Maui News

See full, bullet point summary of the siege here.

As the siege between police and Josiah Okudara reaches its 48th hour, police have expressed hopes that it will end today and not drag on into the weekend.

Today, which would have been fallen war hero Kraig Vickers’s 37th birthday, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa has issues a proclamation in his honor.

As the stand-off drama with an armed suspect enters its 24th hour, Maui Police and SWAT units continue to seek a peaceful resolution.

The stand-off between a suspect and police in the Opukea St area in Kahului continued into the early morning hours of August 11, 2011.

A two-day standoff in Kahului ended peacefully this afternoon when suspect, Josiah Okudara walked out from the home he had barricaded himself within since Wednesday afternoon. Okudara was taken into custody without incident.

The August 17 Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA) Board of Trustees community forum will be the last for OHA Board Vice Chair Boyd P. Mossman, who represents Maui.

Mayor Alan Arakawa will join Maui Department of Environmental Management Director, Kyle Ginoza in the next edition of his televised talk show, Your County with Mayor Arakawa.

From 10 a.m. to noon this Saturday, the public is invited to talk story with Mayor Alan Arakawa and members of his staff as the next monthly “County on Your Corner” visits Paia.

The Maui Fire Department has promoted Firefighter Roger Agdeppa, an 18-year department veteran, to the rank of Captain. Several other department promotions were also announced today.

Governor, Schools Superintendent and Board of Education Chairman issued several joint statements regarding HSTA letter.

A young opossum was found in a shipping container at a retail store at Ward Center this morning at about 7:30 a.m.

Today, the County Department of Public Works announced three roadway projects are scheduled to begin in the next two months and include the Kihei Roundabout at Piikea and Liloa, the restriping of Maalaea Road, and the resurfacing of Piilani Highway west of Kaupo.

Three public hearings have been scheduled in September for the Maui County Office on Aging, a division of the Department of Housing and Human Concerns, to hear comment on the draft Maui County 2011-2015 Area Plan on Aging.

Kraig Vickers, a Maui High graduate, was among 30 Americans and Afghani military who were killed yesterday when a NATO Chinook helicopter was shot down in eastern Afghanistan.

By Wendy Osher The Surfing Goat Dairy on Maui is offering a $5,000 reward for the return of stolen goats from their pasture on Omaopio Road this week.  According to company officials, two milking goats were taken from a pasture in Kula on Thursday afternoon. The theft is in addition to five other goats from […]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is sending 379 requests to local law enforcement agencies, including the Maui Police Department, demanding to know when, why and how they are using cell phone location data to track Americans across the country.

The event, organized by the Japanese Cultural Society of Maui will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2011 at the Japanese garden at Kepaniwai Park in Iao Valley.

The Environmental Protection Agency joins state and federal agencies this week in launching an investigation to track suspected pollution from the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation facility.

Lloyd Y. Kimura, 61, the former president of Maui Industrial Loan & Finance Company, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for Prohibited Securities Practice. The state sentence will be served concurrently with a federal sentence handed down in July.