Kahului News

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.

Over the nine year history of Hale Makua Health Services' Compassionate Caring program, June 24th and 25th marked the first time that residents have actively participated in and contributed to two days of courses alongside staff and trainers.

Elmo, Zoe, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends are taking to the stage to share their love of music in Sesame Street Live "Elmo Makes Music" at Maui Arts & Cultural Center - Castle Theater from Friday, June 26 through Sunday, June 28.

Lou Reed is pretty particular when he performs. An insider tells us that the iconic rocker demanded the bar be shut down when he sang at Persol's Incognito design exhibit at the Whitney on Tuesday - because he didn't want to hear the clinking of glasses or ice.

KAHULUI, Maui - No major problems were reported Friday as state officials made sure illegal campers heeded an eviction notice to vacate state property around the Kahului Airport.

The 18th annual Ki Hoa alu Festival will be held at the Maui Arts & Cultural Centera s Events Lawn from 2 to 7 p.m. on Sunday, June 28.

The 18-year-old Paia man who was critically injured in a crash in Haiku on Thursday has died, Maui police said.

Kahului has the odd distinction of being a Maui town that few visitors every mention when asked to name a town on Maui.

As CA readers know, Phil Jones keeps his CRU data secret. Embarrassingly, the UK Met Office relies on this secret data and says that it is unable to provide this supporting data for the most relied upon temperature data set in the world.

Projectionist Paul Burt assembles 35 mm movie "shorts" on one reel Tuesday afternoon at the Celestial Cinema while preparing for today's opening of the Maui Film Festival in Wailea.

This year's Barrio Fiesta Celebration on May 22-24 was dedicated to the memory of its founder, Raquel Juan Ruiz Andres, who passed away on March 28, 2009.

Hawai'i's first construction project using federal stimulus money is now under way at Kahului Airport.

Sponsors are sought for the 2009 Maui County Fair on Oct. 1-4. Sponsorships are available to fit every budget, and have been developed to provide a great value-added benefit for your companya s investment in Mauia s community.

Colorfully clad horse riders, royal Hawaiian societies in full regalia and floats will grace a pair of processions to honor Kamehameha the Great.

Akaku: Maui Community Television will host Todd Yamashita, owner and editor of The Molokai Dispatch on Friday, June 26 from 6-8pm at its digital lounge at 333 Dairy Road, Kahului.

The state Public Utilities Commission has granted a request by interisland shipper Young Brothers to intervene in a case in which Pasha Hawaii Transport Lines is seeking to compete with Young Brothers in the local market.

Akaku: Maui Community Television is offering early bird summer camp applicants a special $125 fee for admission to its week-long youth camp entitled "Adventures in Television." Applications received by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 8, are immediately eligible for more than 15 percent savings on the original camp price.

Three men have been charged with causing thousands of dollars in damage through graffiti that defaced neighborhoods in Central and South Maui in 2006 and 2007.

As a caravan of tractor trucks queue up at Young Brothers' Nimitz Highway gate, massive hi lifts unload 20-foot shipping containers as dozens of new and used cars are whisked onto barges headed for the Neighbor Islands.

The public is invited to participate in meetings concerning a National Park Service special use permit for the proposed Advanced Technology Solar Telescope on Haleakala on Maui.