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The 72-year-old male driver of the Taurus and the 16-year-old male passenger riding in the rear driver’s-side seat were pronounced dead at the scene.

A tropical cyclone will likely form later today or tonight as a system 1,300 miles east southeast of Hilo on Hawai‘i Island moves toward the west northwest at 15 to 20 mph.

By Maui Now Staff The National Weather Service in Honolulu issued a coastal hazard, high surf advisory for the south-facing shores of all the Hawaiian Islands through Wednesday, July 8, at 6 p.m. A building south-southwest swell will peak on Tuesday and remain elevated into Wednesday. Surf along south-facing shores is expected to be in […]

Maui Now videographer Kalani Prince was on the scene of a near-drowning at Baldwin Beach at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.

County of Maui, Department of Fire & Public Safety responded to 10 brushfires or structure fires between 7:30 a.m. July 4, and 7:30 a.m. July 5, 2015.

Maui Now sources have reported a fire near Pāʻia Gym.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Alani Place in Happy Valley today at 12:43 p.m.

The County of Maui Department of Fire & Public Safety has issued a statement about two “suspicious” brush fires that occurred today in Kīhei.

At 2:15 p.m., the Maui County road notification alert system announced that Pi‘ilani Highway between Uwapo Road and Ohukai Road in Kīhei has been closed because of limited visibility due to smoke from a nearby fire.

The 50th annual Makawao Fourth of July Parade seemingly “went off without a hitch,” despite the presence of a large, portable, electric flashing sign reading “No parade staging–violators will be prosecuted ” in the Maui Veterans Cemetery parking lot, the traditional staging area for the parade’s horse units for the last 50 years.

The Maui group Stop Cane Burning filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the state Department of Health, seeking an injunction to immediately stop agricultural burning on Maui and effectively invalidate the burn permit issued to Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company. The lawsuit is the first to be filed on Maui in the new Environmental Court, and alleges that the regulatory system which allows the open air burning is unconstitutional.

Community partners from across the County were recognized today at Maui United Way’s the 46th Annual Meeting and Recognition Luncheon held at the Kamehameha Golf Course Clubhouse in Waikapū. This year alone, community partners contributed $943,040 toward the 2014-2015 campaign, which funded 40 nonprofit agencies and their various social service programs countywide.

Important flood risk meetings will be held for residents of Kīhei, Waikapū, Kaunakakai and the South Shore of Molokaʻi. The County of Maui, State Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Federal Emergency Management Agency will hold community meetings for residents of these areas who may be affected by the new digital flood insurance rate maps.

Our current south-southwest swell is expected to hold through early Thursday before beginning to ease. Storm activity near New Zealand…

Under the new law the use of all tobacco products and electronic smoking devices, or e-cigarettes are banned from use at all Hawaiʻi State Parks. Penalties for violation of the new law are $100 for a first offense, $200 for a second offense and $500 for subsequent offenses.

Ruben Settle, 38, was sentenced on Monday, June 29 by Chief District Judge Susan Oki Mollway to 210 months in prison for his role in a plan to distribute methamphetamine on the Island of Maui. Evidence presented in court showed that Settle recruited other individuals to assist him in the distribution, including approximately 700 grams of “ice” that was seized from Settle by Maui police on Dec. 17, 2014.

Winds are expected to be light through Friday. Daytime heating will produce local sea breezes which will cause clouds and scattered showers over leeward and interior sections…

A federal judge today ruled that the Maui GMO Initiative passed by Maui voters in November 2014 is invalid because the county does not have the authority over the matter. The 0rder states that the County of Maui GMO ordinance is preempted and exceeds the county’s authority to impose fines.

Governor David Ige signed a bill into law this morning that makes it mandatory for certain state councils, boards and commissions to attend a course on Native Hawaiian customs and rights to be administered by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Light winds will lead to local afternoon sea breeze and nighttime land breeze for the next few days. Low clouds and showers will favor the interior and leeward…