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“Sadly, due to unforeseen circumstances, there will be no Banyan Tree Lighting Ceremony for tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019 in Lahaina’s Banyan Tree Park. However, we are still working towards a solution.”

Maui police say Anthony Moreno was arrested by the Palm Beach Sheriffs Marine Unit for the 2000 murder of Kimberly Belluomini at her residence in Kīhei nearly two decades ago.

While authorities provided information on the incident itself, and issued a press release on the identity of those killed, lack of information on policies and practices as well as disciplinary records involving the gunman, resulted in a backlash from media.

A morning fire at Kahului Elementary School on Maui was deemed to be accidental, possibly caused by a malfunctioning electrical appliance, according to Maui Fire Services Chief Rylan Yatsushiro.

The nearly $21.4 million South Maui Community Park Gymnasium has 31,858 square feet of space, bleacher seating for more than 1,000 people and 170 parking stalls.

It’s been nearly six years since Morreira “Mo” Monsalve went missing on Maui. Today would have marked the beginning in a new chapter in the case but the trail date has been pushed to March.

Starting on Jan. 1, 2020, the County of Maui will prohibit Commercial Ocean Recreation Activities at County beach parks on Sundays and holidays.

The Charles & Mitch Ota Foundation, a Maui-based Hawaiʻi nonprofit corporation, gifted the school with 33 Google Chromebooks and accessories for use by students in the school’s AVID program.

If the BOE approves the proposal, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association says teachers in four of Maui County’s complexes will get thousands of dollars each in raises starting in the spring because of increased hard-to-staff positions at the Lahaina, Hāna, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi complexes.

Authorities confirmed that the shooter, described as a male US Sailor, is among those deceased, as well as to two shipyard employees.  A third shipyard employee is listed in stable condition at a local area hospital, base officials said in a press conference this evening. 

Pack your bags! The winner of a drawing at the Maui Sunday Market on Dec. 15, will be whisked away THAT EVENING on Hawaiian Airlines’ inaugural flight from Kahului to Las Vegas.

The first phase of this effort is a proposal to implement a pay differential to increase compensation for classroom teachers in areas that have faced the most severe shortages – special education, Hawaiian Language Immersion programs, and hard-to-staff geographic locations.

The Maui Police Department has received information about a telephone scam spoofing MPD’s non-emergency phone number, 244-6400.

This year, there were four reported cases of travel-related measles in Hawai‘i including three visitors and one resident. The alert comes as international measles outbreaks around the Pacific and elsewhere continue.

In the new year, entrance fees to Haleakalā National Park will increase to $30 per vehicle, $25 per motorcycle and $15 per pedestrian or bicyclist.

An ocean goer is safe after a 10-12-foot-long Tiger shark deflated the inflatable stand-up paddle board he was on, about 200 yards off shore from 1681 Halama Street on Tuesday morning.

SMALL TOWN * BIG ART will unveil its latest installment in a yearlong series of community artwork on Friday, Dec. 6 at Wailuku’s Omura Building, located at 2049 Wells Street.

Seabury Hall announces its inaugural Seabury Hall-iday: Holiday Lights for Charity event on Friday, December 6th on the school’s Olinda campus. The …

Hawaiʻi’s Carissa Moore has much to celebrate today, earning her 4th World Surf League Women’s Championship Tour title, securing a spot on the USA Olympic team, and garnering a semifinal finish at the lululemon Maui Pro event at Honolua Bay.

The trial for murder defendant Bernard Brown, the man accused of killing Moreira “Mo” Monsalve, is scheduled to start on Thursday. In October, Brown pleaded not guilty to second degree murder.