Maui News

The non-profit Maui Hotel & Lodging Association announced the selection of Angela Nolan as chair of the 2014 Maui County Visitor Industry Charity Walk, scheduled to take place May 3, 2014 on Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi and May 10, 2014 on Maui.

The Pacific Whale Foundation is seeking volunteers to participate in the organization’s Great Whale Count, scheduled to take place from 7:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014.

A new scholarship has been established at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, named in honor of musician Emma Veary.

“Naming the Kīhei high school in her honor will serve as a reminder to students that, with perseverance and hard work, one person can make a difference,” said Hokama.

Upon arrival at 9:26 a.m., crews from Engine-2 out of Pāʻia found the 600-square-foot shed burt to the ground, according to Captain Kris Sakamoto with the Maui Department of Fire and Public Safety.

An estimated 6,700 customers lost power shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 1, when a tree brought power lines down on Haiʻkū Road near the Baldwin Estate, according to Maui Electric Company.

Crews are actively searching the area with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point in an effort to rule out the possibility of anyone in distress.

Family members say Itsuki “Bucky” Taguchi was last seen at approximately 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 31, on the dirt service road mauka of Akolu Street, heading makai.

Mālama Maui Nui (aka Community Work Day) will hold their monthly Mālama ‘Āina Recycling Event at King Kekaulike High School on Saturday, Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

A new Hawaiʻi opinion poll shows an increasing majority favors medical dispensaries, decriminalization and legalization of marijuana.

Currently Maui’s TAT revenue from hotel rooms is capped at $21.2 million, but distribution would increase by $16.4 million if the cap were removed, raising potential TAT revenues to $37.6 million.

The Maui High School science bowl team won the state title over the weekend, earning them a return spot in the national competition to be held in April in Washington, DC.

Because the demonstration was an educational event, no one was cited; however, organizers say that out of the 78 vehicles checked over a four hour period, only 30 had properly covered their loads, and 48 vehicles were found to be in violation.

Schneidermann said the one seen in this video stuck around for about an hour, and estimated it to be about 5.5 feet long.

Developers celebrated the groundbreaking and blessing today on the Pu‘unēnē Shopping Center in Kahului that will be anchored by Maui’s first Target store.

Candidate filing on Maui for federal, state, and county elective offices is available at the Office of the County Clerk, Elections Division office located at 200 South High Street, Room 708, in Wailuku.

A compressor that runs the refrigeration for the chillers at Times Supermarket in Kīhei blew, sending a white vapor cloud into the store shortly before 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate introduced 1,127 Senate bills prior to the Jan. 23 legislative cutoff date.

The funds will be used for “due diligence activities,” to support the land acquisition, “including title search, property appraisal, and boundary surveys.”

State health officials say the images “resemble that of turtle feces,” and that reports have come from the same area in the past. The department currently tests water quality in the area twice a week.