Maui News

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary magnitude 4.1 earthquake reported at 4:26 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016 in the summit region of the Mauna Loa Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Surveillance video of a 4Runner headed up Baldwin Avenue in Pāʻia, was one of the items presented as evidence in the ongoing murder trial of Steven Capobianco.

The lone occupant of the vehicle, a 34-year Lanai woman, was headed west-bound when she veered off the roadway, hit an embankment and the vehicle rolled over.

Traffic signals on the Honoapiʻilani Highway at Front Street and at Fleming Road are malfunctioning.

Brown Water Advisories have been issued for Baldwin Beach Park and Honokahua Bay on Maui due to recent rains.

Hurricane Lester has cleared the Hawaiian Islands and all of the related surf and flood warnings and advisories have been lifted. As of 8 a.m. this morning, Acting Mayor Keith Regan issued a Termination of Emergency Proclamation.

As Lester advances, we continue to track the impacts across Maui County. You can help us document the event by sending images of Hurricane Lester impacts in your area. Email photos and images to newsdesk@mauinow.com.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Education will be sending a US Department of Education Federal Survey Card home with Hawaiʻi’s public school students for parents to complete beginning Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016.

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of a dive float found two miles southwest of McGregor Point, Maui, Saturday.

As of 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016; the backcountry area of Haleakalā National Park reopened at the Summit. Visitors should expect rainy, wet and possibly windy conditions.

The Department of Public Safety today welcomed a new class of 33 adult correctional officers, including five recruits who have been assigned to the Maui Community Correctional Center in Wailuku.

South Maui firefighters responded to a 10 acre brush fire on the mauka side of Piʻilani Highway, near Kūlanihākoʻi Street at 1:27 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 2, 2016,

The original proclamation, signed on Aug. 30, authorizes the expenditure of state monies for quick and efficient relief of disaster-related damages, losses and suffering resulting from the storm.

The federal funds will now cover all displaced Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company employees. This funding will benefit roughly 350 workers.

As Hurricane Lester continues its path northward alongside the Hawaiian Islands, the following Maui County notifications have been made:

Today’s regular Maui County Council meeting will start at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the 8th Floor of the County Building as planned, Council Chair Mike White announced.

To report a power outage, call the Maui Electric Trouble Line at (808) 871-7777 or toll-free at 1-877-871-8461, or 911 if it’s an emergency.

Due to the uncertainty over the track of approaching Hurricane Lester, all Hawai‘i island, Maui, and O‘ahu State Park camping and lodging areas will be closed to overnight use beginning Friday, Sept. 2 and will remain closed — at minimum through Monday, Sept. 5

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College has announced campus cancellations and early closures in association with the Hurricane Lester weather event.

Medical marijuana dispensaries will be on Maui, so what does it mean for patients, growers and others? Attorney David Sereno has details on what’s changing.