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The Maui High School football team was unable to slow Farrington in the second half, falling to the Governors tonight 22-6 in a First Hawaiian Bank Division I State Championship quarterfinal game at Aloha Stadium on Oahu.

A California woman was arrested for allegedly stealing $750 worth of hotel items from the Lodge at Kōʻele on Lānaʻi, and being in possession of a computer belonging to Hawaiian Airlines at the Lānaʻi Airport, police said.

To be specific, the sixth-ranked Farrington High School Governors are bigger than big, said Maui High School head coach David Bui.

Light and variable winds are expected with lots of sunshine. A front is on the way for the weekend. Big swells are setting up for north exposures.

A mobile measles treatment area has been set up outside of the Kaiser Maui Lani Clinic in Wailuku as a precautionary measure to prevent additional exposure, officials tell Maui Now.

Maui teacher Richard Arase was selected as Maui District Teacher of the Year, and is one of seven teachers being considered for the 2015 State Teacher of the Year honor.

Mostly sunny skies are expected today for the leeward areas across Maui County. Scatterd morning showers are in the forecast for windward and mauka areas with partly sunny skies as the day goes on.

Monsanto executives said “We believe this referendum is invalid and contrary to long established state and federal laws that support both the safety and lawful testing and planting of GMO plants.”

Turnout in Maui County was still low, but bucked it’s recent trend as the lowest in the state. That title went to Hawaiʻi County this time around, which recorded a 47.7% turnout.

Maui voters have approved an initiative that places a moratorium on GMO cultivation in Maui County. A total of 23,082 people vote YES in favor of the moratorium, representing 50.2% of the vote, while 22,005 people voted against the measure for a very close 47.9% of the vote.

Trade winds build back in. Series of north swells expected. Another front is…

GMO vote is a YES with 50% of the vote; Cochran wins West Maui; Mayor Arakawa reelected to another term.

Currently playing keyboards for Stick Figure, Kevin Bong also known as “KBong” is no stranger to the crowds that come out to music festivals around the world to hear the sounds of reggae and dub.

The FLOOD ADVISORY for Maui was cancelled at 4:33 p.m. The National Weather Service reports that heavy rain spotted earlier on radar has since ended.

The declaration was in response to an Oct. 24 request made by Governor Neil Abercrombie for federal aid.

Maui Police Chief Tivoli Faaumu and newly selected Deputy Chief Dean Rickard were officially sworn in to their respective posts today during a ceremony held at the Kīhei police station in South Maui.

We look at things that are business inputs that shouldn’t be taxed under a sales tax. Hawaiʻi taxes all of them, said Scott Drenkard an economist and Manager of State Projects for the Tax Foundation.

The investigation stemmed from a report made by personnel with the county Department of Transportation who indicated that an unknown individual was selling stolen $4 Maui Bus passes for $2 online.

Maui Police made 13 traffic related arrests during the 10 hour traffic enforcement effort to keep roads safe on Halloween night. The infractions were in addition to the four arrests made during the Halloween in Lahaina event on Front Street.

Today could be a bit damp in windward spots. Leeward areas should be…