Hana News

The board that oversees Hawaii's public libraries was told Thursday about a proposal to close five libraries statewide to deal with budget cuts.

The county Planning Department will hold a meeting on Tuesday, July 21, to allow any developers, agencies or organizations the opportunity to give brief testimony on their specific project or recommendations to the Directed Growth Strategy element of the Maui Island Plan.

A project to install a new runway lighting system at Kahului Airport has received more than $533,000 in federal money while community health clinics in Maui County have been granted more than $2 million, according to U.S. Sen.

Guest artist and juror David Kurakoa says Raku Ho'olaule'a keeps inspiring "better and better work" By Joleen Oshiro POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jul 03, 2009 Thirty-three years after founding Hawaii Craftsmen's annual Raku Ho'olaule'a beach event, ceramist David Kuraoka is the guest artist and juror of the 2009 Raku Ho'olaule'a Juried Exhibition.

The Honolulu Advertiser won 14 first-place awards and the top public service honors in Hawaii's Excellence in Journalism Awards.

Twenty-one student-athletes and 10 high schools were honored for achievements in athletics, academics, sportsmanship and community service at yesterday's HMSA Kaimana Awards & Scholarship Program luncheon at the Hilton Waikiki Prince Kuhio.

It's an important event that teaches life-saving skills to people in the rural town of Hana.

The county Parks and Recreation Department has proposed prohibiting commercial ocean recreational activities, such as surfing schools or kayak rentals, at the following beach parks: * Baldwin Beach Park * Cove Park * Hookipa Beach Park * Kamaole beach parks I, II and III as well as the Charley Young Beach right of way * The south end of Kalama Park ...

In a case that a deputy prosecutor said shows how domestic violence affects the community, a man was found guilty of abusing a woman who was dragged by a noose into a Kipahulu forest and of punching a driver who tried to intervene.

Trendy retailer Target Corp. is looking to open a store on Maui, but it can't or won't if the County Council passes a proposal that limits the size of so-called "superstores," a company spokesman said Friday.

In fulfillment of their mission and as one of their projects, Ma Ka Hana Ka Ike students and members of the Hana community built the 1,200-square-foot Bamboo Pavilion.

HANA, HI, May 29, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Bands that sustain long careers build their fan bases gradually and one step at a time.

The traditions of smooth jazz and hapa haole music are blended in perfect measure in the second album by Maui's Hula Honeys -- Ginger Johnson and Robyn Kneubuhl.

Hana residents are participating in a weeklong solid-waste recycling event as a part of the 2009 Great American Cleanup.

Lahaina Grill is proud to announce KAMA'AINA MONDAYS every Monday in the month of May.

In Los Angeles' fabled Troubadour tomorrow tonight, a gathering of musicians will try to reproduce the island vibe they felt during a visit to Hana in 2004.

Maui County projects funded in the budget passed by the Legislature last week include: * Maui Memorial Medical Center dialysis unit: $7.2 million * Maui Memorial facility improvements: $15 million * Kula long-term care facility: $5 million * Maalaea Small Boat Harbor sewer and electrical improvements, including construction of pump-out facilitites: ...

Sun-worshippers will soon be lured away to hang loose in the Hawaiian Islands while the barometer drops in BC.

WAILUKU - Five Keanae residents launched a campaign this week to stop the state Department of Education from permanently closing the one-room schoolhouse in their remote East Maui community, The Maui news reported today.

Shuttle service between Kipahulu and Hana will be available during the three-week closure of Paihi Bridge for construction work.