Maui News

Maunaloa Elementary school earned high marks in the state’s new report card. The school was the only one in Maui County to earn high performance classification with 343 points out of a total of 400, under the state’s new Strive HI Performance System.

Motorists can expect temporary delays near the Piʻilani Highway, Kanani Road intersection in the area of the new police station in Kīhei.

A few hours later, a male individual returned back to the cane field and inquired with security regarding the whereabouts of the vehicle. The man fled the area when security advised him that police had been called and the vehicle had been removed.

Firefighters in Central Maui responded to a small brush fire reported on Monday morning in the macadamia nut fields mauka of the Kahekili Highway.

Hospital officials say Jana Lutteropp, the 20-year-old German woman who had her arm severed in a shark attack incident at Maui’s Palauea Beach last week, is on life support.

King Kekaulike High School graduate Anna Gragas, and HP Baldwin High School graduate Stacie Cuadro, were awarded $1,000 scholarships each from the Japanese Cultural Society.

The incident was reported at 2:51 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 19, 2013, on the mauka side of the Honoapiʻilani Highway across from the Waikapū On 30 Restaurant, said Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

The public is invited to take complimentary tours of both canoes from 2 to 4 p.m. before the canoes depart for Moloka‘i.

During his visits, Sen. Schatz discussed access to affordable care, implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and the importance of primary care.

Forecasters with the Central Pacific Hurricane Center say Tropical Storm Unala has since moved west of the international date line, and is now located over the northwest Pacific ocean about 850 miles east southeast of Wake Island, outside of its area of jurisdiction.

A 25-year-old visitor from Austin, Texas, was rescued by Maui firefighters after he apparently fell and injured his back on a popular off road path in Makawao, fire officials said.

A visiting nurse and paramedic came to the aid of a toddler found floating in a hotel pool in West Maui on Saturday afternoon, officials said.

Rescue crews responded to two separate paddle boarding incidents at Pāpalaua Wayside Park in West Maui on Friday after receiving distress reports from the location.

Authorities are investigating the death of an elderly male at Tavares Bay in Pāʻia as a possible drowning, officials said. Firefighters from the Pāʻia station responded to a report of a body found floating in the water at 11:08 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 16, 2013.

The state Department of Transportation has issued a reminder to motorists about several road projects that will impact traffic in isolated areas of Maui in the upcoming week from Aug. 17 to 23, 2013.

TS Pewa was last tracked moving WNW at 13 mph, and had maximum sustained winds of 40 mph, according to a CPHC forecast.

The collision occurred when a blue 2007 Honda Civic traveling north on the highway, crossed left of center and collided into a blue 2005 Toyota Corolla traveling in the opposite direction.

US Senator Brian Schatz today, announced the distribution of $800,000 in federal funds to the County of Maui Department of Transportation for its ADA compliant Bus Stop Shelter and Signage Program.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa announced the receipt of a $20,000 grant from Alexander and Baldwin for the Kaunoa Senior Services’ Nutrition Program.

A 28-year-old Lahaina woman was listed in “extremely critical” condition after being struck by a motorcycle while trying to cross the Honoapiʻilani Highway on foot in West Maui on Thursday morning, Aug. 15, 2013, police said.