Maui News

A fire in Hana caused an estimated $210,000 to a three-bedroom home on Saturday, September 24, 2011. The fire was reported at 11:09 a.m. at 1350 Hana Highway.

An accident involving a moped has affected weekend traffic in the area of Hookipa on Hana Hwy.

Authorities have since identified the woman as Rachelle Kibbee, 29, of Kula. The accident was reported at 2 p.m. on Friday, September 23, in an area of the highway located East of mile post 17.

During the sweep on September 14, agents served 23 warrants on the East side, and 10 warrants on the West side of the Big Island. The bench warrants ranged from criminal contempt of court to habitual DUI.

Nearly 21,000 students are expected to benefit from a grant for low-income students preparing to enter college in Hawai’i. A $3.4 million, six-year federal grant was awarded to the University of Hawai’i.

White submitted a 38-page document to the committee citing examples in which agricultural property owners are granted reductions in real property taxes, while much smaller lots are being taxed at essentially the same rate.

The state attributes 82 deaths each year to senior falls. Queen’s Hospital reports that during mango, avocado and lychee season fall injuries increase significantly.

Taking place today at UHMC. Organizers say the focus is to create a pathway for students to higher education, and then to meaningful and skilled careers in agriculture on Maui.

The helicopter, which begins trial landings at the facility on Monday, is expected to save 10-15 minutes by landing on campus, instead of at the War Memorial Complex in Wailuku. In five years doctors say they can imagine a network that extends throughout the under-served eastern Hawaii region.

As the swells begin to pick up on Maui’s north shore, surfers are heading out to popular surf spots Pa’ia Bay and Ho’okipa for an early start to the surf season.

The Maui man who was fatally injured in a ziplining accident on Hawai’i Island has since been identified as Ted Callaway, 36 of Lahaina.

Proper disposal, authorities say, helps reduce the risk of prescription drugs being used inappropriately, and reduces the risk of the drugs entering a human water supply and potentially harming aquatic life.

Hawaii Island Police: “While public safety is always a consideration, the ability of the child to testify without inflicting additional trauma on him or her weighs heavily during the decision making process.”

Members of the famed 100th Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team will be honored collectively with a Congressional Gold Medal at the nation’s capitol.

ERi designs and builds adventure courses, canopy tours and zipline courses around the world, and was contracted to construct the zipline involved in the accident. ERi’s sister company GoZip, LLC is the tour operator of the award winning Kapalua Adventures on Maui and Bay View Zipline in Kaneohe on O’ahu.

Kaapana was one of seven other individuals and one performing duo that was honored today with endowment awards at the US Capitol.

The 36-year-old Maui man had traveled about halfway across the 2,300-foot span when a tower collapsed. Authorities say he fell approximately 200 feet to his death.

Arson investigators sparked a fire at the upper parking lot of the Makena Beach Resort yesterday as part of an educational demonstration to show the effectiveness of residential fire sprinklers.

A fire six years ago destroyed the school’s 70-year-old cafeteria building, forcing students to eat their lunches in shifts in a smaller building on campus.

The Maui Smart Grid Project will demonstrate and evaluate new technologies that will help residents better manage and reduce energy consumption during periods of high demand.