Maui News

The House Tourism committee holds a public hearing today on a bill that would allow a 20-year license for a stand-alone casino in Waikiki.

The bill may appropriate funds for projects at Maui Memorial Medical Center, Lana‘i Community Hospital, Kula Hospital, and the University of Hawai‘i Maui College.

By Maui Now Staff The US Department of Agriculture renewed a disaster declaration for Hawai’i Island due to ongoing volcanic emissions from the Kilauea Volcano. The declaration comes on the heels of a request from Governor Neil Abercrombie on December 27, 2011, citing continued agricultural production losses caused by vog. “Many farmers and ranchers on […]

Councilmember Mike White will be featured as a guest on “The Maui Breakfast Club” radio program on Wednesday, February 22, 2012. The topic of discussion will be the recently-announced options for repairing the runway at Kahului Airport.

The training includes basic disaster response skills such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, and disaster medical operations. The upcoming Lahaina session will be held at the Princess Nahienaena Elementary School in March.

Rep. Mele Carroll: “If we are going to support agriculture and assist the islands of Moloka’i and Lana’i to be the bread basket of the state, we need to look closely at our shipping industry and find innovative ways to make it work for everyone.”

Emergency crews were called at 10:49 a.m., when a light odorless smoke filled the downstairs area of the building.

A Maui Marine, injured in Afghanistan returned to a surprise homecoming at Kahului Airport on Thursday. Marine Lance Cpl. Garrett “Kekoa” Dow was shot in the left shin during an ambush, while on active duty in the Musaquala village of Afghanistan.

Governor Neil Abercrombie visited the ReWailuku studio on Maui today: “I just think this is tremendous. I did not comprehend when I came, that it would be this exciting, and this comprehensive, and this original in terms of attracting people’s attention. You certainly got mine.”

Scott Edward Enright, who served as a consultant for the Hawaii Sustainable Agriculture and Renewable Energy Project, will fill the deputy post at the Department of Agriculture. Leila Kagawa, a senior solutions consultant, will take on the deputy post at the Human Resources and Development Department.

Three Canadian visitors were rescued from West Maui waters yesterday when they became caught in a rip current at Napili Bay. The incident was reported at 10:34 a.m. on Wednesday, February 8.

Three people, including a 9 year-old boy, survived as a disabled sailboat sank 280 miles northeast of Hilo yesterday.

Maui police responded to 8 residential burglaries over a seven day period, between January 29 and February 4, 2012. The incidents included two burglaries in Kahului, and one incident each in Haliimaile, Kula, Lanai, Napili, Paia, and Waiehu.

The deadline to submit payment for the second installment of real property tax bills for the 2011-2012 tax year is Tuesday, February 21, 2012.

Governor Neil Abercrombie will make several stops on the Valley Isle on Thursday, including a visit to the County’s reWailuku studio workshop.

The old dormitories at the University of Hawaii Maui College campus are being re-purposed for use as a teaching lab/hotel for the Hospitality Academy of Maui.

The highest wind gusts in the state today were reported on Maui where gusts of 44 miles per hour were recorded at Kahului Airport. The National Weather Service also issued a Special Weather Statement for Maui County as a narrow line of heavy showers associated with a cold front moves southeast this afternoon into the evening.

Crews responded to multiple boating incidents off Maui’s West shore today, the first of which involved a fire aboard a 60-foot trawler.

Shortly before noon today high winds knocked down a tree that brought down two electrical lines on Hana Highway near Kanaha Pond Sanctuary. Power was restored by 1:40 p.m.

Maui’s Georgia McMillen, who serves as the Appellate Lawyer Representative from Hawaii for the Ninth Circuit, is among the four finalists for the At Large seat on the University of Hawaii Board of Regents.