Haiku News

Firefighters responded to an unscheduled sugar cane fire Sunday afternoon that witnesses said was "raging" along Hana Highway across from Mama's Fish House Restaurant in Paia.

FIRST PHOTO: Shaye Pua, 9, and stepbrother Kayden Medeiros, 9, hold signs along Old Haleakala Highway in Pukalani on Tuesday afternoon while learning a lesson in economics.

STACKED UP: Lee Hoxie of Haiku, Maui, found long lines of people waiting to order Hawaiian pancakes at Eggs 'n Things in the Omotesando district of Tokyo during a visit last month.

The Maui County Council gave final approval of a $559 million county budget Thursday, which includes $471 million for operating expenses and $88 million for capital improvement projects.

The J. Walter Cameron Center, home to more than a dozen social service agencies, will celebrate 40 years of service to Maui this weekend.

Emmaline Kaawa Agpalo May 10, 2013 The Rev. Emmaline Kaawa Agpalo, 91, of Wailuku, a retired licensed practical nurse, an employee at Waimano Training School and Hospital, and a minister, died in Maui Memorial Medical Center.

FIRST PHOTO: Kamehameha Schools Maui student Hi'ilei Casco, 17, holds a papaya fruit boat up for the camera as she and Seabury Hall student Danielle Ferrer, 18, slice fruit Thursday in Haiku.

A Maui County fire helicopter today rescued 12 hikers stranded by rising stream waters due to heavy rain at the Bamboo Forest, just off Hana Highway near Haiku.