Wailuku News

Parents angry about school days lost to Furlough Fridays are pressuring state lawmakers to convene a special session to look for another way to close the state's forecasted two-year budget shortfall of more than $900 million.

WAILUKU >> Officials of the Maui Coastal Land Trust's Waihee Refuge are blaming dogs for the deaths of four sheep and a 280-pound goat.

The ongoing problem of speeding and unsafe street parking along Eha Street in Wailuku was revisited Tuesday night when area residents complained to top Maui Police Department officials during a community meeting.

WAILUKU - A five-year prison term was ordered Tuesday for a man who was arrested for assault in April, a day after he was placed on probation and released from jail in another case.

Makahiki The makahiki season was the Ancient Hawaiian new year festival held in honor of Lono, the ancient Hawaiian fertility deity.

A man charged with murder in the shooting of his 19-year-old son at their Kahului residence last year is opting to have his case decided by a judge instead of a jury.

WAILUKU, Maui - Bail has been set at $10,000 for a man charged with stealing a police car that was driven from Kahului to Kihei, where it was found damaged and abandoned last month.

WAILUKU, Maui - After supplying evidence to support his claim that he really lives on Lanai, Council Member Sol Kaho'ohalahala received approval Friday to register to vote as a Lanai resident.

WAILUKU - Crews aboard a fishing boat and a Pacific Whale Foundation vessel plucked three boaters from waters near Lanai yesterday afternoon after they abandoned their burning fishing boat.

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

Aerosmith concertgoers said they expected to experience one of the band's best concerts ever Tuesday night, especially since members of the rock band were under court order to perform on Maui after they canceled a concert here two years ago.

Sure, the Chamber of Commerce is absolutely right about what our water choices should be.

Maui police have released the name, description and photo of a suspect in the shooting death of a 45-year-old Kaupo man and are requesting the public's help in finding him.

WAILUKU - A 19-year-old Kahului man who sexually assaulted a woman at the Harbor Lights Condominium parking lot in January was sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison.

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.

WAILUKU, Hawaii - The state Supreme Court has ruled Maui County Councilman Sol Kahoohalahala is a resident of Lahaina - not Lanai, the district he represents.

WAILUKU - Police were continuing to look for a suspect yesterday in the murder of a 45-year-old Kaupo man who was shot to death Sunday morning.

WAILUKU, Maui - A project meant to upgrade aging Wailuku water mains will affect traffic to local businesses in the meantime.

About 120 people crowded into Kanda Hall at Iao Congregational Church on Thursday morning for what may be the last big public session in the five-year contested case over the waters of Na Wai Eha.

Francesca Carey, president of FABMAC Homes, "Affordable Housing Solutions," recently announced that her company would match the Obama administration's $8,000 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit with an additional $8,000 credit off the price of the company's model home now on display at 32 Central Ave.