Maui News

Arson investigators from police and fire departments around the state have convened in Makena for a three-day conference. The event will conclude with a live fire demonstration, intended to show the effectiveness of home fire sprinklers.

Testimony provided by community members will help the Budget Department to better evaluate community conditions and identify major issues.

The old ML&P Cannery building in Kahului is in the process of being gutted. By noon today, just the bare bones of the structure were were left standing, at a place where pineapple on Maui once thrived as a leading industry.

More than $1.5 million was released for expansion and improvements at four neighbor-island veterans cemeteries.

The US Army Corps of Engineers begins work later this month to survey and sample the Kanahena Point area of South Maui that was used as a former bombing target and defense site.

The Kihei man was found about one mile above the park by a fellow hiker on Sunday morning, 3 days after falling and losing consciousness. Unable to walk, the man dragged himself down the river where he was eventually found.

Several mariners are seeking help to address issues with the depth of the channel at Lahaina Harbor, attributing the problem to the surge from the March 11, 2011 tsunami and subsequent swells.

The capital campaign, entitled Marching Home for a Living Legacy, will raise $1.9 million in funds for an Education Center, the last and crowing piece of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center.

More than 175 people signed a petition seeking the designation after learning that buyers intended to bottle water from property in Waihee. Petitioners say the water should not be exported and is needed on Maui.

Even though the end to the recession occurred some time ago, Laney said Maui is the only county in the state that continues to lose jobs.

The wastewater flowed from a manhole into a nearby storm sewer that drains into the ocean between Holo and Lae Place. Beach closure signs have been posted.

Memorial services for Celestial Summer “Dove” Cassman will be held on Saturday, September 24 at Lighthouse Point in Santa Cruz…

The goal that the Maui group set this year is to raise $15,000 over the next three days. Officers climbed the scaffolding starting at 6 a.m. today, and will not return to the ground until the fundraising goals have been met, or until 2 p.m. on Sunday, September 18, which ever comes first.

Halloween returns to Lahaina this year with full festivities–the first time it has obtained the permits to do so since 2007.

The system helps avoid the release of more than 1.7 tons of carbon dioxide annually–that’s equivalent to taking 245 passenger vehicles off the road, or planting more than 29,000 trees.

By Tuesday, 25 homes remained without sufficient water pressure, and today, approximately a dozen homes in the uppermost part of the Maui Ranch Estates subdivision and above, were still affected by low water pressure or no water.

Maui High School celebrates the 40th anniversary of its Kahului campus this year. The event comes as a precursor to the grand centennial celebration for the old and new Maui High School in 2013.

The expansion plans call for the construction of a ten lane self service gasoline fueling facility, and the addition of more than 29,000 square feet to the existing warehouse store.

The 600 kilowatt PV generation system is located at the AAAAA Rent A Space facility in Honokowai and was constructed with the help of Haleakala Solar.

Maui Motorists are advised of several road work projects planned this month in Kula, Kihei and Wailuku.