Maalaea News

A 27-year-old Kona man died early yesterday in a spectacular chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles.

A brush fire is interrupting 911 service in Maui, officials said. The flames broke out mauka of Maalaea Harbor at about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The state has proposed raising small boat harbor mooring rates and charging nonresidents to get into eight parks as part of a plan to pay for repair and maintenance at recreational facilities.

Once a month for the next five years, Rodrigio Bio Jr. will have to clean up graffiti to fulfill terms of a criminal sentence he received Tuesday.

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.

The cruises depart from Maalaea Harbor and include a two hour stop in Lahaina so guests can explore and explore the town, before returning to Maalaea.

After two full days and with dozens of volunteers helping, a 50-foot powerboat that sank off Kamaole II Beach has been recovered.

KIHEI - Coast Guard personnel helped operators of a speedboat that sank yesterday in shallow waters off Charley Young Beach in Kihei.

By just slightly altering your meal time, you can often save a lot of money at a restaurant that you would not normally visit.

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.

Maui Electric Co. has asked for a rate increase of 9.7 percent to take effect in 2010.

The federal government has awarded Maui County more than $6 million to help expand the Maalaea ferry port on the Valley Island.

The tsunami advisory expired just after 7 p.m. Tuesday in Hawaii. Even though a destructive tsunami never showed up in Hawaii, folks were on alert all day.

The announcement was made Friday in a news release issued in Washington by Sen. Daniel Inouye.

The federal government has contributed more than $6 million toward the estimated $30 million in planned renovations at Maalaea Harbor over the next two years.

Hailey Bischoff, 9, of Medford, Ore., gets a close-up view of sharks Friday at the Maui Ocean Center in Maalaea.

Maui County has received a grant of $184,815 to investigate the cause of coral reef degradation at Maalaea Bay, U.S. Rep.

Congresswoman Mazie K. Hirono today announced the awarding of $184,815 in appropriated U.S. Department of Commerce funds to launch a study aimed at identifying the causes of the dramatic decline in the health of the coral reef in Maui's Ma'alaea Bay.

A 24-year-old Lahaina woman died Sunday night after the Honda Accord she was driving crossed the centerline along North Kihei Road and collided head-on with an oncoming truck in Maalaea, police said.

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Tuesday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 83 Honolulu, Oahu - 89 Kaneohe, Oahu - 83 Kahului, Maui - 88 Hilo, Hawaii - 83 Kailua-kona - 88 ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level around the state - and on the highest mountainsat 5 a.m. Wednesday morning : ...