Maui News

The A Hui Hou Fund has been set up to provide HC&S displaced workers with emergency assistance. Applications are available online and at MUW in Wailuku.

The Department of Hawaiian Homelands advises residents and motorists traveling in the Kēōkea Waiohuli area that beginning on July 5, 2016, Keanuhea Street will be closed to through traffic during the hours of 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Kumu hula of Halau Hula ‘O Hokulani, Marlene Hokulani DeRego passed away on July 1, after a six-month battle with stage-four cancer. She was 57-years-old.

Property taxes, water rights and development are among the issues to be discussed at an Upcountry Aloha ʻĀina candidate forum.

Local farmers are wanted to help Hawai’i public schools in a farm to school initiative, which would provide students with fresh local produce.

Every 4th of July, thousands of fireworks light up the night sky. The fireworks are big, loud, beautiful, dangerous and illegal.

A brush fire above the intersection of the Honoapiʻilani Highway and Kūihelani Highway in Māʻalaea has flared up again.

The Maui murder trial for Steven Capobianco entered a fourth day on Friday with continued testimony from lead detective Wendell Loo, who described hair clumps, bone fragments and clothing allegedly belonging to the Charli Scott.

Firefighters were called to a report of an unresponsive person pulled from the water at Hamoa Beach in East Maui at 2:03 p.m., on Friday July 1, 2016.

Paia firefighters arrived at 3:16 p.m. and found a 2 acre fire burning in the center of a sugar cane field on the Paia side of Holomua Road.

Effective July 1, 2016, the Water Department is offering additional fixture unit capacity for single-family dwellings and accessory dwellings with 1” or smaller meters.

Two people aboard an 18-foot boat reported they had encountered engine trouble. They were anchored a few miles offshore of the Ukumehame area in West Maui.

Police say the male is a suspect involved in a robbery that occurred at the Wiki Wai Wash in Kahului on Sunday, June 26, 2016.

A brush fire reported about a quarter mile above the Pāʻia Gym on Baldwin Avenue on Thursday night burned a mall area of sugar cane before being brought under control.

The parties are discussing settlement of the union’s appeal regarding the transfer of Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital and the Lānaʻi Community Hospital to a new Kaiser Permanente entity.

Maui police say a 23 year-old male was found floating face-down in Lahaina Harbor at 4:15 p.m. on Tuesday, June 28, 2016.

Sgt. Wendell Loo returned to the stand where he testified about two in-person interviews that were conducted and recorded with the defendant on Feb. 12, 2014.

The Department of Health has relaunched its Fight the Bite campaign and expanded it to include all mosquito-borne diseases including Zika, dengue & chikungunya.

The Department of Education is expected to spend nearly $1B on electricity by 2035, but can save millions by implementing clean energy goals under by HB 2569.

Police say that two males forcibly entered the office of the Hitter’s Paradise business, stealing items valued in excess of $1,000, on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at approximately 12:58 a.m.