Maui News

The 16-year-old victim had lacerations to her lower left calf, and described the wound as a three-to-five-inch missing “flap” or avulsion.

Updates will be provided on ocean safety issues, the status of dredging at the Lahaina Harbor, and plans to expand the swim area at Hanakao’o Beach.

A salvage operation to remove a 35-foot sailboat from the reef outside the Lahaina Small Boat Harbor was completed on Monday.

The owner of an unmanned kayak found adrift off the coast of Kihei, near Menehune Shores condominium complex over the weekend has been located.

The six-day, 30-hour Community Emergency Response Team program or CERT, provides basic disaster response skill training.

According to police reports, Naehu was traveling east on Kamehameha V Highway at around 4:57 p.m., on Saturday, June 23, 2012, when the accident occurred in an area east of Kaunakakai.

Members of the native Hawaiian research group, Hui Pono Ike Kanawai, began a 12-hour vigil at the site of the proposed Maui Lani Shopping Center in Central Maui on Sunday night.

The fire was reported at 2:01 p.m. on Sunday, June 24, 2012, in an area of from on the East side of the Ceramic Tile Plus property along Ka’ahumanu Avenue.

Crews from the US Coast Guard on Maui are trying to locate the owner of a blue kayak found floating in south Maui waters on Saturday afternoon.

Firefighters are actively fighting the blaze at a two-story residence at 2055 Pakahi Street, between Market and Church Street.

Sixty-seven birds have been found dead at Kanaha Pond Wildlife Sanctuary in Kahului.

Surfers and boaters are asked to stay clear of the removal operation that begins tomorrow. Parker Marine will secure heavy lines to the vessel and its mast, and by afternoon begin pulling them in with a winch to the nearby Kamehameha Iki beach park.

Since inception of its solar program in 2001, MECO has added 29.3 solar systems for every 1,000 customers.

Jay-R Ka‘awa the new po‘o kumu or principal for the school’s High School Academies that includes grades 11 and 12; and Lance Cagasan was named new po‘o kumu for the High School Foundation Program that covers grades 9 and 10. Both begin their new roles on June 22, 2012.

The Makawao Forest Reserve, which has been closed since Monday due to a brush fire, reopens today. The reserve was the site of a fire that burned 10 acres over four days.

“We have a sacred duty to make sure that these areas where their bones are resting, are treated with the utmost sense of respect and reverence.”

Many in Maui County are eager to learn more about the billionaire buying the Hawaiian Island of Lana’i. The transaction is still subject to final government approval.

The new law comes as crews work to eradicate the deer population in Hawai‘i County, before ranchers and farmers face the same problems now occurring on Maui.

The Maui County Council’s General Plan Committee will conduct meetings next month on proposed directed growth boundaries. The first will be held on July 5 and will focus on the Makawao, Pukalani, and Kula areas. Another meeting is planned for July 10, to discuss growth boundaries in Haiku and Paia.

In the state house, Maui incumbents Gil Keith-Agaran, Angus McKelvey and Mele Carroll were supported, as well as newcomers Kaneila Ing and Ekolu Kalama.