Maui News

Wailuku attorney Lloyd A. Poelman was confirmed today for a six-year term as judge of the District Court of the Second Circuit on Maui, during a confirmation hearing today in the Hawaiʻi State Senate.

The “Your County with Mayor Arakawa” program will highlight the upcoming observance of National Homeless Awareness Week, which runs from November 18 to 22, 2013.

The festival is organized by the non-profit group, Nā Mamo O Mū‘olea, to provide a deeper understanding of native limu (seaweed), and to become mindful of the roles the public plays in ensuring ocean resources are available for future generations.

Waiheʻe Beach Park on Maui will be temporarily closed for about a month, beginning on Tuesday, November 12, to accommodate restroom and park renovations.

Hospital officials say trauma centers have been shown to reduce the risk of death caused by injuries by approximately 25%, compared to care at non-trauma facilities.

A 36-year-old man from Washington State suffered fatal injuries in a motor vehicle accident in Haʻikū on Saturday night. The incident was reported at 10:38 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 2, on Kokomo Road, about 150 north of Lilikoʻi Road in Haʻikū.

An evening fire near the HC&S Sugar Mill in Puʻunēnē burned a pit containing 200 heavy equipment tires, fire officials said.

A male individual was transported in serious condition to the Maui Memorial Medical Center last night after sustaining a gunshot wound during an alleged assault in South Maui.

The incidents were reported at 10:40 a.m. at the Big Kmart on Dairy Road, and at 10:55 a.m. at the Walgreens on East Kamehameha Avenue.

Since the incident, officials with the DLNR Aquatic Resources division say a 12-14 foot tiger shark was spotted by lifeguards patrolling the area on Thursday afternoon; and a separate spotting of a “large shark” was reported by DLNR at around 7:50 a.m. today (Friday, Nov. 1), but it subsequently left the area.

Officials from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority say flights out of Hawaiʻi to Los Angeles International Airport are departing as scheduled, despite the incident that took place earlier this morning.

In October, the unit was assigned to 79 cases–19 that required ambulance transport; and 33 that were standby calls to incidents in West and South Maui.

There were a total of nine adults and two juveniles arrested at the Halloween event directly related to the evening’s festivities. Officials estimate that there were approximately as many people in attendance this year as there were last year.

A sewage discharge detected on Wednesday morning, Oct. 30, in Kāʻanapali is being attributed to an accidental connection of a temporary sewer line to a storm water drain.

Man charged wtih first-degree negligent homicide; driving without valid license; first-degree methamphetamine trafficking; third-degree promoting dangerous drug; two counts of prohibited acts/drug paraphernalia; and third-degree promoting detrimental drugs.

Witnesses say the victim fell off his kite board into the water , when he was bitten while hanging onto his board.

Maui High School junior Christopher Kim was recognized by the Hawai`i State Bar Association and the Hawai`i Access to Justice Commission for an essay he wrote on volunteerism.

The incident was reported at 1:37 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 31, on the makai side of the Honoapiʻilani Highway.

Police will be closing Front Street from Baker Street to Prison Street at 3:30 p.m. and anticipate on re-opening Front Street at approximately 10:30 p.m.

A visitor from Seattle, Washington was airlifted from the Kailua area of East Maui after slipping on rocks and suffering a possible lower left leg fracture, officials tell Maui Now.