Kahului News

Some Maui preschools are already filled to the brim with reservations for next school year, when the state's new kindergarten age law takes effect and an estimated 800 late-born 4-year-olds in Maui County will need to wait another year before entering kindergarten.

The National Weather Service in Honolulu has ISSUED a FLOOD ADVISORY for the ISLAND OF MAUI, in effect until 12:30 a.m. This advisory may need to be extended if heavy rain persists.

NTSB investigator Andrew Swick at the site of the wreckage of the plane that crashed on Lanai on Feb. 26. The twin-engine Piper Navajo Chieftain was destroyed by fire after it crashed at 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 26. An examination by the investigators of a small commercial plane that crashed in a former Lanai pineapple field last month field revealed a ... (more)

The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating last month's crash that killed the pilot and two Maui County Planning Department employees.

Authorities have charged a 53-year-old Kahului man for allegedly assaulting a man who was in bed with his ex-girlfriend at her Kahului home, Maui police said Tuesday.

Maui Electric Company would like to inform the public that parts of Kahului is experiencing a power outage.

At the request of constituents, Councilmember Don Couch will introduce a bill at the March 11 Council meeting to prohibit alcohol consumption at Kamaole Beach Park II.

This picture was taken by Marilyn Enness Monday morning. This isn't Michigan - it's HAWAII! Yup, this is up on Mauna Kea at over 11,000 feet above sea level.

This composite satellite image shows a cold front that moved over Oahu and Kauai over Maui and the Big Island Thursday morning.

Federal investigators recovered a Piper Chieftain's engines Friday from a debris field left two days earlier on Lanai when a twin-engine aircraft crashed, killing the pilot and two county Department of Planning employees and injuring three others.

Mayor Alan Arakawa said that Maui County employees were deeply affected by a plane crash Wednesday night on Lanai that killed the pilot and two Department of Planning employees and injured three others.

KITV4's Brenton Awa continues our team coverage. Yunji -- The family of Tremaine Balberdi is heartbroken.

By MIKE WHITE , for The Maui News Maui County currently employs about 2,600 individuals, and nearly 2,300 are members of unions.

A man and two women were arrested early Thursday in the investigation of a burglary at Maui Toyota in Kahului, police said.

Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level - and on the highest mountain tops on Maui and the Big Islanda Here's a link to the live web cam on the summit of near 13,800 foot Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Intrastate cargo shipments were up 1.5 percent in 2013, up from 2012, according to a new report from Young Brothers Ltd. "We turned the corner in 2013, but we still have a long way to go relative to the boom period we experienced during the middle of last decade," said Glenn Hong, Young Brothers president, in a statement.

State regulators are looking into whether an undersea power cable between Maui and Oahu would be in the public's interest.

By DON GUZMAN , for The Maui News A 26.5-acre recreational complex in Central Maui may soon be available for residents to enjoy.

It's not everyday that one would find it perfectly acceptable to pay $20.95 to ride a train even if it does include a $2-off ad.

It's tourist season on Maui now. And we all breathe a sigh of relief because the daily smoke and ash from sugarcane burning is on hiatus.