Makawao News

Makawao Public Library will offer Christmas programs and a book sale in December 2009.

FIRST PHOTO: Lisa Graf of Makawao tries to keep dry in a striped hoodie while strolling on soggy streets near Rodeo General Store on Monday morning.

While most other parts of Maui are growing and changing, it's always comforting driving up to Makawao, a place where remarkably little has changed in the 15 years since I graduated from high school there.

There is a flash flood watch in effect through 8:30 PM, a ragged band of heavy showers and thunderstorms will intensify as it moves northwest at 10 to 15 mph over waters between Kauai and Oahu, and over waters south of Kauai.

'Being an infantry man, I want a lot of support. War is a waste.' - Clarence Okamura, Korean War veteran KAHULUI Maui veterans expressed differing opinions Wednesday about what President Barack Obama should do about the war in Afghanistan, with some saying he should end the war and bring troops home, and others saying he should strengthen support ...

On Thursday, Oct. 29, the Maui County Department of Public Works presented proposed improvements for Makani Road and Makawao Avenue roadways to approximately 40 Upcountry residents who attended the meeting.

Board of Education Member Mary Cochran of Maui said she will vote to approve schools' requests to restore classroom time lost in Furlough Fridays.

Dozens of people are expected to march in silence around the state Capitol today to remember the latest victim of domestic violence - and to show potential victims that they're not alone.

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.

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 ...

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

Emotions ran high for parents and children Friday when as many as 75 people waved handmade signs at motorists in a busy Wailuku intersection to protest public schoolteacher furloughs aimed at easing the state's budget crisis.

A former Maui police officer shot himself once in the head after shooting his wife twice in what police are investigating as a murder-suicide Monday night at a Makawao home, police said Wednesday.

Neighbors reported hearing gunshots Monday night in a Makawao neighborhood where police have opened a murder-suicide investigation into a shooting that left a man and a woman dead.

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.

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.

Maui police found the bodies of two people on Tuesday night with fatal gunshot wounds, officials said.

We went because: We participated in the inaugural Maui Photo Festival. I ran the gear and bookstore and Will sharpened his digital photo skills.

On Saturday, November 14, the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project is hosting its inaugural fundraiser, 'It's for the Birds: A Gala Event' at the Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, in Makawao.

Maui County is moving ahead with a $10 million project to improve traffic flow at the intersection of Makawao Avenue and Makani Road.