Maui News

The resolution honors Mother Marianne for her life legacy of compassionate care and dedication to the Hansen’s disease patients she served in the remote Kalaupapa settlement.

Maui Electric Company has issued an advisory warning the public about a telephone scam that aims to illegally obtain home-ownership information from electric customers.

The report highlights strides in establishing a new teacher evaluation system, based partially on student outcomes. The report also details achievements made to turn around low-achieving schools, through community partnerships aimed at ensuring success.

Road maintenance continues in the Keopuka area of the Hana Highway between mile post 10.4 near the Garden of Eden, and mile post 16 near the Keanae Peninsula Road. Crews are working weekdays from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., resulting in a single lane closure in the westbound direction.

The indictment alleges the gambling operation consisted of sports betting, poker and craps games, and used an offshore gaming website. The indictment further alleges the illegal gambling business operated out of a water company business located in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.

The school will serve grades 9 to 12 in the South Maui Region, and is designed to support an enrollment capacity of 1,650 students, and approximately 206 supporting staff and faculty.

The Division of Motor Vehicles & Licensing has announced that it will implement a temporary closure of its Moloka`i and Lana`i satellite offices on December 11 and 12, 2012 in order to conduct staff training.

Biologists with the state Department of Land and Natural Resources are predicting a below average season for bird hunting, with lingering drought impacts in many parts of the state.

Governor Neil Abercrombie released more than $44 million for various capital improvement projects across the state, including $3.3 million for the imaging department at Maui Memorial Medical Center.

Major Brian West, the coordinator for The Salvation Army on Maui said the new addition vastly improves the hygienic facilities for program participants.

The ‘ama‘ama are entering their peak spawning season and the winter closure is designed to protect the species from overfishing.

A Maui woman was held in federal jail overnight following a delay in sentencing on charges involving a Ponzi scheme.

An estimated 2,000 customers lost power in Pukalani this morning when a bird came into contact with power lines on the Haleakala Highway, that according to Maui Electric Company spokesperson Kau’i Awai-Dickson.

The incident reportedly occurred on Oct. 24 at a South Maui beach, and was observed by visitors on an ocean paddling tour conducted by the Four Seasons Outrigger Program.

Maui fire officials say the fire originated in the living room of the rental, and started from smoldering debris within a trash can. The incident was first reported at 3:40 p.m. on Monday, November 26, 2012, at a 700-square foot wooden structure located at 3500 Kehala Drive.

The move comes in the wake of problems on O’ahu during the 2012 General Election in which several polling places ran out of paper ballots, resulting in long lines and delays.

A 1984 Toyota pickup truck, was traveling northbound on Pauwela Lighthouse Road, when the driver, a 44-year old Kula man, swerved to avoid a tire on the dirt roadway, police said.

Maui Now sat down with Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa after the first deer was taken to the slaughterhouse at the end of October, and updated us on the progress of the program.

Application forms for the 2013 Lana‘i Axis deer hunting season are now available at all Division of Forestry and Wildlife offices statewide.

Jedidah “Jed” Duarosan was charged with operating the scheme and allegedly collecting approximately $882,000 from six Maui families.