Maui News

The lottery drawing for the program takes place at 5:30 tonight at the Cameron Center in Wailuku. The first 13 applicants to be drawn are selected for the program, with the remaining applicants serving as alternates, prioritized by order of drawing.

Under his new promotion, Herrick will work as a Hazardous Materials Specialist. His promotion takes effect on August 16, at which time he will be assigned to the C-Watch with Hazmat 10 out of the Kahului Fire Station.

Dr. Bobby Baker is credited with establishing the Pacific Cancer Institute of Maui 18 years ago to provide radiation treatment to patients on the Valley Isle. Before the establishment of the service, patients had to fly off-island for treatments.

It’s the practice of abstracting essential design lessons from nature, and applying those ideas to healthier, more sustainable human technologies.

A wind advisory has been extended for the Summit of Haleakala on Maui until 6 o’clock tonight. Winds will be from the east at 25 to 35 mph, with gusts up to 45 mph.

Preparations are now underway for the 90th Maui Fair, and applications are now available to participate in the opening day parade. The Maui Fair parade is scheduled to take place at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, September 27, 2012.

The clinic will run from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 25 at the facility, located at 221 Pi’ikea Ave., Suite A, in the Pi’ilani Village Shopping Center.

Fire crews arrived to find an area of overgrown grass, protea bushes, and a couple of eucalyptus trees involved in the fire, said Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

Two standup paddle boarders were the first to get caught in the windy conditions. A female on a surfboard and a male equipped with a mask and snorkel attempted to help, but ended up being rescued as well.

The USGS has again updated the magnitude of the quake at the Sea of Okhotsk. The revised magnitude is 7.7 Mwc. They also updated the time of the event to 4:50 p.m. HST instead of 5:09 HST. The location of the quake in respect to nearby cities was 100 miles ENE of Poronaysk, Russia; 224 miles NNE of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia; 278 miles SSE of Okha, Russia; and 1012 miles NNE of TOKYO, Japan. Again, based on historical data, there is no tsunami threat to Hawaii.

The MMMC program is one of only two such programs in the state, and the only one on Maui. The Maui program provides a level of care more intensive than typical outpatient treatment but less restrictive than an acute hospital admission.

The man was found unresponsive and submerged on the ocean floor, and tethered to his diving buoy, said Maui County Paramedics Association spokesperson, Ryan Joslin.

The 30-foot sailing vessel Cowabunga issued a distress signal when the operator reported the boat started taking on water during their transit to Oahu after a weekend sailing race to Kauai.

In the winner-take-all Democratic primary for District 9 in the state house, Gil Keith-Agaran maintains his role as state lawmaker, garnering 2,282 votes, or 57.0% of the vote. He edged out his opponent, Joe Pontanilla, who garnered 1,583 votes, or 39.5%.

Multiple polling locations on the Big Island opened late this morning, prompting a proclamation from the governor calling for extended polling hours on Hawai’i Island only.

A 16-year-old Paia girl was extricated from a vehicle involved in a two-car collision this morning on Ka’ahumanu Avenue in Kahului, authorities said.

A female visitor from California was airlifted out of ‘Iao Valley after falling from a ledge near the river bank this afternoon.

Officials say the five paddle boarders were all family members visiting Maui from Houston, Texas. The incident was reported at 9:45 a.m. on Friday, August 10, 2012, about 500 yards out from the shoreline, authorities said.

According to the communication, the mariner had less than a liter of water, no food, had lost its dingy, and had a tear in its mainsail.

Hana is the final region the General Plan Committee needs to consider before completing its review of Chapter 8 of the Maui Island Plan.