Maui News

Maui Police Chief Thomas Phillips will retire on June 1, 2009 after serving 33 years with the department, nearly 11 of them as Chief.

The Ka’apuni marchers completed a 193 mile trek abound Maui with renewed faith and hope for the future. In closing out the seven day journey, event organizer Ke’eaumoku Kapu reflected upon the kupuna and ancestors who he said serve as a source of light for the next generation.

A visitor on a whale watch expedition was injured Friday when a humpback surfaced and struck the boat she was on. Maui Police Capt. Charles Hirata said the 61-year-old woman from Bremerton, Washington suffered minor injuries in a fall and was transported from Lahaina Harbor to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for treatment. The incident […]

From the moment a person suffers a heart attack, minutes can mean the difference between life and death. “Now these minutes will be reduced and lives saved thanks to a state-of-the-art wireless EKG,” said officials with the Maui Memorial Medical Center Foundation who donated 12 units worth an estimated $40,000. The equipment is being installed […]

Residents of the Wailuku Heights area are asked to conserve water until tomorrow morning due to a water shortage and in some cases no water in the area. The Water department is working to refill the Waiale Tank after completing repairs earlier today to a broken water valve. Because Wailuku Heights is at a higher […]

Motorists traveling on the Honoapiilani Highway today are advised to use extra caution as marchers in a week-long journey around the island make their way toward their final destination in West Maui.

The Maui Police Department is putting out a traffic advisory for motorist traveling in the Lahaina area Friday afternoon, February 27, 2009.

Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono announced the awarding of a $16,245,443 federal grant to fund repairs and modernize public housing in Hawaii. Projects include re-roofing and renovating units in Wailuku, Maui and in Honoka`a on the island of Hawai`i, as well as updating aging elevators and upgrading electrical systems across the state. Hirono said the funding […]

Nearly 200 people joined in the week-long Kaapuni procession as it reached North Kihei last night. Much of the energy for the day was focused on the U.S. Supreme Court hearing over ceded lands.

Maui Police arrested three men in connection with a long term investigation into a crystal methamphetamine, cannabis and cocaine drug trafficking organization operating out of Maui County. The investigation resulted in the service of several search warrants at residences, vehicles, businesses and persons. The warrants were executed during the months of January and February 2009. […]

The torch lit procession around Maui for unity and enlightenment in the Native Hawaiian community is now half way into day 5 in a 193 mile journey around the island.The group departed from Maluaka Beach near the Maui Prince Resort this morning at around 9 a.m.The procession traversed the moku district boundary between the Honua’ula […]

Three people were transported to Maui Memorial Medical Center yesterday (Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009), one of them in critical condition after a vehicle struck them as they were standing nearby. Maui Police say the three were at the Napili Recycling Center at around 1 p.m., when a car driven by an 85-year-old Lahaina man collided […]

Maui Land & Pineapple Company yesterday announced a workforce reduction that will eliminate 100 jobs at its Kapalua Resort and corporate headquarters in Kahului. The company also instituted a 10% reduction in salary for all remaining employees. In an effort to minimize the number of staffing cuts, officials at Maui Land & Pine said they […]

CLICK HERE FOR KAAPUNI AUDIO UPDATE 2/23/09 5 A.M. A 193-mile torch-lit walk around Maui is now in its third day of an estimated six day journey for unity and enlightenment in the Native Hawaiian Community. The new leg of the journey entered the Hana region of East Maui early this morning At 5 o’clock […]

Photos from protocol ceremony at Wahine Pe’e earlier today at 4:15 p.m. when Ke’eaumoku Kapu passed the torch on to Bully Ho’opai and several dozen marchers from the Hana and East Maui districts.

KA’APUNI UPDATE: 2/22/09 SUNDAY 4:15 p.m. This is your Ka’apuni update for Sunday evening, February 22nd—the torch lit procession for unity in the Native Hawaiian Community handed off the next leg of the journey to the Hana crew at Wahine Pe’e just past the Waikamoi Nature Trail. Some of the marchers from Lahaina were up […]

This is your Ka’apuni update for Sunday afternoon, February 22nd—the torch lit procession for unity in the Native Hawaiian Community is half-way through a second day of walking the island of Maui. Shortly before noon the marchers were entering the town of Huelo 20 miles east of Kahului.

This is your Ka’apuni update for Sunday morning, February 22nd: The torch lit procession for unity in the Native Hawaiian Community began its second day of walking the island of Maui with an early morning trek through Kahana and Spreckelsville

The torch lit procession for unity in the Native Hawaiian Community is rounding out its first full day of walking. The journey started at Moku’ula in Lahaina at midnight on Friday and by 7 o’clock tonight was exiting the West Maui Mountains.

KA’APUNI UPDATES: 2/21/09 SATURDAY 4:20 p.m. (Photos by Wendy Osher & Mahina Martin © 2009) This is you Ka’apuni update for Saturday afternoon and evening, February 21st—the torch lit procession for unity in the Native Hawaiian Community is rounding out its first full day of walking. Due in part to lack of cell capabilities in […]