Maui News

Event organizers note that Maui County police respond to more than 4,000 incidents of domestic violence each year.

The closure will run from October 9 to 12, as crews work to repair grouting and cracks in the park’s concrete bowl.

The Maui Axis Deer Harvesting Cooperative can assist farmers and property owners having problems with the invasive species by having the deer certified and inspected by USDA, with the option to sell the deer meat to commercial entities.

Effective today, flights increase to 14 per week with daily flights to Maui from both Oakland and San José. The additional flights adds nearly 90,000 new air seats annually to Maui, and is designed to better match capacity with consumer demand.

Currently registered voters that have changed their name or moved since the last election should re-register before the voter registration deadline. The general election this year will take place on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

The County of Maui is the recipient of a distinguished budget presentation award for the 2012 Maui budget document.

Water service to customers in parts of Makawao will be turned off for about six hours on Wednesday as crews conduct pipe line maintenance work.

In a welcome ceremony reminiscent of old Hawai’i, hula dancers and lei greeters embraced a small group of dignitaries that disembarked from a nine-seat Cessna Grand Caravan 208B aircraft.

According to Grimes, the last gate count was similar to last year, but the official count has yet to be tallied, which includes an estimated 46% rise in pre-sale tickets and an increase in parade participation.

Tonight’s meeting begins at 6 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center. A separate meeting will be held in Central Maui at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center tomorrow (October 2, 2012).

The 2012 grand-prize winner was Kendall Sanchez from Pukalani. Kendall is the daughter of Frank and Nanela Sanchez.

When fire crews arrived on scene, the warehouse, which is used for an office, greenhouse, and two bedrooms, was approximately 30% involved in the fire, said Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

“Bottom line here is the working people need jobs on this island. To be honest with you, it’s kind of rediculous–people come here and try to stop a lifestyle here on the island,” said HC&S retiree, Charles Jennings.

“HC&S is owned by Alexander and Baldwin, which is a huge corporation. This is not a traditional Hawaiian practice–this is people who came in and took the lands and hired people, and that’s still what’s going on today,” said Bruch.

Police say the incident was classified as an third degree assault, and have dismissed rumors of a shooting.

Officials hope to find a run-away dock, and handle the dock at sea, to prevent serious environmental damage if it should reach shore.

Authorities say an unknown female attempted to use a stolen debit card from the purse to withdraw money the following day from an ATM machine at the Bank of Hawaii in Lahaina.

Bascar is described as 5-feet 7-inches tall, weighing 180 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. He also has a tattoo on the left side of his neck.

The structure was an unoccupied rental home located at 689 Onioni Drive in the Kawela Plantation 1 area, said Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

Initial reports indicated that the boat was anchored about 30 feet offshore from the sea-cliffs at Kahakuloa. Officials say the 15 foot vessel was found by Air 1 at At 6:21 p.m., located about 6 miles NW of Kahului harbor and approximately 200 yards off shore.