Maui News

Police say the case stemmed from a motor vehicle collision on March 1 along Baldwin Avenue near Keʻe Road, that claimed the life of William Lyon, 55, of Makawao.

The Department of Finance has closed all of its division offices and DMVL Maui Mall and satellite offices all day today, Wednesday, Dec. 10, for staff training.

A boater who has been missing since Nov. 27 was found alive and uninjured aboard his 25-foot sailing vessel Malia 64 miles south of Honolulu, Tuesday.

Program representatives say families served by these programs do not have the means to provide Christmas gifts for their children. Donations will be used to ensure that each child will have one wrapped gift for Christmas.

Two more nēnē goose eggs were found today in Waikapū on Maui, this time near the 5th green of the Kamehameha Golf Club, and near the 12th hole and lake on the Kahili Golf Course.

Fire officials say the house fire was sparked when an ember fell on the bed and ignited a foam mattress pad.

The County of Maui Department of Public Works announced that its Highways Division will be applying slurry sealing on South Alu Road in Wailuku Heights next week.

Mechanical problems resulted in a missed trash route affecting residents in the Kula and Haʻikū service areas.

Maui Police found that 43% of truck drivers did not have their cargo loads properly covered and secured during a three hour educational effort held at the Central Maui Landfill on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2014.

Maui Police have since arrested a man in connection with a robbery reported at the parking lot of the Home Depot store in Kahului last month.

Maui police responded to 15 burglaries, 13 vehicle thefts, and 24 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between Nov. 30 to Dec. 6, 2014.

During the 2013 and 2014 nesting seasons, four and six nēnē, respectively, were killed by cars on park roads.

Although the alleged threats via email and telephone began around February 2011, the charges stem from a two particular threats reported in Aug. 2013.

Volta Industries has added two additional electric vehicle charging stations on Maui, both at the Maui Mall in Kahului fronting Whole Foods Market.

Haleakalā National Park begins a project today to eliminate 3,000 invasive pine trees at the park.

Maui resident Jonathan Paet and his girlfriend Kylie Calibuso spent the recent Thanksgiving holiday paying it forward after Paet won a turkey dinner on a local radio station.

Maui firefighters battled a two story structure fire at a Vineyard Street home in Wailuku on Saturday night, Dec. 6, 2014.

An estimated 1,424 gallons of wastewater overflowed from a manhole on Aleo Place in Kahului on Friday, Dec. 5, 2014.

It’s too big for a golf ball and too early for Easter, but golf pros in Waikapū on Maui have identified the likely culprit of the white oval object on the greens this morning. Right around this time of year, the nēnē, which is an endangered species and the official bird of the State of Hawaiʻi, are known to lay their eggs around the ponds, with mates that they keep for life.

The list of Maui teachers includes: Julia DeGeorge, Molokaʻi High School; George Helfenstine, ʻĪao Intermediate School; Abby Markulis, King Kamehameha III Elementary School; Jessica Mathias, Kamaliʻi Elementary School; Nathanial Mickelson, Maui High School; Bryan Molina, Lokelani Intermediate School; Amanda Shim, Kula Elementary School; and Muriel Warne, Pukalani Elementary School.