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Island Air has hired 27 employees, including 19 from Kaua‘i and eight from O‘ahu, as it prepares to relaunch service to Līhu‘e on March 15.

The Maui County Carnival will be a new presentation but people may best relate to it from past events. You may remember the Little League Carnival which went on for three years, ending in 2006, and the Jaycee Carnival, which ended in 1997.

Hāna Highway (Route 360) will be closed at Mile 6.1 near the Nāʻiliʻilihāʻele Stream Bridge, on Friday, March 11, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Maui local surfer Tyler Larronde has had some very close calls at famous big wave surfing spot, Jaws (also known as Pe’ahi)…

Breezy east to northeast trade winds are forecast to stay in place through the weekend with clouds and showers favoring windward and mauka areas. Early next week, winds…

PU’UNOA SUBDIVISION BRUSH FIRES, WEST MAUI: 9:45 p.m., 3/9/16, Maui firefighters responded to three small brushfires in Pu’unoa, on the Lahaina side of Hokiokio Road. No structures were damaged, and residents say the fires appear to have been suspicious. Crews had the fires contained and we’re conducting mop up operations into the night.

“Unfortunately the audit’s findings were skewed because the auditor refused to use the county’s evaluation of how much landfill space is worth,” county officials contend.

The petition states that HC&S’s closure presents new circumstances that the Water Commission must address in fulfilling its ongoing public trust duties to restore stream flows to Nā Wai ‘Ehā.

Due to severe storm damage the main service center of the Division of Motor Vehicles and Licensing (DMVL), located at the Maui Mall in Kahului, has been closed until further notice.

An audit of the county’s Solid Waste Division reveals the county’s 20-year waste-to-energy contract is projected to cost $1.7 million per year more than presented to the council, Budget and Finance Committee Chair Riki Hokama announced today.

Yesterday evening, Hawaiʻi was the first state in the US to get a total solar eclipse since the last solar eclipse over Hawaii in 1991…

The collision occurred as a red 2014 Ford four door sedan, operated by a 53 year old female from San Mateo, California, was traveling northbound on S. Kīhei Road when she struck a 44 year old male from Wailea, who was walking southbound towards traffic within the northbound lane of the roadway.

A cold front will linger near the Big Island through Wednesday as it weakens. The front will bring cool, gusty north winds behind the it. High pressure building…

The Hawai‘i State Senate today passed 265 bills on third reading ahead of this week’s cross over deadline. Measures advancing to the House include bills to address homelessness, invasive species, elections by mail and equal pay.

The public is invited to attend the grand opening of the first phase of the Central Maui Regional Sports Complex this Saturday, March 12, 2016.

Hawaiʻi will be the first state in the US to get a total solar eclipse since the last solar eclipse over Hawaii in 1991. The path of totality actually passes…

Monday, March 7, 2016, marked the last day for dozens of workers at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company who were laid off as part of the company’s transition away from sugar cane production.

A cold front will sweep down the island chain Tuesday through Wednesday, bringing clouds and showers. Cool and strong northerly winds will increase…

As of February 2016, the new full-time average hourly wage in Hawaiʻi is $15.38 an hour and $11.68 an hour for part-time associates.

The signature event is being held in celebration of Hawaii’s oldest royal organization established by royal decree in 1865 by Kamehameha V.