Lahaina News

Meet Eric Paul Shaffer, author of 'Burn & Learn or Memoirs of the Cenozoic Era: A Novel,' in a free presentation at the Hawaii State Library on Saturday, November 14 at 2 p.m. in the First Floor Reading Room.

Mayor Charmaine Tavares said she and the state's other mayors will appeal to the state Department of Agriculture to restore all of Hawaii's agricultural inspectors.

This annual event has developed a reputation as a family-oriented Halloween celebration that is safe and convenient.

Unlike merchants in Lahaina town, Paia businesses saw an upswing in Halloween revelers Saturday night, which translated to busy restaurants and better business.

The Maui Police Department arrested a 40-year-old man authorities said imported packages of powdered cocaine to the Valley Isle from California in recent years.

LAHAINA - With no permit for an organized event for the second year in a row, attendance and arrests were down Halloween night in Lahaina town.

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.

A 31-year-old woman died today from injuries sustained in a single-car crash in Paia, Maui, last night.

WAILUKU, Maui - After supplying evidence to support his claim that he really lives on Lanai, Council Member Sol Kaho'ohalahala received approval Friday to register to vote as a Lanai resident.

Crews aboard a fishing boat and a Pacific Whale Foundation vessel plucked three boaters out of waters near Lanai Thursday afternoon after they abandoned their burning fishing boat.

Residents and merchants express concerns about present and future impacts of the decision to deny permits for organized Halloween events during popular Lahaina celebration.

Maui fire crews fought a brush fire in Lahaina that prompted several road closures, county officials said.

Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta pledged to protect Lahaina residents and business owners concerned about potential problems Saturday night on Halloween.

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

St. Damien relic tour, Maui County scheduled times and locations: Today * 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., St.

Although crime is down in South Maui, Maui County Police Chief Gary Yabuta said that the community has grown so much that the demand for police service there is now greater than in West Maui.

KAHANA, Maui - A pod of humpback whales was spotted Tuesday morning off the west coast of Maui, the first reported sighting in the state, marking the beginning of whale season, according to an official with the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.

But it's unclear what effect yesterday's 66-page ruling will have, if any. County Counsel Brian Moto says he and the county clerk's office are reviewing the ruling to determine its meaning and the county's options.

MAKAWAO, Maui - A former Maui police officer and his wife were killed Monday night in what police described as an apparent murder-suicide at their Makawao home.

The Hawaii Supreme Court has affirmed that Maui County Council Member Sol Kahoohalahala is a resident of Lahaina -- not Lanai, the district he represents.