#Task Force

Enforcement Operation Results in 24-Hour Closure of Two Lahaina Bars

As the New Year gets underway, another round of restrictions on Maui has some bars and restaurants frustrated with the focus on their industry instead of businesses in general.

Task Force Aimed at Criminal Offenders in Hilo and Puna Results in Eight Arrests

Police arrested and charged Wailani Kenui, Natasia Fontes, Bronson Oili, Lance Ishibashi, Kuuipo Kalani, Brandon Cabral, Jadelin Grammer, and Jason Mitchell with arrest warrants.

Lawmakers Consider “Dangerously Low Water Level” of Molokai Irrigation

A dangerously low level of water supply and long range plans for the Moloka’i Irrigation System were the focus of two House Resolutions introduced by Representative Mele Carroll.

Three hospitalized following single car crash near Waiko Rd

One person is in critical condition and two others are in serious condition following an early morning accident on Maui today (Saturday, July 3, 2010). The single-car accident was reported at 2:04 a.m. on the Honoapiilani Highway between Kuikahi Drive and Waiko Road. According to police reports, a 2005 Infinity G35 sedan, operated by a […]

New law gives county more control over fireworks

Governor Linda Lingle signed a bill into law yesterday that gives individual counties the authority to limit or ban fireworks.  Act 170 allows counties to enact ordinances that are more stringent than what the state already has in place. The new law also establishes a task force to make recommendations to prevent the illegal importation […]

Task Force Proposed to Consider Creation of Queen Kaahumanu Monument in Hana

By Wendy Osher The state legislature is considering two resolutions that seek the creation of a task force to consider the merits of creating a monument to Queen Kaahumanu in Hana, Maui. Kaahumanu was born around 1770 to parents Keeaumoku and Namahana in a cave at Kauiki Hill in East Maui and was taken as […]