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Firefighters have gained 90% containment on the 4,100-acre Māʻalaea Mauka wildfire as of 10:30 this morning.

A homeless man was arrested and charged with second degree arson in connection with a three to four acre brush fire reported on Wednesday, Oct. 2, near the entrance of Sandhills Estates in Wailuku.

Maui Now has all the latest images for those of you who couldn’t make the parade or opening day of the Maui Fair today. Please enjoy!

A live California kingsnake was turned in to the Honolulu Zoo under the state’s Amnesty Program at about noon on Tuesday, Oct. 1st.

Monsalve was 46 years old when she was last seen on Jan. 12, 2014, at Brown’s residence in Wailuku.  Brown was her ex-boyfriend at the time.

The Māʻalaea Mauka brush fire has consumed 4,100 acres and has been contained 70 percent as of noon today, the Maui Fire Department reports.  The Honoapiʻilani Highway was also reopened to traffic after a temporary closure that started at around 10:45 a.m. while crews built up a berm to prevent the fire from encroaching onto the highway. 

The Honoapiʻilani Highway has re-opened to traffic in both directions after a temporary closure that started at around 10:45 a.m. while crews built up a berm to prevent the fire from encroaching onto the highway.

A 37-year-old man was arrested for terroristic threatening following an altercation involving a machete on the Kahekili Highway in Waiheʻe on Wednesday night.

The 97th Maui Fair will open with a traditional parade today. The parade takes place at 4:30 p.m. starting at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College along Kaʻahumanu Avenue and ending at the entrance to Maehara Baseball Stadium on Kanaloa Avenue. The Fairground will open 5 p.m.

At 6:35 a.m., radar showed fast-moving moderate to heavy showers periodically soaking portions of windward Maui. Rainfall rates in the heaviest showers are between 1 and 2 inches per hour, with these showers affecting both windward west Maui, and windward Haleakalā.

The Honoapiʻilani Highway remains open in both directions following an extended road closure yesterday due to firefighting operations and reduced visibility.  

The Honoapiʻilani Highway is now OPEN in both directions. Intermittent closures are possible overnight as crews continue to battle a large brush fire in the West Maui Mountains. 

Beranard Brown, the man accused of second degree murder in the disappearance of Moriera “Mo” Monsalve, is headed back to Maui.

Electrical service has been restored to all customers affected by the widespread outage on Maui, according to Maui Electric.

Maui Fire Department personnel are responding to reports of a brush fire off Honoapiʻilani Highway in an area between the scenic lookout and Olowalu. 

The Lahaina Town Action Committee, which organizes the Halloween in Lahaina event each year, is currently soliciting sponsors and donations.

Thelma Pascua-Suyat, 64, of Maui was sentenced in federal court on Monday to a 3-year 7-month jail term for wire fraud.

On the morning of Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019, Haleakalā  National Park law enforcement rangers observed tire tracks leaving the paved road at Haleakalā’s summit.

This year’s 2019 Festival of Aloha has now reached the half way point.  Next, the festival heads to Moloka‘i and Hāna in East Maui.  The remaining schedule is as follows:

On Friday, October 11, more than 150 parents, students, educators, law makers, public health experts, law enforcement officials, and advocates…