Lahaina News

A Maui County news release said it appeared the boats had broken free of their moorings and were being battered by high surf.

Each beach is facing the islands of Lanai and Molokai to the west, and some have restroom facilities and cook-out areas and some do not have facilities at all.

A Lanai man has been sentenced to a five-year prison term on drug charges, with a judge saying the defendant hadn't shown he could follow court orders while on probation in the past.

First Photo: Lahaina residents Rebecca Segura and Ashley Akamina, both 10, play with balloons made by Darby Gill and Maui High School students during the 35th annual Visitor Industry Charity Walk on Saturday morning at the War Memorial Complex.

Inside the walls of the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Schaefer International Gallery were 135 works of art from artists throughout the Valley Isle.

Police are investigating two fatal traffic crashes, one on Honoapiilani Highway in Ukumehame and another on Molokai, that occurred Thursday.

Maui Police report that a collision involving multiple vehicles near the Ukumehame Firing Range this has forced the complete shut down of Honoapiilani Highway this morning.

There appears to be a lot of interest among west side residents in a proposed 2-mile-long county highway that will run parallel and between Honoapiilani Highway and the under-construction Lahaina bypass in the Lahaina town area.

A rainbow is seen over the Paia Inn in Paia, Maui. The town was named one of "America's Happiest Seaside Towns" by Coastal Living magazine.

The Department of Environmental Management officials report that a Maui County contractor broke an existing 20 inch sewer force main around 2 p.m. at a Wahikuli construction site.

Dozens of parents and keiki rallied in the rain at Paia Elementary on Monday against a lottery process - suspended the day before - that they said would deny some of their children the right to a Hawaiian language immersion education.

A 33-year-old man was killed after the bicycle he was riding collided with a truck in Lahaina on Saturday afternoon, according to a news release from the Maui Police Department.

A 33-year-old Lahaina man died this afternoon after the bicycle he was riding collided with a commercial van on Honoapiilani Highway.

North-bound traffic returned to Honoapiilani Highway in Lahaina around 3:30 p.m. Saturday after being rerouted for several hours at Kapunakea Road due to a motor vehicle accident, according to a release from the county.

Maui County paramedics know that in their line of work, a few minutes can sometimes mean the difference between life and death.

23, 2005 file picture, a humpback whale leaps out of the water in the channel off the town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii.

MAUI, April 3, 2013 The ocean front Ka'anapali Beach Hotel, one of Maui's most acclaimed destination resorts, is set on 11 manicured acres along a three mile stretch of beautiful white sand beach on the sunny Western side of Maui.

Maui County's finance director Wednesday passionately defended his request for six new Division of Motor Vehicle and Licensing positions, noting his current workers are burdened with new duties and that they need more help to service the public adequately.

A Lahaina boat captain was ordered to pay $4,000 in fines after pleading guilty Tuesday to negligent homicide and other charges in the death of a diver who was struck by an inflatable boat in waters off Lanai two years ago.

Eleanore Nualani Fountain Anderson April 12, 2013 Eleanore Nualani Fountain Anderson, 91, of Honolulu, a retired registered nurse, died in Honolulu.