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The Maui Region of the Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation announced plans to initiate public discussion on what they are calling “imminent service and position cuts.”

The Island of Maui was named the best island in the United States and the second best island in the world in TripAdvisor’s 2015 Travelers’ Choice Awards. The accolade comes after two Maui beaches were named to the publication’s list for best beaches in the US earlier this month.

Governor David Ige today joined House and Senate leaders in announcing that they have come to an understanding on Maui healthcare reform, and will take House Bill 1075 to conference instead of voting on the measure in its current form.

A 63-year-old visitor was pulled unresponsive from the water at Ulua Beach on Tuesday, April 21, 2015, police said.

The woman was hiking with two other friends on a trail leading to the Hāna Lighthouse, when she slipped and fell about 15 feet onto rocks at the water’s edge.

Moderate to strong trade winds are expected to weaken and become more southeasterly through mid-week and change little into the weekend. Most clouds…

Maui police issued a total of 764 citations to motorists during its recent participation in the National “U Drive. U Text. U Pay” campaign that ran from April 6 to April 18, 2015.

Protection and restoration efforts over the past four decades have led to an increase in numbers and growth rates for humpback whales in many areas.

A group of volunteers, led by staff from the Maui Nui Seabird Recovery Project, banded 150 adult wedge-tailed shearwaters (‘Ua’u kani) at a Kapalua colony in West Maui on Friday night.

Breezy winds are expected today out of the east from 15 to 30 mph. We expect partly to mostly cloudy skies with a few brief windward showers in the morning. Partly sunny skies for leeward spots with isolated showers. High temperatures from 81° to 86° near shore and lower high temperatures at higher elevations (see graphic above).

An estimated 19,258 Maui customers lost power at 12:34 p.m. on Saturday, April 18, 2015 for about 20 minutes when the Auwahi Wind Farm tripped offline resulting in a sudden and severe loss of wind generation on Maui Electric’s system, company representatives said.

The Baldwin High School boys and Seabury Hall girls did what they do best on Friday — win Maui Interscholastic League track and field championships.

Fresh to locally strong trade winds are expected into the middle of next week. The trade winds will focus clouds and showers over windward slopes…

This is the second time that the Governor has announced a “timeout extension” following ongoing demonstrations blocking access to the construction site, teach-ins, and walkout events across the state.

Three Maui residents were honored with the Maui Fire and Public Safety Commission’s Kahuola Award for separate acts of heroism reported between February and October of 2014.

Ten student athletes at the Kamehameha Schools Maui campus signed national letters of intent on Wednesday, April 15, 2015, bringing to 14 the total number of athletes from the school that signed letters this year. The group on Wednesday included five football players, two swimmers, two soccer players and a softball player.

Maui police released photos today of the new body-worn cameras being used as part of a month-long pilot program to test their feasibility for use by the department.

The Kamehameha Schools Maui Hoʻolauleʻa 2015 is scheduled for this Saturday, April 18, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the grounds of Kamehameha Schools Maui high school campus in Kulamalu, overlooking Central Maui and the West Maui Mountains.

Moderate to fresh trade wind flow is expected to stay in place through Saturday. Sunday through early next week an increase in trade wind speeds is forecasted…

Two sailors are safe after their 37-foot sailing vessel, the Hina Nui, sustained severe damage after running aground on a remote island near Malden Island, Kiribati.