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Governor Neil Abercrombie today signed an emergency proclamation as a lava flow from the Kīlauea Volcano advances toward Highway 130 near Pāhoa on Hawaiʻi Island.

The Maui Police Commission has selected Tivoli Faaumu as the new Police Chief for Maui County.

The event features entertainment by Iwalani Hoʻomanawanui Apo and Nā Hōkū Hanohano Female Vocalist Carmen Hulu Lindsey at the Maui Thing stage.

A visitor from Seattle Washington was found safe on Thursday night after becoming lost and disoriented while bicycling near Polipoli Spring State Recreation Area on Maui.

A non-profit organization representing a group of Central Maui homeowners filed a lawsuit in Second Circuit Court on Tuesday challenging the legality of the Central Maui Regional Sports Complex project now under construction in the Waikapū-Wailuku region.

The Maui Police Commission is wrapping up interviews today and is expected to deliberate this afternoon to select the next chief.

A brush fire between Holy Rosary Church and Skill Village in Pāʻia has forced the temporary closure of Baldwin Avenue.

The US Coral Reef Task Force will gather for their 32nd meeting, scheduled to take place from Sept. 8 to 12 at the Westin Maui Resort in Kāʻanapali.

Seventeen individuals were added to the Maui Police Department’s Crisis Intervention Team during the program’s fourth graduation ceremony, held on Friday.

Haleakalā National Park marks the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act tomorrow, a measure that gave public lands their highest level of protection when it was signed into law in 1964, park officials announced.

Maui police arrested 57 motorists for driving while under the influence of an intoxicant as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” enforcement campaign that ended yesterday.

The Maui Ocean Center in Māʻalaea welcomes six baby green sea turtles during a traditional Hawaiian blessing ceremony today, aquarium administrators announced.

Lahainaluna High School extended its Maui Interscholastic League win streak to 11 Saturday, dominating Kamehameha Maui 48-18 at War Memorial Stadium before an estimated crowd of 2,500.

A 60-year-old man from Scottsdale, Arizona died after being pulled from the waters fronting the Sheraton Resort in West Maui on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014.

The rumblings were confirmed last night via an online post that places The Green right back on Maui at 7 p.m. on September 18, at The Millhouse on the grounds of the Maui Tropical Plantation for a 21 and over party and concert.

A crew aboard a Coast Guard response boat discovered an unattended dive flag adrift in Maui waters at around 6:45 p.m. while conducting routine training at Māʻalaea Bay.

Dukie Racadio, 38, served as a police officer from 2000 to 2013, but received a notice of termination stating that he was “no longer medically qualified to continue as a Police Officer,” according to claims in the suit filed on Aug. 1, 2014, in Second Circuit Court.

Over the past two weeks, while police were actively participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, officers with the DUI Task Force issued more than 60 citations to motorists for violating the “Move Over Law,” according to Maui police Sergeant Nick Krau.

Maui police arrested two Waiehu men on bench warrants following a drug investigation by the Department’s Crime Reduction Unit. Chester Mahuna, 59, was arrested and charged with first degree Methamphetamine Trafficking and was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Fire officials say the 26-year-old woman from Wisconsin was carried back to the road after crews received reports that she was feeling very cold and exhausted.