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A man that police had sought for questioning in a bank robbery reported over the weekend, was arrested last night in Pukalani.

Another busy weekend. This one has a whale and ocean art fair, Hawaiian music, youth and community theater, a Renaissance faire and a chance to soak in chocolate.

The surviving passenger who is credited with pulling two others from the burning wreckage of Wednesday’s plane crash on Lāna‘i has released a statement to reassure family and friends of his condition.

“This is a tragedy that has stunned our community, but we are also thankful for those whose lives were spared,” said Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa who hosted a press conference following a deadly plane crash on Lānaʻi.

“I don’t even know what they’re going through right now cause it’s hard enough for us as their colleagues and co workers, and our hearts of course go out to them…”

Sources tell Maui Now the concert featured Maroon 5. Maui Now received photos from a private mystery concert held last night at the Grand Wailea in South Maui.

County officials have since confirmed that the pilot and two Department of Planning employees suffered fatal injuries in the crash. Two other planning employees were in critical condition and a deputy attorney for Corporation Counsel was in serious condition.

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a plane crash on the island of Lānaʻi reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in the Miki Road area to the East of the Lānaʻi Airport.

Maui Waena Intermediate School will soon break ground on a long awaited $5.1 million classroom expansion project, according to an announcement today from state Representative Justin Woodson of Maui.

The impersonator tells the recipient that they will be arrested unless they pay a fee by phone to have the warrant cleared.

Hoʻāla Loko Iʻa would provide cultural practitioners with a single application permit, consolidating a process that currently requires five permits that cover 17 federal and state regulations.

The 64-unit Kulamalu project is proposed for construction on more than four acres of land, bounded by ʻŌhiʻa Kū Street and ʻAʻapueo Parkway, and located west of the Kula Highway.

Five Maui residents have started a GMO petition drive calling for the suspension of all genetically-engineered operations and practices in Maui County through a Temporary Moratorium Initiative.

Do not allow Charli Scott to become just another unsolved missing persons file here in Hawaiʻi, we have to remember and keep pushing until she is found, family members said in an online post.

The purpose of the well is to find a potential new groundwater source, and add reliability to the West Maui Service area during times of reduced water availability.

A total of 24 Maui residents have pulled papers for the upcoming 2014 elections since the candidate filing period began on Feb. 3.

The unknown offender walked into the store at around 1:57 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, approached a Bank of Hawaiʻi teller, and allegedly handed the teller a note demanding money.

An total of 1,331 humpback whale sightings were recorded during the Pacific Whale Foundation’s annual Great Whale Count held on Saturday.

A search turned up more than 8 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

Testifiers called Shiraishi a “life coach” and dedicated volunteer who “impacted thousands of people and taught hundreds of children to swim.”