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Motorists traveling to or from West Maui on are advised that they can expect heavy traffic on the Honoapi’ilani Hwy (30) in the area of Olowalu, near Cut Mountain/Mile Post Marker 17due to a brush fire reported on Sunday afternoon, May 1, 2016.

Maui fire crews airlifted a 66-year-old Kīhei woman from the King’s Trail near La Perouse Bay in Mākena on Saturday, April 30, 2016.

Maui police arrested a 16-year-old Wailuku teen and charged a 24-year-old Haʻikū man in connection with the March murder of 39-year-old Michael Colby of Kahului at Kaʻa Point.

The program provides you with a $400 stipend and even a mattress if you need one. You don’t need an extra room, just an open heart….

Trade winds are expected to weaken slightly on Saturday. Starting Sunday, trade winds are expected to increase in speed again through the middle…

Maui Wellness Group, LLC and Pono Life Sciences Maui, LLC were announced today as the Marijuana Dispensary Licensees for the County of Maui. They are among a list of eight entities awarded licenses across the state to operate dispensaries in respective counties in Hawaiʻi.

With his senior season more than four months away, Feleti Afemui is feeling blessed.

Trade winds are forecast to stay locally breezy through Friday. Slight weakening of the trades is possible Friday night and Saturday. Sunday and Monday trades…

“The sad thing also about this situation is that Kehau really did do everything we would suggest. She went to the store, she didn’t go by herself. Someone went with her. She got a restraining order. When he violated the restraining order, she called the police. The police arrested him. Everything was working the way it was supposed to work, and I think that’s what makes this doubly tragic,” said Moniz.

Maui visitor arrivals (+1%) and visitor expenditures (+4.3%) both increased this March compared to March 2015. More visitors stayed exclusively on Maui (+8.1%) compared to March 2015, topping the list other Hawaiian Islands for exclusive stays in March 2016.

Koholā Brewery launched its first public event with a one-day Tap Takeover at Pailolo Bar & Grill, which marked National Beer Day on April 7 by supporting the new local business.

Maui County Budget and Finance Committee Chair Riki Hokama has proposed a 40% property tax increase for Commercialized Residential permitted properties—Maui’s bed-and-breakfast properties, while maintaining or reducing tax rates by 2% for other classifications.

The state and Hawai‘i County are standing down certain emergency response activities related to the dengue fever outbreak after 30 days of no new locally acquired cases.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center reports a 7.0M (preliminary magnitude 7.3) earthquake occurred near Vanuatu. Based on all available data, a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami is not expected and there is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi.

A Maui police Sergeant testified that Schmidt could be heard saying, “I couldn’t take it anymore and I stabbed…

Moderate trade winds will persist through Saturday. The stable trade wind flow will focus clouds and showers over windward slopes, while random pockets…

Known as the Oscars of big wave surfing, the XXL Awards acknowledge both men and women who risk their lives chasing monster waves all over the globe in search of the biggest and best rides.

Trade winds are expected for the rest of the week and into the weekend. Trades will be moderate to breezy but becoming slightly weaker as the weekend approaches. Clouds..

Demonstrators on three islands led chants of “e ola i ka wai, mauka to makai” in separate “Free the Streams” rallies focused on water rights and opposition to Alexander & Baldwin’s continued stream diversions.

A new National Park Service report shows that 1,216,772 visitors to Haleakalā National Park in 2015 spent over $76 million in communities near the park.