Maui News

Governor Ige has informed the legislature of his intent to veto a list of eight bills. Noticeably absent from the list was the controversial marijuana dispensaries bill, which the governor continues to review. “There are concerns in terms of the implementation. The implementation schedule is very aggressive. We’ll be working very hard to meet those deadlines, but resources made available to the department as well as the aggressive schedule will be a challenge. So, I’m committed to implementing the law in the best way that we can,” said Gov. Ige.

The Mauna Kea summit road beginning at the Halepōhaku mid-level facilities will remain closed to all but authorized personnel until further notice, according to an announcement issued today by the University of Hawaiʻi.

A 20-year-old Kona man has died from injuries he received in a domestic dispute on June 21, 2015 at a home on Awakea Street in Kailua-Kona. Ezra Barro of was pronounced dead early Sunday morning, at Kaiser Medical Center on Oʻahu.

A fire in an area frequented by homeless campers in West Maui burned a half-acre of brush before being brought under control on Sunday afternoon. The fire was reported at 2:51 p.m. on Sunday, June 28, 2015 on the Lahaina side of Hōkiokio Place, mauka of the Honoapiʻilani Highway in Puamana.

UPDATE: Maui Now has received information that Jena Cayan was found and is in good condition. Thanks to the public for their assistance.

A veteran Maui officer who was arrested earlier this month for operating a vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicant, was picked up again, this time for being drunk in public in Newport Beach, California.

The incident was the second unscheduled cane fire in as many days reported in the Pāʻia area. The latest fire was reported at 8:42 p.m. on Friday near Hāna Highway and the Pāʻia mini-bypass.

Between 2008 and 2012, there were 456 new HIV cases diagnosed in Hawaiʻi: 77% on Oʻahu and the remainder on the neighbor islands. By the end of 2011, there was an estimated 2,200 persons living with HIV in Hawaiʻi. The department is now prescribing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis or PrEP to uninfected individuals who are at high risk for infection.

Pre-trial detainee Samson Hill tried to scale the 14-foot fence and was caught in the razor wire. Corrections officers pulled him down from the fence and quickly restrained him. The incident was reported at approximately 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 26, 2015

The Hawaiʻi Board of Land and Natural Resources today approved an emergency rule that makes it illegal to take any species of sea cucumber from Hawaiʻi State waters for the next 120 days. The rule was in response to confirmed reports of a new commercial fishery that recently started. Authorities say the investigation was supported further by public observations.

Maui police responded to 17 burglaries, 24 vehicle break-ins and seven vehicle thefts in Maui County over the seven-day period between Sunday, June 14, and Saturday, June 20, 2015.

The court held that for the first time, any couple — straight, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender — can obtain a marriage license and make their commitment public and legal across the nation.

The incident was reported shortly after 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, 2015 in a cane field near the old Lime Kiln site, just east of Baldwin Beach Park.

The Hāna Dialysis Home 6th Annual Kōkua Fundraiser will take place on July 25, 2015 on the front lawn of Hale Pōmaikaʻi Hāna Community Dialysis Home. All proceeds raised will benefit Hāna Dialysis Home.

The boulders and rock structures that were found on the gravel road leading to the summit of Mauna Kea yesterday have since been removed, but the road remains closed until further notice.

An undetermined amount of wastewater entered the Kāʻanapali Golf Course Pond today following an electrical failure at the Lahaina Pump Station during a generator test.

An informational meeting is planned on Monday, June 29, 2015, from 5 to 7 p.m. at Kalanianaʻole Hall in Kaunakakai to discuss a proposed fencing and management project in the Waikolu Valley and Puʻu Aliʻi Natural Area Reserve areas.

A group that seeks to stop cane burning on Maui announced an upcoming forum and meeting scheduled to take place tonight, Thursday, June 25 at 6:30 p.m. at the Kīhei Community Center.

The day was created as a reminder of the community’s needs for services and programs year-round, and not just during the holidays. The organization will be observing the day with red kettles and bell ringers outside the Kahului Walmart and Maui Mall Longs from approximately 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. today, Thursday, June 25, 2015.

Two Maui residents will soon deliver messages of aloha, sympathy and encouragement to the Charleston, South Carolina, community, which is still reeling from the fatal shooting of nine of its residents as they participated in a Bible study at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, the oldest African-American congregation in the southern US, on Wednesday, June 17.