Maui News

Maui Fire Chief Jeffery Murray: “The public might be the lead that takes us to solve some of these issues. We just want those who are responsible to stop because its impacting a lot of innocent people.”

Lieutenant Governor Shan Tsutsui is the recipient of the Charles Dick Medal of Merit Award, one of the highest awards given by the National Guard Association of the United States, agency officials announced yesterday.

Three women were transported to the hospital, one in critical condition, after the vehicle they were in traveled off the side of the Hāna Highway and plunged 60-feet into a ravine in East Maui, officials said.

So far, eight suspicious fires have burned 42.5-acres and resulted in a combined loss of $182,500 in crop damage at Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company. Maui police have launched felony investigations into several of the fires on suspicion of felony First Degree Criminal Property Damage.

The Kula Hospital Clinic hosts an Open House tonight from 5 to 7 p.m. to introduce the facility’s newest physician to the community.

An 84-year-old Maui man died over the weekend, after being rescued from a burning unit at the three-story Kāʻanapali Royale residential complex last week.

The Polynesian voyaging canoe, Hōkūleʻa arrived at Māʻalaea Harbor on Maui last night as part of the Mālama Hawaiʻi leg of its worldwide voyage.

Another unscheduled cane fire burned a half acre and caused an estimated $2,500 in damage to a Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company field, fire officials said.

“We had hoped that the council would go through these documents before making their decision; however we also believe that the sooner this inquiry begins the better,” said Regan.

The fire was concentrated in the floor between the first and second story patio of the home located on Front Street in Lahaina.

Request for formal investigation into the potential misuse of county funds for the demolition of the Old Wailuku Post Office advances to council for consideration.

Governor Neil Abercrombie will sign legislation today in an effort to ensure the continued viability of the honeybee industry in the state.

According to the report, the Piper PA28 aircraft, involved in the incident sustained “substantial” damage. The FAA report described the emergency as a “forced landing.”

A hiker was airlifted to safety after falling and fracturing his ankle in an area off of the Hāna Highway near Mile Marker 7, officials said.

Another unscheduled cane burn was reported on Maui, this time causing an estimated $100,000 in damage and burning an estimated 26 acres in Kūʻau, officials said.

All four people aboard a small plane are uninjured after the aircraft they were in made an emergency landing in a residential area of Waiehu in the Wailuku District of Maui. Authorities say crews responded to the report at around 5:38 p.m. on Sunday, June 16,2 013, in an area makai of Lower Waiehu Beach Road.

The event is free and open to the public, and will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. on Wednesday, June 26, at the Mayor’s Conference Room, located on the 9th floor of the Kalana O Maui Building.

A special meeting of the Maui County Council is planned at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, June 19, as members consider “time sensitive items,” officials said.

The finding come a month after a hairbrush dagger was found at the Kahului Airport in May. The agency reported finding a .44 caliber bang stick, detected in the carry-on bag of a passenger at Kona International Airport.

Hāna Library in East Maui will close temporarily for a pre-scheduled re-roofing and air-conditioner replacement project this summer.