A 38-year-old man was medevaced to the Maui Memorial Medical Center after being pulled unresponsive from waters at Haneoʻo Bay near Hāmoa Beach in East Maui on Sunday afternoon.

The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency will conduct siren testing at Hāmoa Beach in East Maui between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, 2019.

The 34-year-old man visiting from Salt Lake City, Utah, was body boarding with two other friends when he was caught by the rip current.

The County of Maui Department of Water Supply asks all customers in Hāna, Hamoa and Koali to conserve water due to electrical problems with a water well located in Hamoa.

Kahanamoku Beach in Waikīkī on Oʻahu took 2nd and Hāmoa Beach in the East Maui town of Hāna was 4th in the annual ranking.

At 3 a.m., the flash flood warning expired for Maui. It had been extended beyond midnight after forecasters observed moderate rain continuing to fall over parts of East Maui.

By Wendy OSHER LAHAINA-Six young women on Maui earned titles in the 37th Annual Miss Maui Scholarship Pageant held over the weekend at the Ulalena Theater in Lahaina.  The winner of the island’s new Miss Maui 2009 title is 19 year old Cierra Rauch of Kula.  Cierra is the daughter of Matthew Rauch and Georgette Batoon. ... Read more »