Maui News

Engine companies from Kihei and Wailea along with two fire department tankers responded to a brush fire next to Piikea Park off of Liloa Drive.

One proposal calls for the acquisition of 5 acres at the Kehalani Village Center in Wailukufor $6.5 million. The owner, RCFC Kehalani, is offering to donate an additional 14.4 acres near the corner of Kuikahi and Waiale Road in Wailuku as part of the deal.

Maui police begin a week-long speeding enforcement campaign today in an effort to reduce speed-related crashes in Maui County.

The largest outage was reported in the Haʻikū area at around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 20, when a tree fell and broke a pole on West Kuiaha Road. It affected an estimated 1,322 customers.

Civil Defense has cancelled the flash flood watch. This will be the last notification on this event.

The operator of the vessel, “Double Scoop,” reported that one of their snorkelers was unresponsive and three others were stranded in the rocks in the surf zone near the islet.

Fire officials say fireworks are to blame for a residential fire that destroyed a two-story Oe Street home in Kīhei, causing an estimated $520,000 in damage.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Divisions of Forestry and Wildlife and State Parks will close the Makawao Forest Reserve and Kula Forest Reserve (including Polipoli Spring State Park) effective noon today.

In the program’s first year of operation, from May 2013 to April 2014, officers initiated 60 investigations, compared to 17 in the same period from the previous year, according to state officials.

The Maui Humane Society will host the last in a series of vaccination clinics to combat the deadly panleukopenia feline virus which was has killed at least eight cats on Maui over the last few months.

Tropical Storm Wali was downgraded to a tropical depression at 11 a.m. Despite weakening, the NWS is still forecasting heavy rainfall to affect the Hawaiian islands beginning by Saturday evening.

The class also consists of graduates from 22 public high schools, including Dane Kurohara of Wailuku who graduated from Baldwin High School on Maui.

The recipients, all recent graduates of Maui secondary schools, are: Baldwin High’s TJ Makoa Kanichi Idemoto; Seabury Hall’s Nahenahe Anmei Norton-Tolentino; and Kekoa Burton Meanor and Daniel Kuiokalani Shigeo Quenga, both of Kamehameha Schools Maui.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the island of Maui from 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, to 6 p.m. on Monday, July 21, as rains from Tropical Storm Wali are expected to impact the state.

Several business customers have reported receiving telephone calls saying that their electric bill is delinquent and that they are subject to same-day disconnection.

The survey is being conducted by the Office of Veterans Services’ Subcommittee on Women Veterans, with the intent of reaching as many women veterans as possible over the next two months.

Wali formed southeast of the Hawaiian islands earlier today, and the National Weather Service issued an advisory saying heavy rains and potential flooding are anticipated over the islands.

There were eight people rescued; one captain, one crew, and six passengers. All aboard were rescued by a Good Samaritan vessel.

State hospital officials will present a proposed plan to address an anticipated $13 million budget shortfall and long-term solutions to improve the healthcare system over time. The meeting will include a question and answer session, and an opportunity for those in attendance to provide testimony.

Officials with the state Department of Health issued the advisory on Tuesday, July 16, 2014, saying backed up storm water broke through a sand berm at the Honokahua Stream mouth, and discharged turbid waters into the bay.