Maui News

The whole budget hinges on whether or not the state is going to remove the Transient Accommodations Tax cap they imposed on us a few years back to help the state, said Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa.

Heavy rains late last week helped to improve abnormally dry conditions for the state, according to a weekly crop weather report issued by the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture.

Several state transportation projects are planned this week that will result in lane closures or detours in Pukalani, Kāʻanapali, Māʻalaea. Transportation officials say schedules may change without further notice, and all projects are weather permitting.

Although Prince Kuhio’s birthday is officially celebrated on March 26, the memorial celebration in his honor will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2014, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Paukūkalo Hawaiian Homes Park.

A Mobile Vet Center truck arrives on Maui this weekend for a series of events to provide free services to Active Duty, Reserve, Guard personnel, and Veterans.

A bill seeking the creation of Tobacco-Free Zones at all Maui County parks and beaches gained committee approval today and now advances to the full council for first reading.

A search is underway for two missing 16-year-old girls who became separated from their group by rising water at ʻOheʻo Gulch in Kīpahulu late Friday afternoon, March 21, 2014, fire officials said.

Maui police arrested the parents of an infant girl after the child was treated for an injury that police say was sustained in a custody struggle.

The Maui Police Department is hosting a Crime Scene Investigator Camp from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on June 23-27, 2014, at the County of Maui Forensic Facility in Wailuku for high school juniors and seniors.

The family of missing Carly “Charli” Scott released details of a public memorial service for Charli and her unborn son, Joshua Aiden Scott, scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Baldwin Beach in Pāʻia, this Sunday, March 23, 2014.

County officials say the parking lot at War Memorial Gymnasium has been reopened ahead of schedule, after the repaving of the lot was completed.

“The fire which started on the lānai consumed about 20% of the structure before being brought under control at 5:18 p.m.,” said Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga, who noted that the cause is still under investigation.

Radar shortly before 10:30 a.m. showed and area of nearly stationary heavy rain over the West Maui Mountains near Waihee.

Maui Mayor Arakawa will unveil his proposed budget for the 2015 Fiscal Year next week Tuesday, March 25, during a presentation in the Council Chambers.

A vehicle fire destroyed four-door Saturn sedan and damaged the exterior of a Chevrolet van at the Paradise Gardens Apartments on Thursday morning, March 20, 2014.

Charles Loewen, 57, faces a maximum term of five years in prison for each of the two charges when he is sentenced on July 3, justice officials said.

US Senator Mazie Hirono met with Maui veterans and service members, administrative officials and workers at the Hāliʻimaile Pineapple Company as part of a visit to the Valley Isle this week.

More than 100 students at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College signed a pledge for degree completion at an event hosted by the campus honor society on Thursday.

Aerial inspections today will cover the south and west Maui areas from Mā‘alaea to Wailea and Mā‘alaea to Nāpili, and will take place between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.

A section of Hansen Road in Central Maui is closed from 7:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 20, to Friday afternoon, March 21, to allow the removal of dead tree branches overhanging the road, county officials announced.