Paia News

Firefighters across Maui and on Lanai responded to several brush fires Saturday, the Fourth of July, most of them believed to be caused by the use of novelty fireworks.

The county Planning Department will hold a meeting on Tuesday, July 21, to allow any developers, agencies or organizations the opportunity to give brief testimony on their specific project or recommendations to the Directed Growth Strategy element of the Maui Island Plan.

A Maui woman is under arrest in Iowa, accused of driving a stolen car around a police barricade.

Cedar Rapids police have arrested a Hawaii woman after officials say she drove a stolen car from Illinois around a barricade at a deadly accident.

A woman was arrested earlier today when she drove a stolen car around squad car barricades following a fatality on Highway 30.

The following maximum temperatures were recorded across the state of Hawaii Friday afternoon: Lihue, Kauai - 84 Honolulu, Oahu - 89 Kaneohe, Oahu - 83 Kahului, Maui - 86 Hilo, Hawaii - 79 Kailua-kona - 86 Air Temperatures ranged between these warmest and coolest spots near sea level - and on the highest mountainsat 5 a.m. Saturday morning : ...

The earthquake that shook Maui on Sunday night was the most powerful to originate under the island in more than five years, but no damage was reported, according to the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

FIRST PHOTO: Emi Azeka, a watercolorist and hat designer from Makawao, works at Maui Hands art gallery Sunday afternoon.

The 18-year-old Paia man who was critically injured in a crash in Haiku on Thursday has died, Maui police said.

FIRST PHOTO: Lexiejade Kaalakea, 5, of Kahului pauses to have a fun photo taken with her uncle, Daniel Lazo of Paia, on Sunday morning on the last day of the 29th annual Upcountry Fair.

It will be a blend of hip-hop music and a reggae mindset tonight at Tropics Cafe when a trio of California-based artists arrive for the "Hele Ma" tour in conjunction with the venue's regularly scheduled "Hip-Hop at the Trops" party.

Carol L. Lassen, the director of Sea Vision Foundation and the Lassen Aloha Fund, has died.

While the Maui Planning Commission moves forward with some of the big-picture questions in the county's general plan, residents of Waihee are looking at what the plan would mean for their small town.

The state is forming a committee to help make sure all residents are counted during the 2010 census, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said in a news release.

A car crashed into a propane tank setting a nearby house on fire and critically injuring the driver in Maui Saturday.

KULA, Maui - One person was critically injured when a car crashed into a home on Lower Kula Road around 5 p.m. yesterday, setting both the car and house on fire.

Beyond being spectacular to look at, they allowed us to actually illustrate many of the specific behaviors described,a Jim Darling said.

Explorer/uber-adventurers Brandon and Cheryl Wilson of Hawaii are taking off on momentous trek of discovery on the recently formed Via Alpina for a nearly 1500-mile hike of peace across the length of the Alps.

Maui County projects funded in the budget passed by the Legislature last week include: * Maui Memorial Medical Center dialysis unit: $7.2 million * Maui Memorial facility improvements: $15 million * Kula long-term care facility: $5 million * Maalaea Small Boat Harbor sewer and electrical improvements, including construction of pump-out facilitites: ...

WAILUKU Johnny Baldwin's roots ran deep into Maui's missionary past, but when he reached out - most often quietly and behind the scenes - it was with a spirit of giving.