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The latest reports involve individuals selling jewelry claiming the funds are for a trip to Tahiti for dancers from the hālau of well-known international entertainer and Kumu Hula Keali`i Reichel, whom they claim is gravely ill.

The 18-year-old woman from North Carolina sustained lower back, leg injuries, scrapes and bruises during the fall from rocks in the valley.

The Honoapiilani Highway is now open following an accident that forced the closure of the road for about two hours overnight. The closure went into effect at 1:55 a.m. on the Honoapiilani Highway between Akahele Street and Lower Honoapiilani Road. Details of the accident are pending release.

Beginning today, the Maui Police Department is stepping up enforcement against red-light violators by assessing fines of $ 97.00 to those that break the law. The campaign will continue for several weeks.

A large crowd of Lana’i’s visitors and residents came to Lana’i City’s Dole Park on Saturday, June 30, in the spirit of the island’s historic pineapple plantation era.

Highway improvements are being made to better accommodate the large semi-trucks that are scheduled to transport “superloads” of wind turbine components to the project site in August.

“The importance of properly maintaining aging dams across the country cannot be overstated,” said Sen. Akaka, who recalled the Ka Loko Dam collapse in 2006 that resulted in the death of seven people, as it washed through both homes and farmland.

A visitor was rescued from waters off of Central Maui yesterday after calls were made of a windsurfer in distress.

Maui’s Renny Richmond was eliminated from the men’s 100-meter butterfly at the US Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., finishing 9th out of 10 swimmers in heat 11.

Lulu’s in Kihei closes abruptly; Longs Drugs Kihei now open 24 hours. See more business news items in this month’s round-up here.

Hawaii surfer Carissa Moore, the youngest woman to win an ASP world championship, is one of four nominees in the ESPYS “Best Female Action Sports Athlete” category.

Crews were called to the scene at 9:29 a.m. to respond to a group of students that were caught in the flash flood about 100-feet upstream of the river mouth.

A “Permitting Open House” will be held on July 6 by Mayor Alan Arakawa’s Permit Process Improvement Team taskforce and the public is encouraged to attend.

The Department of Health has suspended the permit for the popular Kanemitsu Bakery on Moloka‘i for allegedly producing baked goods manufactured at the facility under unsanitary conditions.

Beginning July 2, Sempra US Gas & Power will implement temporary lane closures along the Pi`ilani Highway in Upcountry Maui near Papaka Road to the Auwahi Wind farm project.

Starting November 8, Alaska Airlines will launch a new seasonal service between Bellingham, Washington and Maui.

The 16-year-old victim had lacerations to her lower left calf, and described the wound as a three-to-five-inch missing “flap” or avulsion.

Interim approval was been given to Larry Ellison by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission allowing his company to assume ownership of Lanai’s three utilities.

A salvage operation to remove a 35-foot sailboat from the reef outside the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor was completed on Monday.

According to police reports, Naehu was traveling east on Kamehameha V Highway at around 4:57 p.m., on Saturday, June 23, 2012, when the accident occurred in an area east of Kaunakakai.