Kahului News

Maui Land & Pineapple is quitting the pineapple business after 97 years and will lay off up to 285 employees.

Shortly before 6 a.m. Tuesday, Maui Pineapple Co. gathered hundreds of its workers outdoors and notified them that they'd be out of job at the end of the year.

A man charged with murder in the shooting of his 19-year-old son at their Kahului residence last year is opting to have his case decided by a judge instead of a jury.

Walmart is holding grand re-opening ceremonies this week for its Hilo and Kahului stores following four months of renovation work.

WAILUKU, Maui - Bail has been set at $10,000 for a man charged with stealing a police car that was driven from Kahului to Kihei, where it was found damaged and abandoned last month.

Women Helping Women staffer Marline Fernandez holds a sign decrying the murder of Karolyn Alford while participating in a vigil along Kaahumanu Avenue on Thursday.

Due to a 12" water mainline break in Kahului fronting the Checkers Auto Store at the Maui Mall, 2 of 3 lanes of Kaahumanu Avenue have been closed and water service to the Maui Mall is affected.

KAHULUI - Family members of the late Anthony T. Kahoohanohano could not contain their excitement yesterday when President Barack Obama signed a bill that included a provision to award the Medal of Honor to Kahoohanohano, who was killed in action in the Korean War in 1951.

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St. Ann's Church paid tribute to St. Damien on Monday with parishioners reading aloud writings from the church's youngest members.

With a sign-waving vigil planned Thursday afternoon in memory of Makawao resident Karolyn Alford, who was shot by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide last week, advocates against domestic violence stress that there are resources for people who are worried about a relative, friend or co-worker. At times, people can have an effect simply by ...

Fire destroyed the second floor of a house in Kihei, Maui, on Sunday, leaving six people without a home.

Maui County is offering first-time homebuyers financial help with down payments and closing costs.

Aerosmith concertgoers said they expected to experience one of the band's best concerts ever Tuesday night, especially since members of the rock band were under court order to perform on Maui after they canceled a concert here two years ago.

WAILUKU - A 19-year-old Kahului man who sexually assaulted a woman at the Harbor Lights Condominium parking lot in January was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison.

Maui police said a 21-year-old Kihei man sustained "life-threatening" injuries Wednesday night when the motorcycle he was operating hit a car on Mokulele Highway in Kahului.

Fire crews from Kula and Makawao responded to a fire on Kini Drive in Ulupalakua last week and were joined by a Hazmat, Tanker and Rescue crew from the Kahului fire station.

State, county statistics and personal testimonies from homeless individuals indicate a rapidly growing crisis compounded by economic uncertainties.

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A federal jury found former Wackenhut of Hawaii airport security manager Robert Tam Ho not guilty yesterday on all charges stemming from a confrontation with Pacific Wings employees at Kahului Airport four years ago.