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Hawaiian Airlines is offering special reduced rates on Mainland flights booked through Aug. 20. The travel period is Sept. 21 to Nov. 18, 2015, Monday through Thursday only.

Aloha Mixed Plate didn’t come into this world as a restaurant. It was initially created as the kitchen and bar for one of Maui’s most popular and historic attractions.

Winds will be rather light for the next few days. Today could be a replay of yesterday with tropical humidity and daytime sea breezes giving way…

As currently written, the proposed bill would prohibit smoking 20 feet around bus shelters and bus stop signs. The bill was introduced by Michael Victorino.

Maui County schools were listed in the top four spots with the following increases: Maui High School increases scores by 17%; Moloka‘i, 19%; and Lana‘i, 16%.

There are models that show tropical cyclone activity near the state and there are others that don’t. We just want to make sure that people aren’t latching onto one particular solution …

A bit of unsettled weather is on tap for the islands for the first half of the work week. Light southeast to south winds are expected. Volcanic haze is likely…

Police met medics and the US Coast Guard at Mā‘alaea Harbor in response to a report of incident involving a male snorkeler on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, at about 9 a.m. The victim is identified as Jonathan Owens, 58, of Louisville, Kentucky.

The American Red Cross and Saipan residents are bracing themselves for two new tropical storms threatening the remote US territory.

At early dawn Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015, firefighters retrieved a hiker found injured late last night, after an extensive search on the Commando Trail, in the Kailua area of East Maui.

Passing showers over windward and mauka areas can be expected this weekend. Trade winds will remain at moderate levels through Saturday…

After decades in business, Kula Lodge is cooking up big changes with a new menu and much more.

The ʻOheʻo Stream, located along the Pīpīwai Trail in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park, will be closed until further notice due to the theft of stream monitoring equipment, Park officials announced.

Crater Road and Haleakalā National Park’s summit road will close to visitor traffic while a slow moving convoy transports extremely wide loads to the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope near the volcano’s summit from 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 19 to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2015.

A very moist air mass left over from Hilda will continue to encourage unsettled weather across most of the state…

The National Transportation Safety Board released a report this week saying the probable cause of a Cessna plane crash on Molokaʻi in January was partial loss of engine power.

Chef Lyndon Honda of Laulima Events won with his Puerto Rican Pork Patty Mofongo, a plantain dish that featured the locally-made rum as the distinctive ingredient, and included chorizo black beans, cotija cheese and chicharrones. As for the cocktail category, winner Gabe Harvey of Kīhei mixed up a drink called Maikaʻi.

A man was airlifted out of Kaihalulu Bay in the east Maui town of Hāna after falling from a trail on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. The incident was reported shortly before 12 p.m. in the area often referred to as “Red Sand Beach.”

Makawao Town Pharmacy staff today confirmed that the store was robbed at gunpoint on Tuesday, Aug. 11, at approximately 12:45 p.m. The suspect demanded oxycodone.

A new Maui County ordinance allows the placement of signs, posters and nontransparent materials on vehicle side windows and rear windows that don’t obstruct the driver’s view of the road.