Maui News

By Wendy Osher [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNrNk57liWI /] The Maui County Council today congratulated Maui’s Halau Ke’alaokamaile for the honors they won at the 47th Merrie Monarch Hula Festival held in April in Hilo.  Kumu Hula Keali’i Reichel and accepted the honor for the halau saying, “everything that we do, we do to hopefully make our island, […]

By Wendy Osher Maui becomes the final county in the state to pass a cell phone ban while driving.  The item passed second and final reading today with seven council members in favor and two members (Michael Victorino and Bill Medeiros) excused. Maui’s bill differs from other counties in that it also specifically restricts drivers […]

The Fall football game between the University of Hawaii and USC will go on as scheduled following a decision issued by the NCAA committee. Initially the NCAA granted penalties against the Trojans football team which included a ban on the 13th game exception for teams traveling to Hawaii. The committee agreed to postpone the ban […]

The Pan-STARRS telescope atop Haleakala officially began its science mission to survey the sky for killer asteroids.  The 1.8 meter telescope on Maui is the largest digital camera in the world with 1,400 megapixels.  The giant camera will take over 500 exposures each night and send about four terabytes of data (equivalent to what 1,000 […]

(Update: 6:00 a.m. 6/21/10) The search for a missing snorkeler off of Kaanapali was suspended Sunday after four days of search efforts turned up no signs of the missing woman.  The 54-year old tourist from Colorodo was last seen Thursday afternoon in the Pu’u Keka’a or Black Rock area.  The search covered an area more than twice […]

The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management, Solid Waste Division, today announced an “E-cycling” electronics recycling event on Lanai, scheduled for Wednesday, June 23, 2010 from 8:30 a.m. – noon at Central Services in Lanai City. The recycling event will allow the public to recycle electronic equipment, including any device with a circuit board […]

U.S. Senators Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Daniel Akaka (D-Hawaii) joined colleagues today in urging the Postal Regulatory Commission to hold field hearings in Hawaii and Alaska on a Postal Service proposal to reduce mail delivery to five days a week. Concerns raised include effects on timely delivery of medication, food, water and other necessities. The […]

Actor, Zac Efron, the star of Disney’s “High School Musical”, accepted the Maui Film Festival’s Shining Star Award last night in the event’s opening-night tribute at the Celestial Cinema on the lawn of the Wailea Gold and Emerald golf course. Efron was recognized for his promising career which includes accolades from Sho West as Breakthrough […]

Posted by Wendy Osher Executives with the newly established Haliimaile Pineapple Company will discuss the company’s operations at the upcoming meeting of the Governor’s Council of Neighbor Island Advisors for Maui.  Company board member, Doug MacCluer will speak on the company’s hiring of former Maui Land and Pineapple Company employees, and the effect of the […]

U.S. Senator Daniel K. Inouye was honored on the floor of the U.S. Senate yesterday as one of the longest serving senators in U.S. History.  He passed former Senator Strom Thurmond to become the second longest serving Senator in the nation. Inouye took the oath of office in 1963, just a few years after Hawaii […]

Ki ho‘alu (loosen the key) is one of the world’s great guitar traditions.  The music is sweet and soulful, and it is said that slack key music is drawn from the heart and soul, filtering out through the fingers of each player.  On Sunday, June 27, 2010, the 19th Annual Ki Ho‘alu Hawaiian Slack Key […]

A survey conducted by the Hawaii Meth Project shows significant shifts in attitudes toward meth drug use.  According to the survey, 54% of Hawaii teens and 67% of young adults now see great risk in taking meth once or twice, up 10 points for each group from a year ago.  The Hawaii Meth Project this […]

Due to budget constraints, reduced hours at all County landfills will be implemented beginning July 1, 2010. The reduction in service is being enacted to address a $1.7 million decrease in the County’s landfill operations budget for FY 2011. The new schedule includes a minimum of one weekend day open per week at each landfill, […]

Posted by Wendy Osher [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0uHa3ClVns /] The fifth and final segment of Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa’u Parade & Ho’olaule’a featured pa’u units from our own island of Maui and the islands of Kaho’olawe and Lana’i.  Pa’u Princess Tina Marie Lopez is proudly adorned with the lokelani rose of Maui and the pink color of […]

Posted by Wendy Osher [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t94E9tqW0mc /]  The fourth segment of Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa’u Parade & Ho’olaule’a featured pa’u units from the islands of Moloka’i and Hawai’i.  Representing Moloka’i was Pa’u Princess Tiara Dudoit; and for the island of Hawai’i, the Pa’u Princess was Hawealani Ka’ahanui Kahahane. A fitting addition to the parade was […]

Posted by Wendy Osher [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5N0t8gq49wU&playnext_from=TL&videos=JsIKmoKwWUE /]  The third segment of Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa’u Parade & Ho’olaule’a featured Maui’s Na Koa Ikaika professional baseball team, the Lahainaluna High School Foundation and Hawaii’s Junior Miss, Ku’uipo Gouveia. The Lahainaluna High School Foundation helps to keep the spirit, history and tradition of Lahainaluna High School alive […]

Posted by Wendy Osher The second segment of Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa’u Parade & Ho’olaule’a featured Pa’u Princess Koaniani Wilson representing the island of Kaua’i and Pa’u Princess Noe Keawe Aiko representing the island of Ni’ihau. [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKXN5ZoGBlA /] An elaborate float from the Lahaina Restoration Foundation featured a replica of the 1860 Pioneer Mill […]

Posted by Wendy Osher This year’s Na Kamehameha Commemorative Pa’u Parade & Ho’olaulea each year honors the Kamehameha rulers of Hawaii.  This year, the event helped to mark 200 years of unification after Kamehameha the Great brought most of the major Hawaiian Islands under one rule. [flashvideo file=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-z4cHFQ4s /] Part 1 of the parade features […]

The County of Maui Office of Economic Development executed a total of $470,000 in grants benefiting Maui Economic Development Board, Inc., the East Maui Taro Festival and Ahupua`a O Molokai, according to an announcement made by Maui Mayor Charmaine Tavares today. The Maui Economic Development Board, Inc. received $450,000 for business and workforce development to […]

The Maui Police Department today announced the promotion of three officers to the rank of Sergeant.  The list includes Myles Won of the Wailuku Patrol Division, Randy Esperanza of the Vice Narcotics Division and Nelson Hamilton with Lanai Patrol.  Chief Gary Yabuta made the announcement today, with each promotion to Detective/Sergeant set to take effect […]