Makawao News Archives

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.

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.

WAILUKU, Maui - Two Makawao mothers are organizing protests against a contract agreement to furlough public school teachers, and hoping to get the attention of legislators.

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.

Announcement of "Furlough Fridays" for Hawai - A i teachers ignites petitions and protests across the state.

Jimmie got up early and chased rainbows Saturday morning. This one comes from lower Makawao upper Paia area on the island of Maui.

The In4mants keep growing. With a third In4mation store and growing presence online, these boys are taking over.

Rona Bennett and Lan Chung, designers of the popular local fashion brand Fighting Eel, have introduced their first bridal collection.