Maui News

The county will be responsible for the installation of at least eight wind turbines capable of generating 55,000 kilowatt hours per year, that will supply up to 38% of the landfill’s power needs.

The closure includes the entire park and will go into effect at 4 p.m. on Thursday, October 25 and Saturday, November 3rd.

Voters can complete a walk-in ballot at the County Clerk’s office in Wailuku or the Mitchell Pauole Center on Molokai.

Kula Hospital has entered this years Pink Glove Dance Competition, that aims to increase awareness for breast cancer and related research through entrant videos.

Crews are responding to a fatal traffic accident on the Hana Highway in Central Maui involving a male patient who was pinned under a boom truck.

The Kihei man was operating his ATV when he collided with a large deer that caused him to roll over with the ATV landing on top of him, officials said.

Approximately 80 volunteers from Kamehameha Schools will play the role of mock casualties on a Boeing 777. The exercise will simulate an airliner crash at the airport and will take place between 9:30 and 11 a.m. on Wednesday, October 24, 2012.

The public is invited to pick their own pumpkin at the University of Hawai’i Maui College’s pumpkin patch this Saturday, October 27, 2012 from 9 to 11:30 a.m.

The fire was first reported at 3:21 p.m. on Monday, October 22, 2012 at a 2,000 square foot wooden structure located at 460 Haiku Road, authorities said.

County authorities said about 40 witnesses reported seeing a shark chase and attack the sea turtle at around 3:30 p.m. on Monday, October 22.

The latest sighting was reported at around 11:35 a.m. on Sunday, October 21, 2012 by crews aboard the Kaulana vessel while en route to Lana’i on a snorkeling adventure.

Fledgling season for young endangered seabirds in the Hawaiian Islands runs from October through December, prompting a reminder to the public to be on the look out for disoriented or grounded birds.

The entire inventory of logo merchandise from the Maui Canoe Club was reported stolen over the weekend, club officials said.

Medic 4 from Lahaina arrived on scene at 2:51 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21 to find the woman on the roadway with lower extremity and shoulder injuries.

Firefighters on Maui were dispatched to a half-acre brush fire off of Honokohau Valley Road this afternoon. The incident was reported at 2:04 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 21.

The teen had reportedly lost consciousness at the crash site for a few seconds, then regained consciousness and drove to the Paia residence where he became unresponsive.

When crews from Engine 6 arrived on scene, they found a small fire on the exterior of a unit being doused with a water hose by police and bystanders, authorities said. The fire was contained to the exterior of the building and no residents were displaced.

Maui police do no suspect foul play, but say they have not yet ruled it out either in the death of a Kahana woman who’s body was found earlier this month on the grounds of the Kahana Manor condominium complex in West Maui.

The Maui Department of Water Supply has scheduled a water outage in the Spreckelsville area this weekend while crews conduct repairs to a leaking four-inch waterline at the Kahului Airport.

The project began in 2009 and seeks to provide access to oral health information to every socio-economic group, and improve oral care by reducing Hawaii’s tooth decay rates.