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On Maui, higher daily spending in July of 2014 (up 10.3% to $206 per person) among the 225,727 visitors (up 0.2%) to Maui contributed to an 8.2% gain in visitor expenditures to $365.8 million.

An 18-year-old Kula man was medevaced to the Maui Memorial Medical Center with life threatening injuries following a single-vehicle collision on the Piʻilani Highway just south of Upper Kanaio Road near Ulupalakua.

Maui Police are requesting assistance regarding missing person, Sean Okin. Police say Okin was operating a black or dark blue Toyota Scion with California plates.

An estimated 275 gallons of wastewater overflowed in the vicinity of Kāʻanapali Parkway in West Maui on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, county officials said.

Consultants for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program will describe how to optimize resource efficiency in Hawaiʻi’s commercial buildings.

Haleakalā National Park kicks-off its Nēnē Awareness campaign with a logo contest in which student artists are invited to create a logo depicting why nēnē are special, or what can be done to protect them.

The Baldwin High School football team had no answer for the deep ball and suffered the consequences Saturday in its 2014 debut.

Haleakalā National Park will celebrate the 98th birthday of the National Park Service by waiving its normal entrance fee of $10 on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014.

There were two earthquakes of interest reported overnight–the first, a 3.3 earthquake was reported 32 miles NE of Hāna, Maui at 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014; and a separate, a 6.0 earthquake located about 6 miles SSW of Napa, Caifornia reported about 20 minutes later at 12:20 a.m. HST (3:20 a.m. Pacific Time near the epicenter).

Police say an unknown male depicted in the attached photographs allegedly attempted to use a stolen cards at an ATM located at Bank of Hawaii Wailuku branch on Main Street.

A special committee tasked with reviewing applications for the Maui police chief vacancy, has narrowed the list to six finalists and has released the names of those still in the running. The list includes…

Two paragliders were apprehended at Haleakalā National Park today — one for illegally launching and landing in critical endangered species habitat, and the other for attempting to launch, park officials said.

As recovery efforts continue in heavily hit areas of Puna on Hawaiʻi Island, crews here on Maui continue to assess damage.

With Chief Gary Yabuta retiring at the end of last month, and an annual salary of $135,000, Mayor Arakawa said the applicant pool would be a very competitive one.

Maui police made 19 arrests over the weekend for impaired driving as part of the national “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign which runs from Aug. 15 to Sept. 1.

The Pac-Five Wolfpack exploded for 27 unanswered points in the first half en route to a 54-37 non-league win Saturday at King Kekaulike High School.

A house fire in West Maui resulted in an estimated $900,000 in damages to a home located at 908 Kana Place in Lahaina on Saturday evening.

Maui police will be setting up unannounced intoxication checkpoints throughout Maui County, including saturation patrols that use unmarked patrol vehicles.

The extension of the proclamation is ostensibly in response to the widespread damage and ongoing disaster recovery efforts on Hawai’i Island.

An estimated $3.99 million was released today for slope stabilization work on the Hāna Highway, and intersection upgrades on the Haleakalā Highway on Maui, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced.