Maui News

The Verizon Wireless outage reported on Maui earlier today, was also felt by customers on Oahu, Kauai, and parts of the Big Island, according to Heidi Flato, the company’s media spokesperson for the region that includes Hawaii.

Work to renovate War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku continued today as crews work to complete finishing touches just in time for a preseason MIL game tomorrow afternoon.

The 2012 Maui elections are more than a year away, but the campaign trail has already begun.

Hinshaw will continue to serve as chancellor through the end of her term ends in June of 2012. A nationwide search to fill the post will begin shortly.

Erosion is being blamed for the collapse of a concrete restroom facility at Maui’s Baldwin Park this afternoon. Half of the structure fell onto the beach, undercut at its foundation by erosion.

Pedestrian fatalities have declined each year since 2003, until last year when pedestrian fatalities rose to 27 deaths. The Statewide Pedestrian Master Plan is aimed at decreasing this number.

Timothy L. Kosier, 45, was wanted on a warrant issued in the Western District of Wisconsin for allegedly “Stealing Government Property.”

Two scientists from the University of Hawaii Cancer Center and The Queen’s Medical Center have received a five-year $2.3 million grant from the National Cancer Institute to study liver cancer.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaii following a 6.8 magnitude earthquake along the northern border of Peru.

When complete, the Pu’u Kukui school will become the second public elementary school in Wailuku.

The commitment, announced by Gov. Neil Abercrombie, seeks to provide statewide access to affordable ultra high-speed internet by 2018.

Baldwin Park on Maui will be closed beginning Wednesday, August 24, 2011, due to tree hazards caused by erosion.

Maui firefighters continue mop-up operations at two Molokai brushfires. For a brief period earlier this afternoon, 911 phone service on Molokai was interrupted because of fire damage to Hawaiian Tel equipment.

Gingrich challenged students to re-read both the Declaration of Independence and Abraham Lincoln’s second inaugural address from 1865.

A man hiking in the Molokai Forest Reserve on Sunday afternoon, was airlifted to safety when he became lost in the mountainous terrain.

The next time that Maui County residents will have an opportunity to view the International Space Station (ISS) will be September 3-5, according to Johnson Space Center.

A 59-year-old Upcountry man was fighting a fish about a mile off shore when his kayak capsized and sunk. In an unrelated incident a visitor on a stand up paddle board…

The blaze originated near the scene of a truck accident off of Kai Hele Ku Road. A passing landscaping truck drove off with its boom extended, taking down power lines, and flipping over.

The preliminary magnitude of the quake was measured at 5.9, and at a very shallow depth of 1 km. It was located 41 miles from Richmond, VA. and 83 miles from Washington DC.

The governor has identified affordable access to ultra high-speed broadband capabilities as a priority for Hawaii residents.