Maui News

Maui police say they responded to 2 burglaries, 13 vehicle thefts, and 8 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between June 1 and 7, 2014. The complete list of locations affected and times in which the incidents occurred are as follows:

The Maui Police Department has released surveillance photos of a male and female saying the two are suspects in cases involving alleged theft and alleged fraudulent use of a credit card.

A team from Maui High School earned a top five finish in the national Ford AAA Student Auto Skills competition held this morning in Dearborn, Michigan.

The Maui Humane Society has confirmed a case of the deadly feline panleukopenia virus in a cat colony Upcountry, and says there’s also a suspected unconfirmed case in Kahului.

The involvement of speed is suspected as a factor in a single-car crash along the Hāna Highway in Haʻikū on Monday night that left one man hospitalized with critical life-threatening injuries, police said.

The report shows thousands of veterans across the country that are waiting longer than three months to get seen, with Honolulu veterans having the worst wait time in the country—at 145 days or nearly five months for an initial primary care visit for new veterans at the Spark M. Matsunaga VA Medical Center.

The public is advised not to touch or feed sea turtles and to keep a 6- to 10-foot buffer as a best practice for sea turtle viewing.

The budget reflects a 3.1% reduction for all real property tax rates. There’s also a $10 million appropriation for countywide mainline and water infrastructure improvements.

This is at least the 18th time Maui High has sent a team to the national event. Teams from Maui High have also placed in the top 10 for the past decade and won national titles in 1995 and 2000.

The outage was reported shortly before 9:30 p.m. when a car struck a pole near the old Puʻunēnē School building.

A visitor died after he was found floating approximately 100 yards from shore at Wailea Point in South Maui on Sunday afternoon, police said.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary magnitude 3.8 earthquake reported at 4:42 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2014, off the north coast of Molokaʻi.

A petition calling for a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically engineered organisms in Maui County has received the required number of signatures to advance for potential placement on the upcoming election ballot, county officials announced today.

Cultural practitioner Bolly Helekahi will be on hand to teach participants coconut leaf weaving, and fellow practitioner Patricia Gomez will teach participants the art of making a feather lei.

Maui police say they responded to 21 burglaries, 9 vehicle thefts, and 16 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between May 25 and 31, 2014. The complete list of locations affected and times in which the incidents occurred are as follows:

The funding includes nearly $11 million to meet the needs of schools nearing enrollment capacity, including an allocation to fund a classroom building at Nāhiʻenaʻena Elementary School on Maui.

Meal recipients do not have to be enrolled in reduced price lunch programs in order to participate. Maui School sites participating in the program include Kahului Elementary, Kaunakakai, Lanai High School, Lihikai Elementary, Maui High, Pukalani, and Wailuku Elementary.

The Kāʻanapali Beach Resort hosts its quarterly Grown on Maui Farmers Market this Saturday, June 7, 2014, from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the oceanfront lawn at Whalers Village.

The event is an annual fundraiser to promote awareness of, and help to eliminate substandard housing and homelessness in the community.

The plan is a tool used as a prerequisite for receiving federal funding for wildfire protection projects. It also assists the community in identifying and prioritizing areas for vegetation management, public outreach, and fire suppression training.