Maui News

8/28/12 at 8 a.m. Vevau St. CLOSED between Kane St and School St for a few hours due to a large tree clean-up.

Two visitors were rescued after the vehicle they were in went over a 100 foot cliff off the Kahekili Highway early Tuesday morning.

“I looked inside the house and I could see about three-foot flames coming out of the stove area,” said Slonim, who made entry into the house and used a fire extinguisher that he had grabbed from his patrol vehicle to put out the flames.

Residents who want to learn more about community design as well as architects, planners, engineers, educators, administrators are invited to attend.

The patrol officer evacuated all 12 occupants of the home who were asleep at the time, and utilized his fire extinguisher to control the fire until backup arrived, said Mainaga.

The woman was attempting to land when a gust of wind picked her up and dropped her about 30 feet to the ground in an area fronting the lavender farm off of Crater Road, officials said.

Two Maui residents were charged with assault of a law enforcement officer after the vehicle they were in allegedly dragged an officer 15 to 20 feet during a traffic investigation in Paia on Friday, police said.

Medic 6 from Hana was dispatched to Keanini Road in Hana for reports of a male party that had been struck by a vehicle, officials said.

Police said Walter Vierra, 43, of Wailuku, was arrested today on suspicion of negligent homicide in the first degree and suspicion of accidents involving serious bodily injury or death.

Police say the 15-year-old victim allegedly brought prescription pain medications to a party at the home the night before and had offered it to other party goers.

Sarah Creachbaum, who had been serving as the superintendent at Haleakalā National Park on Maui, has been selected for the same post at a different location.

The park road goes through the habitat of the endangered nēnē (Hawaiian Goose). While signs are posted, the endangered nēnē are known to frequent park roads during the day.

The caseload increased from 90 treatments per month in 2002 to between 150-200 treatments per month in 2008, illustrating the need for inpatient services.

Ongoing airfield maintenance at Kahului Airport will result in increased air traffic and noise over central Maui early Sunday morning.

The Kihei-Wailea Medical Center is offering an eight-hour clinic with free health screenings aimed at helping those on island who are uninsured.

When the suspect emerged from the home more than seven hours later, a confrontation ensued, authorities said.

The fair directorship is an annual position, bringing fresh ideas and personalities to a longstanding tradition on Maui.

Maui police say a human skull found on Maui over the weekend is more than 50 years old, and is believed to be that of a child-to-teenager in age.

The state has awarded a $260,094 contract to Maui Kupono Builders, LCC for work to control erosion at Nahienaena Elementary School in West Maui.

The course follows up on research and interviews with Native Hawaiian patients in which who expressed disillusionment with a lack of cultural sensitivity demonstrated by their providers.