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Better tools for Maui Police Department since 2023 wildfires include new helicopter, rapid DNA machine

by Colleen Uechi ·

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said his department over the past two years also has invested in better training and equipment for officers and dispatchers.

Monday Morning Maui Sports: Central East Maui Little League All-Stars fall in world championship game, bring home national title

by Rob Collias ·

The team lost for the first time in 14 games this season, to Valencia, Venezuela, in the world championship of the Intermediate (11-13) Baseball World Series.

Two years after wildfires, Maui Fire Department’s changes to staffing, fleet, fire code aim to prevent another tragedy

by Colleen Uechi ·

The 2023 Maui wildfires "still weigh heavily on everybody in the department, and it was something that a lot of our firefighters faced that day that they hope to never have to see again,” Maui Fire Chief Brad Ventura said.

NATIONAL CHAMPS: Central East Maui overcomes 3-0 deficit to claim U.S. title at Intermediate 50/70 World Series, play for world championship Sunday at 3 p.m.

by Rob Collias ·

The Central East Maui Little League All-Stars came back from a 3-0 deficit to claim the national championship at the Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif., with a 7-3 win over Greater New Orleans Little League on Saturday.

Maui’s Branscombe Richmond sees big platform for Hawaiian history, language in Jason Momoa’s epic miniseries ‘Chief of War’

by Rob Collias ·

“Chief of War,” a project of Jason Momoa’s that has been 15 years in the making, is set during the wars to unify the Hawaiian islands in the last decades of the 18th century and told from the perspective of a real-life chief conflicted over the bloody campaign.

Memory of 2023 wildfires taught Maui community, government to respond more urgently to tsunami warning

by Rob Collias and Colleen Uechi ·

The mass evacuations, business closures and frequent warnings from government officials about Tuesday's tsunami warning reflect the serious approach to potential disasters two years after the deadly fires on Maui.

UPDATE 11 p.m.: Maui County lifts tsunami evacuation orders

by Colleen Uechi ·

Gov. Josh Green said shortly after 6 p.m. that buoys off Midway Atoll indicated that the wave measured 6 feet from peak to trough, “so a 3-foot wave riding on top of the ocean.”

Monday Morning Maui Sports: Central East Maui Little Leaguers make history for island as same squad reaches second-straight World Series

by Rob Collias ·

The team has won all 10 of its games this summer, at the state and West Region levels, to qualify for the 2025 Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif., that began Sunday. Central East Maui received a bye and will open play today 1 p.m. HST in the event that runs through Aug. 3.

Displaced Lahaina fire survivors eager to rebuild with help from $1.6 billion federal grant

by Colleen Uechi ·

The federal funding will be available to help residents rebuild or afford a home for the first time in Lahaina or Kula, with . applications opening in August.

The Maui County Fair is back, returning in October after 6-year absence

by Rob Collias ·

To make the return of the fair happen, Maui County is providing $1.5 million in funding — about double the cost of the event the last it was held in 2019.

Home sweet home: Krau leaves prestigious football academy to play senior year at Baldwin High with his brothers

by Rob Collias ·

Kaholi Krau, the first Mauian to attend the elite IMG Academy in Florida for more than one year, has returned home to play football and make up for lost time with his family.

Central Maui Little League All-Stars win West Region championship

by Rob Collias ·

The Central East Maui Little League All-Stars won the West Region championship at the Little League Intermediate 50/70 level in Nogales, Ariz., on Thursday. The win advances the Maui team to the Little League Intermediate 50/70 World Series in Livermore, Calif., Sunday through Aug. 3.  The CEMLL ran up a 7-0 record in the tournament […]

Maui County now making Lahaina historic guidelines clearer and enforceable after agreement with state

by Colleen Uechi ·

Since striking an agreement with the State Historic Preservation Division in April, Maui County has been enforcing historic guidelines more consistently in order for people to be approved for building permits.

Monday Morning Maui Sports: Wehiwa Aloy signs with Orioles, Jaxon Grossman decides to attend University of Oklahoma

by Rob Collias ·

Having two players from Maui drafted in the same year is rare — in 1999, Wehiwa’s dad Jamie Aloy and future World Series champ Shane Victorino were chosen in the same draft.

Better late than never: ‘Ohana Hope Village nears completion 2 years after Maui wildfires

by Colleen Uechi ·

The 88-unit temporary housing complex for fire survivors has taken 1 1/2 years longer to build that expected, and risen in cost from $14 to $20 million, but the need for it has not diminished.

Ella Connor, Maui volleyball star, was in a mental health crisis. Herc the service dog came to her rescue

by Rob Collias ·

Seabury Hall 2021 graduate Ella Connor, who became a beach volleyball All-American at Cal Poly, struggled with panic attacks and attempted to take her life twice but is now doing "amazing" with help from her four-legged companion.

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