#West Kauai Street

Update: All the remaining Kahului customers were restored around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 18, after crews completed repairs to downed utility lines and a broken utility pole. The damages were the result of a traffic accident in which a semi-truck carrying a garbage truck, snagged and pulled down cable and power lines and broke a utility pole on Lono Ave. near W. Kauaʻi St.

Monday’s power outage in Kahului is being attributed to a metallic balloon that came in to contact with power lines. Representatives at Maui Electric Company say the contact caused electric lines to come down and knocked out power to nearby customers at approximately 1:40 p.m.

Maui fire and police crews are responding to a report of downed guy-wires on West Kauaʻi Street in Kahului between Lono and Puʻunēnē Avenues.

Maui police have identified the man killed in a stabbing in Central Maui on Monday as 33-year-old John Shaniyo of Kahului.  An autopsy performed on the man today revealed that he died as a result of a single stab wound to his abdomen which severed a main artery.  A 23-year-old woman, Rachael Berta was charged […]