Maui News

The booth will be staffed with county employees who will be able to answer questions about water bills, trash collection, property taxes, and a variety of other issues.

The closure was in effect for less than 20 minutes as crews from the Maui Fire Department responded to a fire reported at a structure between Mission and Kaniela Streets.

Heart health is the focus of a free wellness program offered this fall to Maui residents. The program focuses on education, healthy food choices, exercise, screening and referrals.

Lāna‘i residents have the opportunity to drop off appliances and metals for recycling during a special three-day event October 14-16, 2011.

The RoboTech Maui Expo returns to the Maui Fair this year with competitions designed to inspire youth involvement in science, technology, engineering and math.

Nakama began his legendary swimming career in the Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Irrigation ditches close to the sugarcane factory in Pu’unene on Maui.

Mayor Arakawa: “It’s not only good for tourism and good for the economics, it’s also good for our community to be able to understand the Hawaiian culture; and we’re working very hard to try and do that. That should not be lost in the discussion of the Halloween parade.”

Kapu: “The mayor is just circumventing his own process and policies to allow these things to happen, and I think it’s wrong.”

Since 2008, Hawaiian Legacy Hardwoods has been working to aggressively replant koa on hundreds of acres of land that was once a koa-dominated forest.

The meeting drew a who’s-who of on-scene and behind-the-scenes faces ranging from actor Branscombe Richmond, to Cynthia Clark of the Chameleon Talent agency, and cast members from the Maui-made film “Get a Job.” The meeting comes as the Mayor seeks to establish a full fledged film industry in Maui County.

According to police reports, the motorcyclist had a red light at the time of the crash. Following the impact with an industrial truck at the Cane Haul Rd. intersection, the motorcycle caught on fire.

A fire in the forestry area above Kapalua on Maui was 90% contained by nightfall on Monday, but fire officials say it is not considered under control. The assessment was made at 6:40 p.m. as ground crews continued to battle hot spots within the fire perimeter.

In 2005, the school’s 70 year-old cafeteria was destroyed in a fire, forcing students to eat their lunches in shifts for the past 6 years in a smaller building on campus.

The Department of Parks and Recreation Aquatics Division will close several county pools this week on Maui for Lifeguard re-certification training.

The unstable boulder was removed under the coordination of DLNR, State Civil Defense and the City and County of Honolulu. The agencies will continue work to also address a 4- to 6-ton rock outcropping, but do not anticipate the need for evacuations during the remaining work.

Miho who was originally from Kahului, Maui, was elected as a Representative in the state legislature in 1959, where he served for five terms.

Maui firefighters continue to battle a blaze above Kapalua Airport that started overnight. The brush fire was first reported at around 1 a.m., with initial size estimates at around 5 to 10 acres.

Today is the deadline to submit entries into the Maui Fair’s Take a Leap contest for Healthy living. Families are asked to describe what it means to them to “Take the LEAP” of living healthy, eating well, being active and living pono.

The Maui County Charter Commission continues its review of proposals for charter amendments at a meeting today, Monday, September 26.

Big Island police are investigating the theft of 26 large solar panels from a Federal Aviation Administration navigation facility in Puna.