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An 18-year-old Kīhei man sustained life-threatening injuries in a motorcycle crash on the Piʻilani Highway in South Maui last night, according to Maui police.

The marquee pairing of defending champion Dustin Johnson and Adam Scott teed off today at 12:50 p.m., marking the official start of the 2014 Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

Welcome to a weekend packed mostly with film screenings, but also opportunities to exercise, learn about industrial hemp or hear some live music.

One person is dead following a morning house fire at 232 Kanani Road in Kīhei, fire officials confirmed.

Besides sunblock, the game’s best golfers will need their umbrellas, towels and rain gear, to combat the frequent showers expected for Friday’s first round of the 2014 Hyundai Tournament of Champions.

Gas in Wailuku, Maui was up a penny from a week ago, up a three cents from a month ago, and up 20 cents from the same time last year—that according to the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge report.

The pilot of a plane that crashed off of Kalaupapa, Molokaʻi in December heard, “a loud bang,” and said the plane experienced a “total loss of power” shortly after takeoff, according to a preliminary accident report published this week by the National Transportation Safety Board.

The application window for Kamehameha Schools’ summer programs opens today, Jan. 2, 2014. The Explorations programs are designed to introduce and expand upon Hawaiian cultural traditions and knowledge.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture today confirmed that an invasive stinging ant called the Little Fire Ant has spread from Hawaiʻi Island to Oʻahu and Maui.

An informational meeting will be held to discuss a community proposal that seeks the designation of Moʻomomi area of Molokaʻi as a Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Area.

One project will prepare an 8-acre parcel of land in Kīhei for future use as a Kahoʻolawe Cultural Center. A separate grant will go towards the design of a “Kumeheu” walking trail with native plants and interpretive educational experience about Kahoʻolawe on the same Kīhei property.

The department urged the public to consider leaving fireworks to the professionals, which include two public fireworks displays at midnight: one in Kīhei at a barge offshore of the Grand Wailea Resort, and the other at the Mānele Bay Hotel on Lānaʻi.

A dwarf sperm whale that beached itself along the Kīhei shoreline in South Maui on Christmas Day was a pregnant female that likely suffered from infectious disease, according to a necropsy conducted by the Hawaiʻi Pacific University.

The Hawaiʻi test site was included in a proposal submitted by the University of Alaska, which contained diverse “climatic zones” and “geographic diversity.”

Options for ringing in 2014 range from pounding the pavement to sweating on the dance floor.

The Water Commission is composed of seven members, and has jurisdiction and final authority on matters relating to the State Water Code.

A 51-year-old Colorado man was rescued after injuring his leg while running on the Kahakapao Trail in the Makawao Forest Reserve on Saturday afternoon.

A fire on Saturday burned an un-permitted single-story structure located mauka of the Honoapiʻilani Highway in Olowalu.

Lifeguard personnel at DT Fleming in West Maui closed the beach following the sighting of a four-foot Hammerhead Shark swimming near shore at around 9 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 28.

A 21-year-old visitor from Boston is safe after being rescued by a passing sailboat after running into difficulty while paddle boarding in West Maui.