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Passing showers over windward and mauka areas can be expected this weekend. Trade winds will remain at moderate levels through Saturday…

After decades in business, Kula Lodge is cooking up big changes with a new menu and much more.

The ʻOheʻo Stream, located along the Pīpīwai Trail in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park, will be closed until further notice due to the theft of stream monitoring equipment, Park officials announced.

Crater Road and Haleakalā National Park’s summit road will close to visitor traffic while a slow moving convoy transports extremely wide loads to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope near the volcano’s summit from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015.

A very moist air mass left over from Hilda will continue to encourage unsettled weather across most of the state…

The National Transportation Safety Board released a report this week saying the probable cause of a Cessna plane crash on Molokaʻi in January was partial loss of engine power.

Chef Lyndon Honda of Laulima Events won with his Puerto Rican Pork Patty Mofongo, a plantain dish that featured the locally-made rum as the distinctive ingredient, and included chorizo black beans, cotija cheese and chicharrones. As for the cocktail category, winner Gabe Harvey of Kīhei mixed up a drink called Maikaʻi.

A man was airlifted out of Kaihalulu Bay in the east Maui town of Hāna after falling from a trail on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The incident was reported shortly before 12 p.m. in the area often referred to as “Red Sand Beach.”

Makawao Town Pharmacy staff today confirmed that the store was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 12:45 p.m. The suspect demanded oxycodone.

A new Maui County ordinance allows the placement of signs, posters and nontransparent materials on vehicle side windows and rear windows that don’t obstruct the driver’s view of the road.

Maui police today released a photo of the actual badge that Raymond Hodge used during a deadly shootout with police at Keōpūolani Park in Wailuku on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015, and have since confirmed the item was a fake.

It’s official. The Queen Kaʻahumanu Center today announced Bath & Body Works will open a store at the center this fall, becoming the first neighbor island location for the national retailer, and it’s first store on Maui.

A Hydrologic Outlook has been issued by the National Weather Service. Heavy rain and flash flooding are possible Thursday and Friday as Hilda approaches…

The deceased in the incident at Keōpūolani Park on Wednesday, Aug. 5,2015 has been identified as Raymond Hodge, a 39 year old male.

The Haʻikū Community Association will host a meeting on Thursday, Aug. 20 to gather input and provide updates on: the Kalakupua Playground at Giggle Hill reopening; the County’s plans to purchase more than 260 acres of former pineapple land along the scenic Hamakualoa coastline; and a storm season preparedness presentation by MECO.

A 62-year-old man from Kawela, Molokaʻi was pulled from waters near Kamalō Wharf after a witness reported the man’s boat drifting downwind without an operator aboard.

Police, who have yet to release the suspects name, say the 39-year-old man with no local address, was shot multiple times by officers. During an initial investigation police recovered over 50 shell casings, nine of them from the perpetrator. Police say the man sustained an estimated 11 gun shot wounds that were located on various parts of his body from his legs to the top of his torso.

Maui police have since identified the deceased man as a 39-year old African American male with no local address, but have not released his name pending notification of next of kin.

Groundbreaking will take place in September 2015, with the remaining $27 million in initial funds to be used after groundwork has been laid. “I’m really excited that this will be the first Net Zero high school in the entire state,” said Rep. Ing. “It sets an example for what high schools should look like in the future. This is not your grandma’s high school,” he said.

The Upcountry Dog Park located behind the Maui County Recycling Center in Makawao will open to the public in December, county officials said.