Maui News

The parking lot at Sun Yat Sen Park in Kēōkea on Maui will be closed beginning June 2, 2014, while contractors work to complete a $144,400 parking area improvement project, County of Maui parks officials announced today.

The measure includes improvements to the Kahului Wastewater Reclamation Facility that would extend and raise the elevation of the facility’s existing revetment to protect the shoreline and accommodate sea-rise. It also aims to assist small harbors including Hāna Harbor.

Jeffrey K. Davis, 39, a man with no local address, was placed under arrest on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at around 12:37 p.m.

Wilsand Sardinha, Anthony Ayonayon and Aaralyn Decambra were arrested on first-degree robbery and were being held in lieu of $20,000 bail.

Hāmoa Beach in East Maui was ranked fifth this year and has appeared on the list multiple times. Other Maui County beaches that are former winners include: Wailea Beach; Fleming Park Beach; Kāʻanapali; Kapalua Bay Beach; and Hulopoʻe Beach on Lānaʻi.

State Senator Roz Baker today announced that $400,000 in funding identified by the Legislature for new air conditioning at the Kīhei Public library has been released by the state administration.

The the Visitor Center at the Maui National Wildlife Refuge Complex Headquarters at Keālia Pond will be temporarily closed until further notice due to mechanical problems with an air conditioning unit.

A petition seeking a moratorium on the cultivation of genetically-engineered organisms or GMOs in Maui County is thousands of signatures shy of the amount required to be placed on the November ballot.

An advisory is now in effect until 10:15 a.m. The anticipate significant rises in creeks and streams in the East Maui area.

Maui Fire officials say the search for two possible paragliders in waters of of Keawakapu on Maui was terminated at noon today.

The 2014 Hurricane Season Outlook for the Central Pacific Basin calls for 4 to 7 tropical cyclones with El Niño conditions expected to develop during the summer.

The event is expected to attract as many as 8,000 delegates to Hawaiʻi and result in an estimated economic impact of $37.7 million in visitor spending, and $3.6 million in tax revenue, according to Brian Lynx, vice president of meetings, conventions and incentives for the Hawai’i Tourism Authority.

Mysterious zig-zagging lights in skies over Maui and other Hawaiian islands which perplexed residents Tuesday night was likely the result of an anti-ballistic missile test, according to the US Department of Defense.

Maui police have launched a murder investigation following the discovery of a male body found off of the Kamehameha V Highway in the remote Mapulehu area of Molokaʻi yesterday.

The meeting, hosted by the Newport Hospital Corporation, is set for 6 to 8 p.m. on Monday, June 9 at the Lahaina Civic Center.

It appears that the mysterious zig-zag light in the evening sky was a contrail from a missile test off the shores of Kauaʻi at the Pacific Missile Range Facility on Tuesday, May 20.

A mysterious zig-zag light was visible over Maui on Tuesday, May 20 at around sunset and remained visible for possibly two hours, according to witness reports.

Maui police say they responded to 19 burglaries, 9 vehicle thefts, and 29 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between May 11 and 17, 2014. The complete list of locations affected and times in which the incidents occurred are as follows:

Improvements include an upgraded and modernized facility with an expanded passenger waiting area, upgraded restroom facilities, a larger parking lot for better traffic flow, a new fire protection system, and an upgraded sewage system.

A paraglider who became entangled in trees along the base of Waipoli Road on Tuesday morning, was rescued by Maui firefighters aboard the department’s Air 1 helicopter.