Maui News

The County of Maui Department of Housing and Human Concerns Office on Aging will sponsor a healthy living workshop beginning Monday, June 18, entitled “Better Choices…Better Health.”

The procession was hosted by the Royal Order of Kamehameha I – Kahekili Chapter on Maui and is traditionally held annually on the day of Kamehameha’s birth.

The body of a 45-year-old local man was pulled from waters off of Lana’i on Saturday, June 9, 2012. Authorities say the incident was reported at 4:09 p.m. in waters fronting Hulopoe Beach.

We began receiving inquiries at around 3:38 p.m., with heavy black smoke reported by passing motorists.

Dozens of community members joined in a procession up Main Street in Wailuku today, as they walked together in a silent vigil held in honor of a Maui boy who died last week in a suspected case of abuse.

The list includes firefighters Kaleo Kealoha, Patrick Fukuda, and Gavin Fujioka. “We are proud of the fact that we have personnel in place to make us a better department and allow us to serve better the community in which we live in and give them the chance to advance in their careers,” said Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa explained how the county and Maui businesses are trying to do more with less resources during an annual address made before the Maui Chamber of Commerce on Friday.

The degree received unanimous approval from the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents at its monthly meeting held May 17. Students who graduate from the new associate degree program will have the option to pursue a baccalaureate degree in Hawaiian studies at either UH Mānoa or UH Hilo.

The MPD now has an online crime map that analyzes crime data, and alerts Maui residents about crimes in their area as they occur.

The procession will start at 4 p.m. at the Weinberg Building in Wailuku, and proceed up Main Street to the Court House on High Street, where a moment of silence will be observed in Zion’s memory.

While many on Maui are celebrating the news surrounding Mets draft pick Branden Kaupe, the family has received unsettling reports of a scam that is falsely seeking donations for him via unsolicited phone calls.

The current closure began today and will remain in effect through Monday. During this time, work will take place between sunrise and sunset, but the closure will remain in effect around the clock.

Maui firefighters are investigating two suspicious brush fires in West Maui reported overnight. The first was reported along Lahainaluna Road. A second was reported a minute later along the Honoapiilani Highway near Papalaua Street.

Units arrived to find five separate fires totaling two acres burning. Crews were called to the scene at 7:15 p.m., and had the fires extinguished by around 11:30 last night (Wednesday, June 6, 2012).

The next edition of “County on Your Corner”, hosted by Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, will be held at the Upcountry Fair. The event takes place from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, June 9, at the Oskie Rice Arena in Makawao.

The new project is located at the intersection of Front and Prison streets in Lahaina, with construction slated to start on Tuesday, June 12, 2012.

Crews are trying to keep the fire from reaching the top of the ridge where endangered plants and native tree snails are found.

A 49-year-old woman was transported to the hospital in stable condition on Tuesday afternoon after the truck she was operating struck the concrete base of the Wailuku Bridge, officials said.

Customers in Upper Kula may have low water pressure and occasionally intermittent service because of repairs being done to a leak in the Omaopio Tank.

Governor Neil Abercrombie today introduced Judge Richard W. Pollack as his nomination for Associate Justice to the Supreme Court.