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The Maui Ocean Center in Māʻalaea welcomes six baby green sea turtles during a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony today, aquarium administrators announced.

Lahainaluna High School extended its Maui Interscholastic League win streak to 11 Saturday, dominating Kamehameha Maui 48-18 at War Memorial Stadium before an estimated crowd of 2,500.

A 60-year-old man from Scottsdale, Arizona died after being pulled from the waters fronting the Sheraton Resort in West Maui on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014.

The rumblings were confirmed last night via an online post that places The Green right back on Maui at 7 p.m. on September 18, at The Millhouse on the grounds of the Maui Tropical Plantation for a 21 and over party and concert.

A crew aboard a Coast Guard response boat discovered an unattended dive flag adrift in Maui waters at around 6:45 p.m. while conducting routine training at Māʻalaea Bay.

Dukie Racadio, 38, served as a police officer from 2000 to 2013, but received a notice of termination stating that he was “no longer medically qualified to continue as a Police Officer,” according to claims in the suit filed on Aug. 1, 2014, in Second Circuit Court.

Over the past two weeks, while police were actively participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, officers with the DUI Task Force issued more than 60 citations to motorists for violating the “Move Over Law,” according to Maui police Sergeant Nick Krau.

Maui police arrested two Waiehu men on bench warrants following a drug investigation by the Department’s Crime Reduction Unit. Chester Mahuna, 59, was arrested and charged with first degree Methamphetamine Trafficking and was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Fire officials say the 26-year-old woman from Wisconsin was carried back to the road after crews received reports that she was feeling very cold and exhausted.

On Maui, higher daily spending in July of 2014 (up 10.3% to $206 per person) among the 225,727 visitors (up 0.2%) to Maui contributed to an 8.2% gain in visitor expenditures to $365.8 million.

An 18-year-old Kula man was medevaced to the Maui Memorial Medical Center with life threatening injuries following a single-vehicle collision on the Piʻilani Highway just south of Upper Kanaio Road near Ulupalakua.

Maui Police are requesting assistance regarding missing person, Sean Okin. Police say Okin was operating a black or dark blue Toyota Scion with California plates.

An estimated 275 gallons of wastewater overflowed in the vicinity of Kāʻanapali Parkway in West Maui on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, county officials said.

Consultants for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program will describe how to optimize resource efficiency in Hawaiʻi’s commercial buildings.

Haleakalā National Park kicks-off its Nēnē Awareness campaign with a logo contest in which student artists are invited to create a logo depicting why nēnē are special, or what can be done to protect them.

The Baldwin High School football team had no answer for the deep ball and suffered the consequences Saturday in its 2014 debut.

Haleakalā National Park will celebrate the 98th birthday of the National Park Service by waiving its normal entrance fee of $10 on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

There were two earthquakes of interest reported overnight–the first, a 3.3 earthquake was reported 32 miles NE of Hāna, Maui at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014; and a separate, a 6.0 earthquake located about 6 miles SSW of Napa, Caifornia reported about 20 minutes later at 12:20 a.m. HST (3:20 a.m. Pacific Time near the epicenter).

Police say an unknown male depicted in the attached photographs allegedly attempted to use a stolen cards at an ATM located at Bank of Hawaii Wailuku branch on Main Street.

A special committee tasked with reviewing applications for the Maui police chief vacancy, has narrowed the list to six finalists and has released the names of those still in the running. The list includes…