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The blaze burned up to the edge of the road and came within 50-feet from the nearest homes.

Kapalua Beach on Maui was selected for its stunning beauty and abundance of coral and tropical fish in nearshore waters.

Authorities say four men were aboard the 25-foot fishing boat when the incident occurred. The incident was reported at 2:49 p.m. about 200 yards offshore.

The Public Utilities Commission has appointed Senators Roz Baker and J. Kalani English as members to the newly created Hawaiian Electric Companies’ Integrated Resource Planning (IRP) Advisory Group.

Commercial operations began yesterday for First Wind’s 21 megawatt Kaheawa Wind II project above Maalaea.

The 57th Annual Makawao Rodeo got underway Thursday and runs through Sunday at Oskie Rice Arena. The event is run by the Maui Roping Club & Auxiliary.

Pop-ups, those whimsical specialty food events that spring up at a moment’s notice are all the rage on the mainland, but until now, they’ve been few and far between on Maui.

Under the program, Maui officers in the Kihei District and other participating agencies volunteer as mentors for at-risk youth for a full year.

The latest reports involve individuals selling jewelry claiming the funds are for a trip to Tahiti for dancers from the hālau of well-known international entertainer and Kumu Hula Keali`i Reichel, whom they claim is gravely ill.

The 18-year-old woman from North Carolina sustained lower back, leg injuries, scrapes and bruises during the fall from rocks in the valley.

The Honoapiilani Highway is now open following an accident that forced the closure of the road for about two hours overnight. The closure went into effect at 1:55 a.m. on the Honoapiilani Highway between Akahele Street and Lower Honoapiilani Road. Details of the accident are pending release.

Beginning today, the Maui Police Department is stepping up enforcement against red-light violators by assessing fines of $ 97.00 to those that break the law. The campaign will continue for several weeks.

A large crowd of Lana’i’s visitors and residents came to Lana’i City’s Dole Park on Saturday, June 30, in the spirit of the island’s historic pineapple plantation era.

Highway improvements are being made to better accommodate the large semi-trucks that are scheduled to transport “superloads” of wind turbine components to the project site in August.

“The importance of properly maintaining aging dams across the country cannot be overstated,” said Sen. Akaka, who recalled the Ka Loko Dam collapse in 2006 that resulted in the death of seven people, as it washed through both homes and farmland.

A visitor was rescued from waters off of Central Maui yesterday after calls were made of a windsurfer in distress.

Maui’s Renny Richmond was eliminated from the men’s 100-meter butterfly at the US Olympic swimming trials in Omaha, Neb., finishing 9th out of 10 swimmers in heat 11.

Lulu’s in Kihei closes abruptly; Longs Drugs Kihei now open 24 hours. See more business news items in this month’s round-up here.

Hawaii surfer Carissa Moore, the youngest woman to win an ASP world championship, is one of four nominees in the ESPYS “Best Female Action Sports Athlete” category.

Crews were called to the scene at 9:29 a.m. to respond to a group of students that were caught in the flash flood about 100-feet upstream of the river mouth.