Maui News

The FBI and a US marshal are seeking the public’s assistance in locating fugitive Jennifer Ann McTigue–formerly Jennifer Lowe–of Honolulu.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo will begin the decommissioning process for the Hoku Keʻa, the UH Hilo Educational Telescope on Mauna Kea, early next year.

The Maui Invasive Species Committee and Hawaiʻi Ant Lab will host a presentation on the current status and treatment of little fire ant infestations in East Maui.

The 72-year-old male driver of the Taurus and the 16-year-old male passenger riding in the rear driver’s-side seat were pronounced dead at the scene.

A tropical cyclone will likely form later today or tonight as a system 1,300 miles east southeast of Hilo on Hawai‘i Island moves toward the west northwest at 15 to 20 mph.

By Maui Now Staff The National Weather Service in Honolulu issued a coastal hazard, high surf advisory for the south-facing shores of all the Hawaiian Islands through Wednesday, July 8, at 6 p.m. A building south-southwest swell will peak on Tuesday and remain elevated into Wednesday. Surf along south-facing shores is expected to be in […]

A low-pressure system located about 1,450 miles east-southeast of Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island continues to gradually become more organized, with a high (70%) likelihood of formation of a tropical depression during the next 48 hours.

Maui Now videographer Kalani Prince was on the scene of a near-drowning at Baldwin Beach at approximately 5 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.

Sen. Schatz repeatedly called for improvement at the VA following a troubling report in June of last year detailing long wait times at the medical center.

County of Maui, Department of Fire & Public Safety responded to 10 brushfires or structure fires between 7:30 a.m. July 4, and 7:30 a.m. July 5, 2015.

Maui Now sources have reported a fire near Pāʻia Gym.

Firefighters responded to a structure fire on Alani Place in Happy Valley today at 12:43 p.m.

The County of Maui Department of Fire & Public Safety has issued a statement about two “suspicious” brush fires that occurred today in Kīhei.

At 2:15 p.m., the Maui County road notification alert system announced that Pi‘ilani Highway between Uwapo Road and Ohukai Road in Kīhei has been closed because of limited visibility due to smoke from a nearby fire.

The 50th annual Makawao Fourth of July Parade seemingly “went off without a hitch,” despite the presence of a large, portable, electric flashing sign reading “No parade staging–violators will be prosecuted ” in the Maui Veterans Cemetery parking lot, the traditional staging area for the parade’s horse units for the last 50 years.

By Maui Now Staff The County of Maui Department of Fire & Public Safety reported that at 1:19 p.m. yesterday afternoon, emergency responders were called due to a leaking propane storage tank on Lower Main Street in Wailuku. When Wailuku firefighters arrived at 1:25 p.m., a loud whistling sound was heard coming from a 1,150 gallon propane […]

State Rep. Kaniela Ing (D-South Maui) responded to a lawsuit today that was filed yesterday against the state Department of Health by the “Stop Cane Burning” group.

Maui police responded to 23 burglaries, 25 vehicle break-ins and nine vehicle thefts in Maui County over the seven-day period between Sunday, June 21, and Saturday, June 27, 2015.

An area of showers and thunderstorms associated with a disturbance is located more than 1,200 miles east-southeast of Hilo on Hawai‘i Island. Surface and upper air conditions near the feature may allow some development over the next two days as it eventually heads toward the northwest.

The Maui group Stop Cane Burning filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the state Department of Health, seeking an injunction to immediately stop agricultural burning on Maui and effectively invalidate the burn permit issued to Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company. The lawsuit is the first to be filed on Maui in the new Environmental Court, and alleges that the regulatory system which allows the open air burning is unconstitutional.