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AARP Hawaii will sponsor a gubernatorial debate between Governor Neil Abercrombie and state Senator David Ige at the Maui Beach Hotel in Kahului on Friday, July 18.

Jennifer McGurn with the Society says that a kitten that was brought in to their overnight kennels passed away Tuesday, July 8.

The new flight will add 20,000 seats to the LA and Maui travel markets, the airline claims.

A five minute video with some of the highlights from the 2014 Makawao 4th of July Parade and Rodeo.

Friends camping with Flavin noticed him missing around 9 a.m., with his vehicle left at the site but no signs of the man.

Maui’s Kurt Suzuki of the Minnesota Twins was named to the American League All-Star team for the first time in his seven-year career today.

Two fires in Kahului burned a total of 3.5 acres on the 4th of July public holiday, fire officials reported.

A Maui resident and former National Football League player for the San Diego Chargers, Charles Loewen, was sentenced to 37 months in prison and three years of supervised release, the US Justice Department announced today.

The fine for using a mobile electronic device while driving increased to $297 this week, officials with the Maui Police Department announced. The fine for using a mobile electronic device within a construction or school zone is now $347, police said.

The events stadium being built at Lahainaluna High School in West Maui will be named in honor of Sue D. Cooley, its primary benefactor and part-time Maui resident, who contributed $7.5 million to the project.

The resort is proposing improvements to refresh and revitalize the property. If approved, the project is expected to cost an estimated $55 million, with construction projected to occur over a 30-month period.

The list, dated June 30, 2014, is 35 pages long and includes 1,852 requests dating back to January 4, 1999.

Under the new law, children who will be at least 5-years of age on or before July 31 of the school year are required to attend kindergarten, unless otherwise exempt.

Prior to the launch, crews will slowly roll the vessel 1.4 miles up Front Street during the early morning hours on July 7.

The Maui Police Commission announced the recruitment for a chief of police to fill the vacancy being created by the retirement of Chief Gary Yabuta in July.

The flashing yellow arrow was installed at the Kahului corner of West Kamehameha and Kane Avenue, and means that a motorist should turn left with caution as they make sure to yield to oncoming traffic.

A 44-year-old Makawao man was airlifted from the Makawao Forest Reserve on Thursday afternoon, after suffering injuries when a tree trunk came loose and pinned his leg to the side of a rocky embankment, fire officials said.

Clinics are scheduled for the first three Saturdays of July – July 5, 12 and 19, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The scope of the project was reduced to address public comments and includes the elimination of original plans to widen the harbor basin through dredging and a reduction in the width of the new interisland ferry pier.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health cited Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company for alleged incidents involving excess emission and reporting violations at its facilities in Puʻunēnē on Maui. The company was assessed a $1.3M fine.