Maui County News Archives

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.

A brush fire on Maui's west side forced officials to close a portion of Laihanaluna road.

Report and maps detail plans for growth and urban growth boundaries for South Maui.

Fire destroyed the second floor of a house in Kihei, Maui, on Sunday, leaving six people without a home.

First-time homebuyers can get assistance with a down payment and/or closing costs in a program that begins Nov.

A half-dozen small-business operators were honored for their achievements Friday night during the Mayor's Small Business Awards at the Wailea Beach Marriott Resort & Spa.

East Maui Watershed Partnership to hold juried exhibition. East Maui Watershed Partnership and Viewpoints Gallery present their annual juried art exhibition, Malama Wao Akua 2009: The Art of Conservation @ Work, Friday, Oct.

But it's unclear what effect yesterday's 66-page ruling will have, if any. County Counsel Brian Moto says he and the county clerk's office are reviewing the ruling to determine its meaning and the county's options.

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.

Forecasters at the National Weather Service on Tuesday laid out predictions for a drier winter for the state because of El Nino.

The Hawaii Supreme Court has affirmed that Maui County Council Member Sol Kahoohalahala is a resident of Lahaina -- not Lanai, the district he represents.

A stretch of beach on Maui's south shore has been reopened after an air surveillance at noon showed no sightings of sharks in the area.

A 54-year-old man has been attacked by a shark while surfing off Maui. Maui County spokeswoman Mahina Martin says the unidentified man was bitten Monday morning in the upper right thigh and lower right ankle off Kalama Beach Park.

The recent decision to furlough teachers on 17 Fridays this school year will reduce the school year to 163 instructional days.

WAILUKU, Maui - Maui drivers may need to hang up their phones - and tear their eyes away from text messages, laptop computers, video games, pagers, digital cameras and other distracting gizmos - in the near future.

IAO, Maui>> Oral arguments have rested in a landmark case before the state Commission on Water Resource Management regarding management of Central Maui's critical stream water resources, but it could be another few months before a ruling is issued, and it is likely to be longer still before the community accepts the decision.

Water Resources Committee proposes legislation to activate the highly-disputed HAA mAA kuapoko Wells for drought emergencies.

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 - Would customers pay an extra 15 or 25 cents to eat a plate lunch out of an environmentally friendly plastic clamshell? Some say yes, some no.

Even with preliminary numbers showing a 2 percent drop in crowd attendance, first-time Maui County Fair Director Karey Oura Kapoi said her goals were achieved and the event's mission was accomplished.

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.

After nearly a decade of planning, funding and permitting processes, Phase I of the highly anticipated regional park may begin in late October.

Kauai County has become the second county in Hawaii to ban plastic carryout bags at retail establishments.

A 17-year-old diver died yesterday after he was hit by a boat in Maunalua Bay, authorities said.

Maui County hotels were two-thirds occupied in August, according to a report issued today by Hospitality Advisors in Honolulu.

A late-night fire destroyed a home under construction Saturday on South Kihei Road.

A police vehicle struck and injured a 14-year-old pedestrian near 'Iolani School on Thursday night.

The Maui Planning Commission voted this week to recommend a long-range plan that would set aside more than 3,000 acres for new development over the next 20 years.

A bill prohibiting genetically modified taro in Maui County received final approval Friday by the Maui County Council.

Kahului, Hawaii, October 2, 2009 - Maui Electric Company submitted an application on September 30 to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission requesting an increase in electric rates for Maui County customers in 2010.

A 20-year man from Waihee, Maui, was killed last night in a single car accident, which also injured two of his passengers, police said.

Astronomers and space surveillance personnel explore a universe of ideas at Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference in Wailea.