Maui News

The charge stemmed from an evening incident on April 25, 2015, in which Sanders was flying a drone over a crowd gathered to view the Halemaʻumaʻu Crater.

Kīhei Charter School announced today that it has earned a 6-year term of accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, the accrediting body for all public schools, including charter schools.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi following a 4.0 (preliminary magnitude 4.1) earthquake reported at 9:23 a.m. on Friday, Feb. 12, 2016 on the South Flank of the Kīlauea Volcano.

JUMPSmartMaui, a collaborative demonstration project between Japan, Hawaiʻi and Maui celebrates its third anniversary next week with the launch of a new Phase II, focused on “SmartPower.”

Maui police have launched a terroristic threatening case involving a confrontation with a male suspect fronting the Wailuku Police Station.

Fire officials say the man is a middle-aged visitor to Hawaiʻi. More information on his identity will be released after proper identification and notification of next of kin.

Nā Leo Kākoʻo O Maui, Inc. will host its 20th Annual Kula Kaiapuni Golf Tournament benefiting Kula Kaiapuni O Maui, Hawaiian Language Immersion School at The Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

Friends of Moku‘ula and Maui Nei Native Expeditions will be offering two Akoni Akana Po‘okela Scholarships to West Maui residents who will graduate from high school in 2016.

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a vehicle fire near Mile 7 of the Honoapiʻilani Highway near McGergor Point.

A fire burned a small 30 by 60 foot area of brush on old Pioneer Mill property in Lahaina on Tuesday afternoon.

Maui firefighters responded to a report of smoldering brush on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at the same site of a previous 25-acre brush fire reported more than two months ago on Nov. 30, 2015.

The department’s Air-1 helicopter was used to fight the fire, which was located in an area of steep terrain and heavy brush, and accessible only by a one-and-a-half hour hike.

Members of the Maui Police Department will be participating in two Coordinated Agency Emergency Preparedness Exercises on Friday, Feb. 12 at schools in South Maui.

Maui police responded to 17 burglaries, 15 vehicle thefts, and 20 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between Jan. 31 and Feb. 6, 2016.

The Sierra Club of Hawaiʻi is speaking out against a bill that would allow “hold-over” permits for applicants seeking to renew their water rights lease.

The Coast Guard successfully coordinated the rescue of 42 people who abandoned ship when their fishing vessel American Eagle caught fire approximately 1,800 miles south of the Hawaiian Islands on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016.

Students at Lahaina Intermediate School’s after-school program received more than $2,000 in sports equipment from R.E.A.C.H. Out Hawaiʻi, in partnership with Lt. Governor Shan Tsutsui.

The public is reminded that it is illegal to approach a humpback whale closer than 100 yards by sea and 1,000 feet by air.

The Maui survey will be conducted from February 29th to March 2nd in Wailuku, Pāʻia, Hāliʻimaile and Kula.

The restaurant red salt in Poʻipū appears on the list for the first time, and Maui’s Spago restaurant in Wailea was among the Four Diamond award recipients.