Maui News

The FBI manhunt has intensified for a fugitive couple accused of bilking multiple O’ahu families out of money to fund their own lavish lifestyles, according to authorities.

Currently, the county recovers approximately 19% of costs through permit application fees. Under the new structure, fees would be phased in over a five-year period, and would move the department towards 70% cost recovery.

Medeiros served the Kailua district in the state House from 1971 to 1988, and as a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1968. His public service also involved work as chairman of the O’ahu Advisory Council from 1969 to 1970, and member of the Hawai’i State Boxing Commission.

Zielinski served as the Accounting System Administrator for the County of Maui since 2010. Her other Hawai’i ties include service as the Chief Financial Officer for Haleakala Ranch and Haleakala Properties, Inc. as well as Chief Financial Officer of Baldwin Pacific Properties.

The board emphasized the need for better informed boaters in Hawai‘i to prevent accidents and fatalities as population and congestion on the ocean increases.

Highway improvements are being made to accommodate the large trucks that will be transporting super loads of wind turbine components to the wind farm site in August.

Abraham Kantzabedian, 54, of Kula pleaded guilty to two counts of structuring the deposits into financial institutions for the purpose of evading federal reporting requirements.

Maui firefighters now have the Puukolii brush fire 100% contained. At around 12:15 p.m., fire officials say that although the fire was contained, it was not yet extinguished.

Maui Memorial Medical Center’s Maui Heart & Vascular cardiology program is now partnering with Kula Hospital and Clinic to offer limited cardiology services beginning on August 6.

Rare potted taro varieties from the ‘Ele‘ele, Mana, Lehua, Manini, Lauloa, Piko, and ‘Ula‘ula families will be available for purchase while supplies last, until the items are sold out.

Rescue crews were sent to help two individuals offshore of Ka’anapali yesterday afternoon when brisk trade winds prevented them from getting back to shore on their own.

The blaze, reported at around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 26, 2012, burned a 100-square-foot section of the structure and caused an estimated $3,000 in damage, authorities said.

The Maui Department of Water Supply is working to repair two leaky service laterals on Wili Pa Loop. Officials say the south intersection with Imi Kala, closest to Mill Street, will be closed from 4 p.m. until approximately 10 p.m. today, July 26, 2012.

Proceeds will go to The Kraig Vickers Foundation, whose aim is to assist local military service members and their ‘ohana in times of hardship as well as to promote a more active and healthy lifestyle throughout the community.

Waves eroded approximately 15 feet of the highway shoulder between July 16 and 19. The repairs are aimed at preventing the imminent collapse of the highway.

Hawaii’s congressional delegation announced the award of $2,275,356 to the University of Hawai’i for the conservation, protection and monitoring of Hawaii’s marine environment.

The Community Work Day Program hosts a community recycling event in Hāna today through Saturday. The event runs from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. each day at the Hāna Landfill staging area.

Authorities say the group was overpowered by strong winds that pushed them about a quarter mile offshore at around 1:50 on Tuesday afternoon.

A workshop for farmers and gardeners on seed production and seed saving methods will be held Friday, August 24, and Saturday, August 25, in Ho‘olehua on Moloka‘i.

A single person was displaced by a fire at an upper floor unit of the Harbor Lights condominium complex in Kahului on Tuesday.