Maui News

The initiative is one of the first efforts in the state to implement a comprehensive management strategy to address impacts to coral reefs across multiple watersheds. The watershed plan will be funded 75% by the Corps and 25% by DLNR.

The Civil Defense monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system, takes place today at 11:45 a.m.

Maui Emergency Management Officer Anna Foust will be the special guest on the latest edition of Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa’s TV Show, “Your County with Mayor Arakawa.”

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College will host to four visiting scholars from the Philippines as part of a cultural exchange in September.

The fire was first reported at 6:01 a.m. on Monday, September 3, 2012 at 4327 Lower Honoapiilani Highway at the Valley Isle Resort.

Seven hikers had to be airlifted from a 2,000 foot ridge early Sunday morning while attempting to hike from Olowalu to ‘Iao Valley on Maui.

Maui Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga said when units arrived, occupants of the building had already doused the small fire with fire extinguishers.

A West Maui woman who was extricated from a vehicle involved in a crash on the Honoapiilani Highway on Thursday afternoon, has since died from injuries she sustained in the crash. Maui police have since identified the woman as…

Authorities say Simon Jasper McCarty, 39, was apprehended on August 5, 2008, when he attempted to fly from Hilo, Hawaii, to Honolulu with computer media that contained child pornography.

State Senate President Shan Tsutsui of Maui is among a six-member delegation from the Maui Democratic Party that will attend the National Democratic Convention next week in Charlotte, North Carolina.

A 93-year-old woman and her dog are safe this morning after they were alerted of an apartment fire overnight by neighbors.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a 7.6 earthquake overnight in the Philippine Islands region. The incident was reported at 2:48 a.m., and initially generated a watch, which was cancelled less than an hour later.

Both individuals had to be extricated from the vehicle they were in when a pickup truck traveling in the opposite direction failed to negotiate a curve in the road and crossed the solid yellow center line.

TRAFFIC UPDATE: 5:55 p.m. 8/30/12. The Honoapiilani – Hwy 30 at mile marker 12 in Ukumehame is now OPEN.

Consumers in Hawaii could receive up to $300,000 in total compensation, according to the state Attorney General’s Office.

Michele Liberty, the Red Cross Director for Maui County, is one of the local workers that was sent from Hawai’i. She said the group arrived in Houston and is on standby ready to be deployed where help is needed.

More than 400 supporters and well-wishers gathered at the Makena Beach and Golf Resort to celebrate the career and accomplishments of US Senator Daniel K. Akaka.

The original revetment was constructed in 1979 at the recommendation of the Army Corps of Engineers to protect the facility.

Since opening in 1987, RMHC has provided a “home-away-from-home” for the families of more than 10,000 seriously ill children from the neighbor islands, Guam, Saipan and other Pacific islands. Over 25 years, the charity has provided a total of about 100,000 nights of lodging to assist families of children undergoing medical care for serious illness or injury in Hawai’i.

The underwater fiber optic cable will move the state toward achieving its Broadband Initiative goal of universal access to affordable high-speed internet by 2018.