Maui News

Maui firefighters responded to a series of three fires reported in the Maui Lani area of Kahului on Friday evening, June 28, 2013.

The new law provides the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission with flexibility to contract with food and fuel vendors in making procurement exemptions permanent.

A single public fireworks display is planned this year on Maui at 8 p.m. on the 4th of July from a barge offshore of Front Street in Lahaina.

The new law requires the state to accommodate mooring of native Hawaiian canoes owned or leased by nonprofit entities and used for educational purposes in small boat harbors.

Water customers on Maui will see their rates increase by an average 5% when the Maui Department of Water Supply implements a planned water rate increase on July 1, 2013.

Emergency Medical Services on Maui will expand to include a unit in Māʻalaea that will provide services 24-hours a day, seven-days a week.

The bill includes a $20 million budget appropriation for the acquisition, and is aimed at protecting the area from potential development.

“When our discussions with the council changed the intent of the project, we should have followed up with the paperwork to reflect those changes,” said Mayor Arakawa.

The participants include three companies from Molokai, and more than a dozen from Maui. County officials say an estimated 38,000 people are expected to attend the 19th Annual festival, which is known to attract retail buyers and distributors, who come to find new products unique to the islands.

Under a bill, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources with the Hawaiian Islands Land Trust would work together to acquire the parcel and protect it from development.

The free mystery concert and models will take to the runway fronting the store on Market Street, wearing Maui Thing’s new summer line, themed “Alive.” In keeping with the theme, store owners say the show will go through a life cycle of its own, with the unveiling of the new designs and models, a reflection of brightness after death, and coming full circle with a rebirth.

Several units at the Kahekili Terrace apartments on Piʻihana Road in Happy Valley were evacuated last night due to a propane leak, officials said.

PETA claims “no action was taken in response to complaints regarding exhibited birds found suffering from injuries and illness, filthy enclosures, and contaminated water, among other violations.”

Students selected for the program will assist with research and public outreach concerning climate change impacts on the silversword population and viability.

Plans call for the construction of a two-story, 34-foot tall building, that includes three classrooms each for science and general education, one choral room, and one computer resource center.

The Erdman family celebrates 50 years of ownership of ʻUlupalakua Ranch, located on the leeward slopes of Haleakalā on Maui.

The new governance program aims in part to increase student enrollment. The new head of school will be tasked with overseeing campus management and operations.

Apprentice navigator Ka‘iulani Murphy and crew members from Hui O Waʻa Kaulua, ʻOhana Waʻa and Polynesian Voyaging Society will share stories about the vessel’s worldwide voyage.

The ruling effectively gives legally married same-sex couples the same federal benefits as heterosexual couples.

Approved today were measures to move program oversight away from the Department of Public Safety to the Department of Health, and to adjust the type and amount of medical marijuana a patient can legally possess.