Maui News

A 60-year-old man from Scottsdale, Arizona died after being pulled from the waters fronting the Sheraton Resort in West Maui on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014.

Construction is slated to begin on Tuesday, Sept. 2, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 2015, according to an updated announcement released today.

The body of a missing Maui man was located on Thursday night in a remote area of Kaupō, according to information released by the Maui Police Department.

The installation of a new modular building at the Maui Memorial Medical Center campus in Wailuku will result in anticipated traffic impacts as crews transport units on several tractor trailers over the weekend. The units will house the new MRI and CT scanning equipment for the hospital.

At this time impact to the Maui Memorial Medical Center will result in the closure of Molokini II, according to Maui region chief executive officer of Hawaiʻi Health System Corporation, Wes Lo.

John P. Dunbar Jr., 60, of Haʻikū, was arrested on Friday, Aug. 22, for refusing to provide the DNA sample.

A crew aboard a Coast Guard response boat discovered an unattended dive flag adrift in Maui waters at around 6:45 p.m. while conducting routine training at Māʻalaea Bay.

Dukie Racadio, 38, served as a police officer from 2000 to 2013, but received a notice of termination stating that he was “no longer medically qualified to continue as a Police Officer,” according to claims in the suit filed on Aug. 1, 2014, in Second Circuit Court.

The county Department of Housing and Human Concerns is proposing the construction of the Hale Maha‘olu ʻEwalu Senior Residential Housing Project on four acres of land within the Kulamalu Commercial subdivision developed by the Dowling Company.

Over the past two weeks, while police were actively participating in the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign, officers with the DUI Task Force issued more than 60 citations to motorists for violating the “Move Over Law,” according to Maui police Sergeant Nick Krau.

Maui police arrested two Waiehu men on bench warrants following a drug investigation by the Department’s Crime Reduction Unit. Chester Mahuna, 59, was arrested and charged with first degree Methamphetamine Trafficking and was being held in lieu of $100,000 bail.

Maui police responded to 24 burglaries, 10 vehicle thefts, and 17 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between August 17 to 23, 2014. Of the 10 vehicle thefts, five vehicles have since been recovered.

Fire officials say the 26-year-old woman from Wisconsin was carried back to the road after crews received reports that she was feeling very cold and exhausted.

Hospice Maui is proposing the development of a five-bedroom care facility adjacent to its existing offices on Mahalani Street. The organization anticipates that full hospice care in the proposed facility with room and board would cost less than a third of the cost associated with hospitalization.

Highlights of the plan include: achieving more than 65% renewable energy; reducing electric bills by 20%; and nearly tripling the amount of distributed solar by 2030.

Power has since been restored to an estimated 1,700 Lānaʻi customers who lost electricity Wednesday morning, Aug. 27, 2014.

The former Ceramics Building at the UH Maui College campus has been identified as a project that will receive funding for renovation.

The woman was charged for an incident in which she allegedly kicked the front door to the palace, causing significant damage to an antique Victorian period etched glass panel within the door that was appraised at $100,000.

An 18-year-old Kula man was medevaced to the Maui Memorial Medical Center with life threatening injuries following a single-vehicle collision on the Piʻilani Highway just south of Upper Kanaio Road near Ulupalakua.

Maui Police are requesting assistance regarding missing person, Sean Okin. Police say Okin was operating a black or dark blue Toyota Scion with California plates.