Maui News

The AAA Daily Fuel Gauge report shows gas at $4.12 for a gallon of regular in Wailuku—that’s down two cents from yesterday, six cents from a week ago, and 29 cents from a month ago. The price is also down about 26 cents from the same time last year.

Maui County real property owners are reminded that the deadline for filing claims for real property tax exemptions, condominium use classification declarations, and requests for agricultural use valuations is on Monday, December 31, 2012.

Eight students were arrested at Kealakehe High School on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi on Thursday following a fight on campus. Seven male students and one female student were charged with disorderly conduct and released.

Several Honolulu-based Coast Guard units responded to a vessel on fire approximately 69 miles northwest of Maui, on Wednesday. Coast Guard officials say the tug was in transit from Seattle to Honolulu, when an engineer on board reported hearing a fire alarm.

Governor Neil Abercrombie today reported that the elective surgery he underwent on Wednesday to address an existing shoulder injury was a success.

Governor Neil Abercrombie today ordered that all Hawaii flags at state offices to be flown at half-staff on Friday, December 7, 2012, in observance of the 71st anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Hawaiʻi County Police say they have received information that two inmates who escaped from Hawaiʻi Community Correctional Center on Wednesday allegedly intend to rob a bank.

Completion of the Kahului Elementary School installation brings the total Sun Power projects in Maui County to 12. The project promotes alternatives to conventional fuels for the production of electricity and helps the schools reduce their electric consumption and peak electric demands from MECO’s system.

The project, located at 511 Imi Place in Wailuku calls for the development of a 28-unit, four-story affordable apartment complex on a vacant urban lot in Wailuku.

Police say the man was trying to cross the road outside of an unmarked crosswalk when he was struck by a gray 2000 Toyota RAV4 being operated by a 50-year-old Makawao resident. The pedestrian was initially transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition, but police say he later succumbed to his injuries and died.

Temporary lane closures will be implemented starting on December 10 along the Upcountry Pi`ilani Highway as crews work to restore the road that was impacted during construction of the Auwahi Wind project on Ulupalakua Ranch.

Here on Maui, the contentious issue of aquarium fishing in Hawaiian waters has drawn the attention of marine advocacy groups. The Maui-based group, For the Fishes, claims the industry had led to a drastic decline in the populations of reef fish in unprotected areas, has caused coral reef degradation, and depleted populations of some species.

“Apparently, the male fell from the tuna tower of his fishing boat, landed on a mounted fighting chair, and then fell again onto the boats deck where Coast Guard members found him.”

State officials say identification of the boat’s origin may also help with the identification of two species of mussels that were found attached to the boat.

A small fire burned a 3,500-square foot area of brush at the top of Kapunakea Street in West Maui on Tuesday. The fire was reported at 8:18 a.m. on Tuesday, December 4, 2012.

A broken waterline in South Maui has since been fixed and water service was fully restored at approximately 12 noon today.

Damage to the Mobile Transformer was estimated at one million dollars. Electrical service has been restored to remaining customers in Pu’ukoli’i as of 12:59 p.m. The outage was caused by a fire at the company’s Pu’ukoli’i Substation at around 7 a.m. and resulted in a power outage for much of the Ka’anapali resort area.

The determination to suspend the search was made at 3 p.m., on Monday, December 3, pending further information. “The decision to suspend a search is one of the hardest a commanding officer has to make,” said Captain Joanna Nunan

Park officials say nēnē pairs are frequenting roadside areas and parking lots outside and inside the park in preparation for nesting and rearing their young.

The Sulunga-Kahaialii ΄ohana of Napili was chosen to participate in an early holiday celebration and a dream day to remember. The family’s 11-year-old Sina, who is in need of a life-saving kidney transplant, has been under close medical care since April, 2012.