Maui News

The state will once again enforce emergency rules banning drugs and alcohol use at the Kane‘ohe Sandbar during the Admission Day holiday weekend.

Police say they have obtained a county permit to move forward with the construction of the South Maui Police Station. It ends a long and drawn out process involving the Maui County Council.

With the real property tax deadline this Monday, August 22, the County of Maui is reminding the public of a recent law change that states that delinquent taxpayers will lose their homeowner’s exemption, resulting in high taxes.

Newt Gingrich will bring is 2012 campaign for the Republication nomination for President to Wailuku when he speaks to members of The Tea Party and the Maui Republican Party.

The County of Maui Parks & Recreation Department announced today that it will close Tennis Courts 1 & 2 at the Kahului Community Center from now until November 2011 for complete reconstruction.

The Maui Police Department says it has been re-accredited for the fifth time by the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.

Today, the Governor Neil Abercrombie and his Coordinator on Homelessness, Marc Alexander, concluded the 90-Day Plan on Homelessness, and among other accomplishments, reported that on Maui, 65 people were moved from the streets or shelters into permanent housing.

The County of Maui’s Department of Environmental Management announced that the hours of operation for the Central Maui Landfill, Olowalu Convenience Center and EKO compost will be changed on August 19, 2011 due to the Statehood Day Holiday.

This morning, Saturday August 13th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., “County On Your Corner” came to Paia.

The public is invited to join the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College for a big celebration August 26 as it officially launches as a four-year college, begins offering four-year degrees, and the opens the new Institute of Hawaiian Music.

Maui Police released an incident report after a 50-hour stand-off ended Friday afternoon with authorities taking 22-year-old Josiah Okudara into custody. At about 3:07 p.m., under the direction of a crisis negotiator, the suspect exited the residence and was safely taken into police custody.

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.