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Kaluka Maiava’s new zip code is Alameda, Calif., 94502.

The new Chez Meme Baguette Bistro in Kihei is garnering significant buzz, while Johnny B’s Burger Shack in Paia suddenly closes up shop.

A Maui motorcyclist suffered fatal injuries in a roll-over crash at around 10:22 a.m. on Wednesday, March 13, 2013. The incident was reported on Kauna Lipo Drive at the intersection of Maka Hou Loop in Wailuku.

The driver of the car that in 2012 killed all five other occupants, and injured three others in a separate car, has been charged with nine offenses in one of Maui’s deadliest road incidents.

Jordan Hoiem has dreamed of being an Oregon Duck since stepping foot inside of the 54,000-seat Autzen Stadium last June.

Authorities say the entanglement was the third reported and confirmed this season, and the first successful response of the 2012-2013 season. The animal was found and reported by the tour vessel, Man-of-War, last Friday near Lahaina.

Maui police have since identified the body of a missing fisherman pulled from waters off of Pilale Bay in Haiku on Monday as that of …

The $375,000 bus was purchased used, through Soderholm Sales & Seasing, Inc., after its original manufacture in the United Kingdom by Alexander Dennis.

Hawai’i has joined 37 states and DC in a $7 million settlement with internet giant Google over its collection of data from unsecured wireless networks nationwide. Hawaii’s share of the settlement is $106,179.

Maui police continued a firearm investigation which was prompted by a alleged gunman entering Maui High and resulted in an hour-long lock-down of two schools.

Council committees on Maui are finalizing items this week before the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Session begins at the end of the month. Key items up for consideration include a proposed amendment seeking additional funds for the new Kihei Police Station, and…

Governor Neil Abercrombie announced the release of more than $46 million for various capital improvement projects across Hawaii. The funds include more than $5 million for the design and construction for expansion and improvements to the Maui Veterans Cemetery.

“Even if no money is added, $65,000,000 is much more than enough to get the tractors out and dust fences up by next Fall,” said Rep. Ing.

Extreme drought conditions remain in place over leeward areas of Maui County and the Big Island of Hawai’i despite excessive rainfall along the windward slopes, officials said.

A fire at the Hale Kamaole condominium complex in South Maui caused an estimated $1.5 million in damage to the structure, and $120,000 to contents within, according to Maui Fire Department officials. After an investigation, Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga said the cause of the fire is being classified as “undetermined” pending any further information received. He noted that the fie was “unlikely intentional.”

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa will join Council Chair Gladys Baisa in lobbying state lawmakers on Friday in an effort to retain the County’s hotel room tax revenue.

Isao Nakagawa, a local fisherman and retired Maui Land & Pineapple Company employee found remains of pre-dated shearwaters in 2001 at Ha-wea Point in Kapalua.

A rain garden is described as a strategically located, low-lying area planted with native vegetation that intercepts runoff so pollutants can be captured and filtered.

Three hunters were rescued from the Waiakoa Loop Trail early this morning after becoming disoriented and lost in the mountainous terrain of Polipoli last night.

Central Maui’s first leash-free dog park will officially open on Saturday, Mar. 16, 2013 at Keopuolani Park in Kahului.