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Two Maui schools will benefit from a total of $650,000 in grant funding to improve pedestrian safety, and promote walking and bicycling through Safe Routes To School programs.

Marriott International, Inc. has named Kaleo Kenui as opening general manager of the new 138-room Courtyard by Marriott Maui Airport hotel.

A new study shows that men who drank a 12-ounce sugar-sweetened beverage daily, had a 20% higher risk of heart disease compared to those who didn’t drink any sugar-sweetened drinks.

The agreement calls for sidewalk repairs to proceed in the area along South Kihei Road fronting the Maui Schooner, with the trees to be left in place for the time being.

The proposed acquisition of 63.7 acres of coastal wetlands in Paukukalo resurfaces again before the Council’s Budget and Finance Committee this week. The county is considering the acquisition of the property for an estimated $996,000.

The plan consists of approximately 1,500 residential units, and 375,000 square feet of commercial and retail space. The infrastructure plans include the proposed relocation of the existing Honoapiilani Highway inland, upgrading the Olowalu Water Company system…

Kona-based Mokulele Airlines today announced service between the islands of Lana’i and Maui, starting on April 15, 2012.

Two brothers were rescued this morning after spending the night on an inaccessible ridge on a trail in East Maui. The Maui hikers, ages 17 and 27, were reported missing at around 9:30 last night (Sunday), when they failed to return home after a hike on the Commando Trail above Kailua along the Hana Highway.

A large tree brought down several power poles and electrical lines in Kualapuu, Molokai on Saturday afternoon resulting in an island-wide power outage. The incident was reported at around 1:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 10, 2012.

A large tree fell in Kahului Saturday afternoon, blocking both lanes of Puunene Avenue. The incident was reported at 2 p.m. on Puunene Avenue between Wakea Avenue and West Kauai Street. Maui police closed the road while crews worked to remove the tree. The following series of photos was captured by our Maui Now readers.

Prior to his appointment, Champley worked as a Maui-based senior energy consultant, focused on clean energy resource integration in Hawai’i.

Rain gauges at 2:45 p.m. showed 3-hour rain totals of 0.26 inches in Haiku, 0.20 inches at the Kahului Airport, 1.82 inches at Puu Kukui, 1.12 inches at the Waikapu Country Club, and 1.18 inches at Mahinahina in West Maui.

County crews from the Department of Public Works and the Maui Fire Department responded to several weather related issues over the last 24 hours.

Emergency crews were called to assist a Molokai couple early this morning when they awoke to find their home flooded with water almost to their knees.

Michael Martin, 63, was last seen at approximately 2:30 p.m. on Monday, March 6, 2012 when he left for a doctor’s appointment in Wailuku.

Lahaina was ranked number 19 in the world, and 8th in the US according to the company’s 2012 Traveler’s Choice Beach Destinations list. Honolulu, meantime, was ranked number 15 in the world, and 5th in the US.

Baldwin High School sophomore Jordan Hoiem received a scholarship offer via telephone from University of Hawaii head football coach Norm Chow Tuesday afternoon.

“This measure encourages commercial air carriers to continue service to the remote parts of our State,” said Sen. J. Kalani English. “In effect, I hope it increase reliability and stabilize air fares.”

A Flash Flood Watch was cancelled this morning as the system that brought torrential rains to portions of the state over the last few days, weakened and moved east of the islands.

The new initiative eliminates tobacco use of any kind anywhere on the hospital campus, including vehicles on hospital grounds. Existing designated areas where patients and visitors were allowed to congregate in the past, will also be eliminated.