Maui News

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.

The project calls for the development of a mix of light industrial and business/commercial uses with approximately 226 apartment units on 75 acres of land mauka of the Piʻilani Highway in North Kīhei. The Draft EIS is subject to a 45-day public review and comment period that runs through October 7th.

An estimated 275 gallons of wastewater overflowed in the vicinity of Kāʻanapali Parkway in West Maui on Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, county officials said.

Kula Elementary School saw the greatest improvement in Maui County, with its Chronic Absenteeism rate dropping to 13% from 32% reported the year before. The best performance in Maui County was at Kilohana Elementary on Molokaʻi which reported a 4% Chronic Absenteeism rate.

A King Kekaulike High School graduate won the Innovation Award for his creation of a device for special needs students and those with severe disabilities that enables them to grip paintbrushes.

Mechanical problems resulted in a missed trash route affecting residents in the Kula service area today (Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014). Areas affected include…

Haleakalā National Park kicks-off its Nēnē Awareness campaign with a logo contest in which student artists are invited to create a logo depicting why nēnē are special, or what can be done to protect them.

The sessions are offered Sept. 8-11, and include guidance in high school preparation, selecting a college or university, assistance with financial aid, and more.

Keaolani Hosino, of Maui’s Halau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi, under the direction of Nā Kumu hula ʻIliahi and Haunani Paredes, is scheduled to perform at 11:30 a.m., with hoʻolauleʻa events scheduled throughout the day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.