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County officials have since confirmed that the pilot and two Department of Planning employees suffered fatal injuries in the crash. Two other planning employees were in critical condition and a deputy attorney for Corporation Counsel was in serious condition.

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a plane crash on the island of Lānaʻi reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2014, in the Miki Road area to the East of the Lānaʻi Airport.

Maui Waena Intermediate School will soon break ground on a long awaited $5.1 million classroom expansion project, according to an announcement today from state Representative Justin Woodson of Maui.

The impersonator tells the recipient that they will be arrested unless they pay a fee by phone to have the warrant cleared.

Hoʻāla Loko Iʻa would provide cultural practitioners with a single application permit, consolidating a process that currently requires five permits that cover 17 federal and state regulations.

The 64-unit Kulamalu project is proposed for construction on more than four acres of land, bounded by ʻŌhiʻa Kū Street and ʻAʻapueo Parkway, and located west of the Kula Highway.

Five Maui residents have started a GMO petition drive calling for the suspension of all genetically-engineered operations and practices in Maui County through a Temporary Moratorium Initiative.

Do not allow Charli Scott to become just another unsolved missing persons file here in Hawaiʻi, we have to remember and keep pushing until she is found, family members said in an online post.

The purpose of the well is to find a potential new groundwater source, and add reliability to the West Maui Service area during times of reduced water availability.

A total of 24 Maui residents have pulled papers for the upcoming 2014 elections since the candidate filing period began on Feb. 3.

The unknown offender walked into the store at around 1:57 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, approached a Bank of Hawaiʻi teller, and allegedly handed the teller a note demanding money.

An total of 1,331 humpback whale sightings were recorded during the Pacific Whale Foundation’s annual Great Whale Count held on Saturday.

A search turned up more than 8 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

Testifiers called Shiraishi a “life coach” and dedicated volunteer who “impacted thousands of people and taught hundreds of children to swim.”

Family members also said they wanted to clear the air about Charli’s ex-boyfriend, Steven Capobianco who was identified by police as a person of interest because he was one of the last people to see Charli before her disappearance.

Much as the title implies, this weekend is ripe with musical offerings including a Mardi Gras celebration at the MACC, jazz for a cause at Gannon’s and more.

The Surfrider Foundation of Maui reports that more than 1,000 petition signatures and 100 pledge cards have been collected by those in support of the legislation.

A wooden toy with a Japanese name is the latest trend in playground pageantry on Maui.

An adult humpback whale was freed of hundreds of feet of small gauge line during a successful disentanglement effort conducted this morning in waters off of West Maui.

The meeting comes on the heels of three missing persons cases in as many months, the most recent of which involves a pregnant Makawao woman, 27-year-old Carly “Charli” Joann Scott, who was last seen on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014.