to the 7-Eleven store at 111 Alamaha Street in Kahului where there was a report of an adult male that was stabbed in the abdomen.

According to the Hawaiʻi Hotel Performance Report published by the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority, Maui’s RevPAR was $265 (up +7.7%); and average daily rate was $354 (up +5.8%) in November.  

Water customers in West, Central and Upcountry Maui are asked to continue voluntary water conservation efforts.  The request comes from the Department of Water Supply and is in effect despite recent rainfall.

Traffic is starting to resume its normal flow following a single-vehicle rollover crash on the Honoapiʻilani Highway.  As of 8:30 a.m., the vehicle was being towed from the scene and crews were working to clean fluids on the road.  Traffic that was previously at a standstill headed from Lahaina into Kahului has since started moving.  Motorists are asked to exercise patience as traffic resumes its normal flow.  The accident was reported shortly after 7 a.m. on the Lahaina side of the “Pali” tunnel, on the makai shoulder.

The US House of Representatives approved articles of impeachment today against President Donald Trump.

Honoapiʻilani HIghway is now open in both directions.  It was closed earlier today following a motor vehicle collision near Mile 35 a the Honokōhau Bridge.

Skyline Conservation Initiative is seeking volunteers for a tree planting project this Saturday, Dec. 21 in Kula. The group will plant 500 native trees, plants and ferns over a two hour period beginning at 1 p.m. along Pōhakuokalā Gulch.

Mayor Victorino vowed to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for what he called escalating impacts and costs of climate change and rising sea levels. He said “taxpayers should not be left to pay for the staggering costs related to the impacts of climate change.”

The Moku ʻO Wailuku Ahupuaʻa Sign project is a cultural grants program funded by the County of Maui Office of Economic Development. It aims to bring awareness of Maui Nui’s ancient land division system.

A total of 89 grants were distributed to public school teachers across Oʻahu, Maui, Lānaʻi and Hawaiʻi Island to help purchase classroom supplies and enhance student curriculums.