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Two Canadian visitors suffered multiple lacerations to their head and body after being swept over the rocks by a large wave in West Maui on Monday morning.

Maui’s Kurt Suzuki made national headlines today when he was introduced by President Trump during a recognition event at the White House for the members of the World Series Championship team. 

Crews checked for the presence of sharks this morning off of Kamaʻole Beach Parks I and II after a report of “dead or dying fish in the water from a damaged akule net off of Kamaʻole III over the weekend.”

The Maui High School Marching Band captured first place in the Western Bands Association Conquistador Classic marching competition held in Chino, California over the weekend.

The US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week in the clean water case involving Maui County’s injection wells.

Two occupants of a Toyota Tacoma are dead after the vehicle plunged 150 feet down a cliff in Maliko Gulch on Maui Saturday night.

Maui County’s largest products show, the annual Hawaiian Airlines Made in Maui County Festival got off to a solid start on Friday with a Wholesale Buyers Event.  The two-day festival continues with the Big Festival Day on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.

The state Department of Education today announced its intentions to move the Maui High School football program in “a different direction,” and search for a new head football coach.

WestJet’s 787 Dreamliner began service between Calgary and Kahului Airport on Thursday, marking the first regularly scheduled Dreamliner service from Canada to Kahului.

The winner of this year’s annual Lahaina Halloween Costume Contest was a handmade giraffe costume complete with stilts and a neck worn as a hat that stretched toward the trees.

No injuries were reported after an armed robbery occurred on Front Street in Lahaina earlier today.

A video documenting a substantial fish kill of native ‘o‘opu (gobies) at the mouth of the Wailuku River was brought to the attention of the Commission on Water Resource Management on Wednesday during the installation of a fish ladder that is meant to help such species survive by ensuring mauka to makai water flow. 

The whales are back, and lucky spectators have been catching glimpses of the majestic creatures in waters off Maui over the past few weeks.

A Maui resident was displaced by a home fire that destroyed a residence on Pau Hana Road in Makawao overnight.

This will be the first arrival on Maui of what is to be a regular route for West Jet’s 787, which can hold between 242 to 330 passengers.

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice today of its intent to sue the Environmental Protection Agency for allegedly “failing to protect Hawaiian waters contaminated by plastic pollution.”

Police will be closing Front Street from Baker Street to Prison Street at 3:30 p.m., and anticipate re-opening Front Street at approximately 11 p.m. Roberts Hawaiʻi is offering a shuttle service as a way for people to get safely to and from Lahaina for Halloween without needing to worry about parking.

As COO, O’Laughlin joins Mahi Pono’s leadership team on Maui which includes, Shan Tsutsui, executive vice president of operations; Grant Nakama, operations manager; and Darren Strand, manager of farming operations.

The Maui Police Department is issuing a reminder to the public of road closures and slowed traffic due to this year’s Halloween event in Lahaina.

Dairy Queen Orange Julius at the Lahaina Cannery Mall announced its closure yesterday via social media saying effective Oct. 29th, it’s West Maui location would be closing after 20 years.