Puunene News

PUUNENE, Maui - Multiple fire engines and two water tankers were dispatched to a fire first reported at 2:35 p.m. yesterday at the SOS Metals Island Recycling facility at the Central Maui Baseyard on Mokulele Highway, the county announced.

Celebration a a milestonea for church that traces humble beginnings to room in Puunene plantation camp Article Photos Fact Box * Nov.

A portion of a former sugar plantation village at Puunene looks like it soon will get a new life as a transit hub for Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.

For working with postal inspectors to solve a series of break-ins at post office boxes throughout the island, Maui police Detective Wendell Loo has received a letter of commendation from the U.S. Postal Inspection Service.

The Lingle administration is shelving plans for a new $235 million prison complex on Maui based on public comments made by a key lawmaker.

It's like the Wild West: An actual "Reward" poster going up in town to track down some bad guys who wreaked millions of dollars worth of damage at the Hawaiian Cement plant on Maui.

WAILUKU - Hawaiian Cement officials hope a $5,000 reward will help lead to the arrest of the person or persons who used a Caterpillar front-end loader to "wreak havoc" at the company's quarry and cement-making plant in Puunene earlier this month.

Plans for a proposed Maui Regional Public Safety Complex - or jail - in Puunene are moving forward, leaders from the state Public Safety and Accounting and General Services departments said last week.

Maui police suspect foul play in the $3 million fire at the Hawaiian Cement plant in Puunene.

An early morning fire caused an estimated $3 million in damages to a Hawaiian Cement plant building in Puunene, Maui today, Maui firefighters said.

Kihei Canoe Club members take students from Jissen Girls High School of Japan for a ride in a double-hulled canoe Wednesday at Ka Lae Pahaku Beach.

Kihei Canoe Club members take students from Jissen Girls High School of Japan for a ride in a double-hulled canoe Wednesday at Ka Lae Pahaku Beach.

Vandals wrecked five structures and tore down new fences at Maui Raceway Park's drag strip in Puunene over the weekend, which may lead organizers to cancel races for the rest of the year, officials said Monday.

EDITOR'S NOTE: After riding a wave of prosperity, Maui County residents are struggling to cope with a recession that has swept through the islands.

Even after he lost his job and couldn't pay rent, a Paia man tried to keep providing for four orphaned kittens he had rescued.

John & Monica Miller, Maui residents, and former hosts of the popular KAOI radio show of the same name, and founders of the Maui investment club, are soon returning to Maui from their exploratory trip to New Zealand.. The Maui Investment Club was formed in November of 2006, at the home of Helen Kresler in Makawao.

U.S. Wheat Associates welcomed Shawn Campbell as the new Assistant Director, West Coast Office, Portland, OR, July 6, 2009.

Mobi PCS had added new cell sites on each of the major islands to enhance its network.

Maui County Council members took steps Wednesday that could lead to the long-anticipated curbside pickup of residential recycling items such as glass, cans, newspapers and plastic.

A thirsty, adult female border collie mix was plucked from what appeared to be an inaccessible ledge above crashing surf in Kaupo on Sunday, with a firefighter lowered to the dog by the Maui Fire Department's Air One helicopter.