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The ʻOheʻo Stream in the Kīpahulu section of Haleakalā National Park in East Maui will be closed beginning on Tuesday, August 5, 2014, while crews service monitoring equipment.

Council Member Riki Hokama is calling on Hawaiʻi elected officials in Congress to support and advocate for long-term transportation funding to make sure counties can invest in significant infrastructure for the community.

A 21-foot recreational vessel had sunk and that those aboard were clinging to three kayaks that they tied together. The incident was reported on Sunday in the Kaiwi Channel, about 12 miles west of Molokaʻi.

The system was located about 1,245 miles east of Hilo, and 1,345 miles ESE of Kahului this morning, and was moving west at 10 mph. The system has sustained winds of 140 mph and is expected to move into the Central Pacific sometime on Tuesday.

When two different people told us Maui’s best burgers are being served at upcountry’s humbly named Liquor Shack and Deli, we went for a little look see.

A 12-year-old boy from Japan is safe after being rescued while windsurfing in waters near Kanahā Beach in Kahului on Thursday.

Construction on Phase 1 is slated for completion in October 2015.

Police say speed is suspected as a factor in a fatal motorcycle crash on the Kuihelani Highway in Central Maui on Wednesday night. Police have since identified the victim as…

An Unveiling and Retiring of Flag Ceremony was held in honor of Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta this afternoon.

Maui police issued a total of 813 citations, 633 of them for speeding, during the week-long Operation SPEED campaign that began on Monday, July 21 and concluded on Saturday, July 26, 2014.

The threatened plants are found nowhere else in the world, flower just once, and die shortly after. Visitors can see the ʻāhinahina in bloom at the Kalahaku Overlook, and on the Sliding Sands Trail at Haleakalā National Park.

Noshir S. Gowadia was sentenced to to 32 years in prison in 2010 for communicating classified national defense information to the People’s Republic of China, illegally exporting military technical data, as well as money laundering, filing false tax returns and other offenses.

First responders were called to South Maui on Sunday afternoon for a report of a man found floating face down approximately 25 yards offshore at Kamaʻole Beach Park III.

An estimated 55,000 juror questionnaires will be mailed out to residents in Maui County as the Hawaiʻi State Judiciary seeks potential jurors for the 2015 jury pool.

The funds will be used for the renovation and re-purposing of the former Hale Haumana student housing facility into the Hospitality Academy of Maui.

A structure fire at a cottage in Kīhei on Sunday afternoon caused an estimated $70,000 in damage and displaced two residents, fire officials said.

The incident was reported on Wednesday morning with the arrest portion captured on video tape by a bystander.

A bill seeking a ban on the use and sale of polystyrene disposable food service containers in Maui County comes up for review before a council committee on Monday.

Habitat for Humanity Maui raised more than $11,500 during the organization’s eighth annual build-a-thon at the Kahawai condominium complex in Happy Valley.

Police arrested and charged Thomas Schillaci, 47, of Kīhei with methamphetamine trafficking, among other charges, and were holding him in lieu of $144,000 bail at last report.