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“Officials have notified the boy’s family that he is safe. The CWS Branch will enlist the help of all necessary agencies to ensure the child’s safe return to his home in California,” department officials said in a statement.

The NWS says winds will be concentrated over the Islands of Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe, and the West Maui Mountains and Central Valley area of Maui.

Officials with the FBI in Honolulu have confirmed a report of a 16-year-old boy who stowed away on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from San Jose to Kahului, Maui Sunday morning.

The suspect was arrested at the Wailuku Police Station after turning himself in this morning on one count of accidents involving injury or death, and was released pending further investigation.

The fee for admission to Haleakalā National Park will be waived this Saturday and Sunday, April 19 and 20, as the facility kicks off National Park Week.

The Maui County Council will consider legislation on Tuesday to rename the Kahului Pool and an Upcountry field after youth mentors Spencer Shiraishi and William “Blee” Amoral Sr., Council Member Don Guzman announced.

Six traffic fatalities in past 11 days prompts message from county administration to join the Maui Police Department’s plea for motorists to “drive smart.”

“Chief Murray has performed exceptionally well in relation to the Commission’s expectations,” the announcement said of Chief Murray, who was named to the post six years ago.

Maui firefighters returned to the scene of a brush fire reported Wednesday afternoon, April 16, to find a separate brush fire in the same vicinity, but further to the south, fire officials said.

A total of 11 student athletes from the Kamehameha Schools, Maui campus signed letters of intent today as they made their college commitments final. The list includes…

The individual has since been identified as Viki Deardorff, 51, of Kīhei. This was the ninth traffic fatality on Maui County roads this year, and the sixth traffic fatality in the last 11 days.

Two teams each from Maui High School and King Kekaulike are competing in the 2014 Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition, scheduled for Saturday, April 26, at Honolulu Community College.

A Maui woman operating a moped was fatally injured when she was struck from behind by a vehicle traveling in the same direction on the Honoapiʻilani Highway at Puamana on Monday afternoon, April 14, 2014. Police have since identified the woman as…

The victim has been identified as Michael “Smiley” Phillip Gray, who died at around 10:55 p.m. on Friday, April 11, 2014, according to police.

Maui police have confirmed that Steven Capobianco was arrested today in connection with a burglary case, that is not related to the Charli Scott homicide investigation for which he has been named as a person of interest.

The advisory comes on the heels of four traffic fatalities in eight days on Maui County roads. It also comes amid the department’s increased enforcement effort involving distracted driving, as part of the national “U Drive U Test U Pay” campaign.

Rescue personnel were dispatched to assist a two females who were aboard a kayak that capsized and became separated from others in their group by windy conditions in South Maui on Sunday afternoon.

“Be careful what you wish for. You may find an advantage on one hand, and a disadvantage on the other; but for purposes of meeting community needs, service needs, the division of the revenues from travel and tourism really should be discussed,” said Governor Neil Abercrombie.

Maui’s Crisis Intervention Team was the first-of-its-kind in the state when it launched with an inaugural class last year, providing specialized training in mental health. For the first time, the training also included outer island participants.

Police say 24-year-old Burton Salas of Wailuku sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene.