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Maui police have since identified the man as 94-year-old Shiro Sam Hironaka, and say the cause of death is pending autopsy results. Police have also estimated damages to the home at $630,000.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health is investigating two confirmed and four probable cases of dengue fever in Hawaiʻi residents and visitors. Health officials say cases were locally-acquired on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help in identifying the owner of an outrigger canoe found adrift three miles southwest of Lāʻau Point, Molokaʻi on Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015.

Hansen Road has been closed since the reconstruction project began in March of this year, and will reopen on Nov. 7 following road improvements and the addition of a bike lane on both sides of the road.

Due to warning level high surf conditions on the North Shore, the Department of Parks and Recreation has closed Baldwin Beach Park in Pāʻia for the day. County officials say waves have flooded the parking lot area.

“Today was a great opener for the big wave season. I scored two hours all by myself windsurfing, which felt great because I could truly focus on riding…

A 63-year-old man from La Jolla, California was rescued after his ankles became tangled in his kite lines while kite surfing in waters off of Kīhei on Monday afternoon.

A 51-year-old man visiting from France was airlifted from the Nakalele Blow Hole in West Maui after being knocked down and injured by a large wave on Monday morning.

A weak front is expected to gradually move down the island chain through Tuesday accompanied by some passing light showers mainly over windward and mauka…

Maui police have since arrested and charged Robert Kimo Prout, 49, for alleged connection to a stabbing reported on Sunday afternoon at Waipuʻilani Park in Kīhei.

A 32-year-old Lahaina woman was critically injured in an evening crash on the Honoapiʻilani Highway in Lahaina over the weekend, police said.

Generally light winds are expected through Monday. A weak front is forecast to reach Kauai on Monday night and then pass down…

Emergency crews on Maui responded to a report of an unresponsive male pulled from the ocean near Puʻu Kekaʻa or “Black Rock” in Kāʻanapali at around 8:39 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 25, fire officials said.

It took a homecoming celebration and a career-best rushing night from its go-to guy Soane Vaohea for Maui High School to snap a two-game losing streak.

Maui firefighters were called to assist an injured hiker in the Kīpahulu area of Haleakalā National Park, in East Maui at around 3:08 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015.

Maui’s first humpback whale sighting was reported this weekend, just after 7 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2015, about two nautical miles north of Molokini Crater.

A 71-year-old woman was hospitalized on Maui after being medevaced from waters off of Lahaina, Maui on Saturday afternoon.

Major Akana, 24, of Nāpili, was arrested and later charged with second degree attempted murder and felony abuse of a family or household member after he allegedly stabbed his mother during an incident at a home in Nāpili on Friday.

Light northeasterly trades will continue through the weekend with a few showers favoring interior areas during the day and windward areas at night. A weakening…

Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company, the state’s largest farm, awarded $54,000 to 10 Maui community organizations as part of its 2015 Community Initiative.