Maui News

A Maui hālau was among several groups of hula practitioners that danced atop Mauna Kea on Friday amid demonstrations at the site against the controversial Thirty Meter Telescope, and an ongoing effort by cultural groups and concerned citizens seeking protection of the site from development.

Maui police responded to 22 burglaries, 22 vehicle break-ins and three vehicle thefts in Maui County over the seven-day period between Sunday, March 29, and Saturday, April 4, 2015.

Governor David Ige today announced, while in Hilo, that the Thirty Meter Telescope or “TMT” team has informed him it will postpone construction until Monday, April 20, 2015.

A 50-foot fishing vessel ran aground at Koki Beach in East Maui after taking on water about 20 yards off-shore on Friday night, fire officials said. The two Makawao men aboard, ages 25 and 28, swam to shore and were uninjured in the incident, said Maui Fire Captain Edward Taomoto.

This month the Hoʻoikaika Partnership on Maui is working to raise awareness about child abuse prevention in observance of National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Month of the Young Child.

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui will unveil a mural later this month, created to commemorate the “Be A Jerk” campaign that encourages adults to “be jerks” and not supply youth under the age of 21 with alcohol.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation will host a series of four community meetings later this month to discuss plans for County skate parks in Upcountry Maui and on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi.

Mary Rodriguez, a science teacher at St. Anthony Junior Senior High School, has been named the local winner of the Barnes & Noble “My Favorite Teacher Contest.”

Seven post offices in Maui County will offer late collection of mail on federal Tax Day, Wednesday, April 15, 2015, to accommodate last minute filers of tax returns.

Jasmine Kaleihiwa Dunlap of Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela under the direction of nā kumu hula Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook, took the title after honoring Hiʻiaka, the youngest sister of Pele, in both her kahiko and ʻauana performances.

The Maui Police Department today announced the promotion of Clyde Holokai to the rank of Captain. Holokai’s promotion took effect on Wednesday, April 1, 2015.

A Maui man was charged with meth trafficking and a list of other offenses after a drug bust at a Wailuku home this week in which police recovered 290 grams of crystal methamphetamine.

“The goal is to sterilize 100 dogs per day, for a total of 400 sterilizations over the four day period,” said Maui Humane Society representatives.

A story on campus safety produced by students at Maui High School, will air on tonight’s PBS NewsHour, airing 6:30 p.m. on PBS Hawaiʻi. ***View the segment online at this LINK.

The Maui Police Department released photos today of a man reported missing on Wednesday, April 8, 2015 by his family who last saw him sometime in April of 2014 in Walnutport, Pennsylvania.

The mainland-based Maverick Helicopters is now open on Maui, becoming Maverick Aviation Group’s fifth permanent location and the company’s first venture outside the Southwest United States.

More than 100 faculty, students and staff from the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College participated in a sign-waving event fronting the Kahului campus last week as part of the “Get Your Reg On!!!” campaign to drum up awareness and interest in the summer and fall class registration period, which begins on April 13, 2015.

100 acres of sugar cane burned in an unscheduled cane fire in Pukalani on Wednesday, April 8, 2015. The fire was first reported at around 6:15 p.m. downslope of Ikea Place.

Media students at Maui Waena Intermediate School brought home six awards in the 12th Annual Student Television Network Convention held in San Diego, California last week.

Demonstrators at Mauna Kea are applauding the Governor’s decision calling for a week-long pause in construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope or TMT atop Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.