Kahului News Archives

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.

Celebration a a milestonea for church that traces humble beginnings to room in Puunene plantation camp Article Photos Fact Box * Nov.

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.

Fire and police officials are investigating an early-morning fire Wednesday that gutted a senior center building under construction at the Hale Mahaolu Ehiku complex in Kihei, causing an estimated $1.5 million in damage.

WAILUKU, Maui - Officials have identified the woman whose remains were found following an early morning fire in Ulupalakua last Saturday as Cheryl Lynn Ledbetter, 49, of Olympia, Wash.

A seminarian with ties to Maui held the microphone for Pope Benedict XVI throughout Sunday's canonization of St.

A woman was killed and a man suffered severe burns when an old plantation-style house in Ulupalakua burned to the ground early Saturday.

One person was killed and another suffered severe burns in a fire that destroyed a Ulupalakua house early this morning, Maui County officials said Fire crews from Kula, Makawao and Kahului responded to the fire on Kini Drive in Ulupalakua.

WAILUKU - A Lahaina man implicated in an alleged murder-for-hire plot is facing a 20-year prison term after pleading no contest yesterday to a reduced charge of conspiracy to commit murder.

Read Aloud Program encourages a love for literacy. Photos For a self-proclaimed bookworm like myself, there is no greater joy than seeing a classroom full of children with ear-to-ear smiles and outstretched hands, eager to win the coveted prize of a brand new book.

For working with postal inspectors to solve a series of break-ins at post office boxes throughout Maui, Maui County police Detective Wendell Loo has received a letter of commendation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, The Maui News reported.

Kahului, Hawaii, October 2, 2009 - Maui Electric Company submitted an application on September 30 to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission requesting an increase in electric rates for Maui County customers in 2010.

Two men were dead Thursday following a crash the night before in Waihee. Police identified 20-year-old Nailima Kana of Waihee as the driver who died at the scene when his car over-turned at 10:33 p.m. on Kahekili Highway.

Sea-level changes are expected for the Hawaiian Islands after an earthquake off Samoa, officials said.