Maui News

According to the Air Intelligence Information Report, a 56-year-old retired Lahaina woman reported seeing an orange object with a “flame” and “muffled roar” during the night time hours on Jan. 20, 1956.

Police say the suspect allegedly withdrew money from the victim’s bank account without permission via an automated teller machine at 1:32 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014.

Nearly 2,000 community college students in Hawaiʻi were offered automatic admission to any of the four University of Hawaiʻi four-year campuses.

The Kaʻapuni or circle-island march will cover the 12 moku or districts of Maui, and is described as a spiritual journey.

Delima is now assigned as Commander of the Internal Affairs Division, with his promotion taking effect on February 1, 2015.

Dr. Ernest Lee has joined the otolaryngology team at Maui Medical Group, bringing extensive medical and surgical experience in ear, nose and throat disease and disorder treatment.

Maui Economic Opportunity, a local organization working to eliminate poverty in Maui County, is celebrating its 50th anniversary of community advocacy and service with a “Dancing with Our Stars” fundraiser on Saturday, Mar. 21, 2015, at the King Kamehameha Golf Clubhouse.

Doan is credited with founding the Maui Math Circle, a free, student-run enrichment program that provides critical thinking and problem solving lessons in science, technology, engineering and math to elementary school children.

Target will open two new stores in Hawai‘i on Wednesday, March 4, at 8 a.m. Target’s first location on Maui is opening in Kahalui at 100 Hookele St. The new O‘ahu store in Kailua will be the the island’s third.

An estimated 1,330 customers lost power in parts of Kahului at around 2:07 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. Areas affected include residents and businesses along Kaʻahumanu Avenue, the Kaʻahumanu Shopping Center, Kahului Beach Road, South Wākea Avenue, Ano Street, South Papa Avenue, West Papa Avenue, Kuhao Street, Maui Lani Subdivisions and laterals.

Thirteen candidates have applied to fill the vacant seat in House District 13 left by Rep. Mele Carroll, who resigned on Feb. 1, 2015. The Maui County Democratic Party received the applications for the district seat, which includes Pā‘ia, Ha‘ikū, East Maui, Moloka‘i, Lāna‘i and Kaho‘olawe. The 23 members of the District 13 Council will meet as the official nominating committee for the applicants on Saturday, Feb. 14.

High winds forced the closure of Hosmer Grove on Maui; a brush fire forced the temporary closure of the Hāna Highway in Wailua; and Kahului residents are experiencing an afternoon power outage.

The state Department of Transportation continues road work at several spots across the island that includes maintenance, utility installations, and repaving of roadways.

Maui police responded to 18 burglaries, 20 vehicle break-ins and 18 vehicle thefts in Maui County over the seven-day period between Sunday, Feb. 1, and Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015.

The “STOP if You Love me” campaign runs from Monday, Feb. 9 through Friday, Feb. 13, and aims to deter texting and other risky behaviors while inside a vehicle.

The Maui Police Commission will be holding its monthly meeting at the University of Hawai‘i Maui College Campus on Feb. 18 at 9:30 a.m. The meeting will take place in the multi-purpose room in the Pilina building, on the second floor above the campus book store. The meeting is open to the public.

An inmate from the Maui Community Correctional Center was captured by state sheriffs on Friday morning, Feb. 6, 2015, after failing to return as planned from a day pass the day before.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi following a preliminary magnitude 4.0 earthquake reported at 8:16 a.m. HST on Monday, Feb. 9, 2015 in the summit region of the Kīlauea Volcano on Hawaiʻi Island, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.

Hāna firefighters, the Air 1 rescue helicopter, and Rescue 10 from Kahului were called at about 12:45 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 7, about a hiker who fell down a cliff on the trail leading to Red Sands Beach.

Wailuku firefighters responded to a call about a man found exhausted on the shoreline near Milepost 5, off of Kahekili Highway in Waihe‘e on Saturday, Feb. 7 at approximately 1:45 p.m.