Kahului News

Maui News photojournalist Matthew Thayer is scheduled to speak to the Kiwanis Club of Maui at noon Thursday at Cary & Eddie's Hideaway Restaurant in Kahului.

A gas line connected to a kitchen at the Wendy's fast food restaurant in Kahului caused an early morning fire resulting in $500 worth of damage.

A 64-year-old man fell off his horse in Kanaio on Saturday afternoon, and firefighters airlifted him to an ambulance that took him to Maui Memorial Medical Center in stable condition, said Fire Services Chief Lee Mainaga.

Edward Louis Abreu Sr. Nov. 20, 2013 Edward Louis Abreu Sr., 95, of Pukalani, Maui, a retired Kula Sanitarium licensed practical nurse and an Army veteran, died at home.

University of Hawaii Maui College Chancellor Clyde M. Sakamoto will be speaking to the Rotary Club of Kahului at noon Monday at Cafe O'Lei at the Dunes at Maui Lani.

With picture-perfect sunsets and 120 miles of coastline caressed by crystalline seas, Maui is also home to rolling hills and the unique landscapes of the Upcountry and Haleakala.

An unattended pot left on a stove is believed to have been the cause of a fire that caused $5,000 worth of damage to a kitchen at Waiehu Beach Center late Tuesday night in Kahului.

WAILUKU, Maui, Hawai`i - The Maui County Office on Aging invites the public to an open house event for the launch of its EnhanceFitness program in South Maui.

Between dangerous rip currents, jagged coral reef and shark encounters, being a lifeguard on Maui's south shore is no easy feat, but veteran lifeguard Kekai Brown has proved that she can handle herself and others in times of emergency.

Maui residents are already able to buy Christmas trees, as shipping company Matson said that the majority of its tree shipments from the Pacific Northwest arrived last weekend.

The company has just announced the deal to sell the mall to a partnership of Denver-based Alberta Development Partners and an affiliate of Chicago-based Walton Street Capital LLC. The Kahului mall is anchored by Whole Foods Market, Longs Drugs, Wallace Theaters and IHOP and was originally developed by A&B in 1971.

Cargo shipments between Oahu and six neighbor island ports rose 5.2 percent from July through September, the second consecutive quarter of solid gains in interisland barge traffic, according to a report released today by Young Brothers.

Several Hawaii chefs are cooking up dinner fundraisers to help the Philippines recover from Typhoon Haiyan, as well as the 7.2 magnitude earthquake that killed more than 200 people in Central Philippines in October.

After being given a chance on probation about six months ago, a man was sentenced Wednesday to a five-year prison term for committing other crimes.

Despite construction being delayed a couple months due to a building fire in July, Imua Family Services will break ground on its new Kahului headquarters Tuesday.

Maui firefighters rescued a 63-year-old man who fell about 25-feet feet from the Pali lookout Saturday evening.

WAILUKU, Maui, Hawai`i - The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation has announced updates to the scheduled restroom repairs throughout the County.

Any trip to Maui should be about unplugging, but nowhere more so than Hana . In this sleepy town, tradition and the aloha lifestyle reign supreme.

The crew of a Mokulele Airlines flight reported hearing a loud bang, which was followed by a loss of engine power, before making an emergency landing last month on Piilani Highway in Wailea, according to preliminary information from the National Transportation Safety Board.

Greenlots, a global provider of open standards-based technology solutions for electric vehicle networks, announced that its SKY network management solution has been selected by Maui Electric Company to manage the first open access public charging station on Maui.