Maui Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help in locating 47-year-old Paul Cavazos, a homeless man who has been reported missing. He was reported missing by a relative on the Mainland who last heard from him three to four months ago, according to a Crime Stoppers bulletin issued ...
Police arrested a man who was found with tools that had been stolen from a vehicle parked at a Kihei shopping center Monday, according to police. Miguel Washington, 28, of Kihei was charged with first-degree unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle, second-degree theft and disorderly conduct. ...
Bail was set at $10,000 for a 50-year-old Kula man who was arrested Sunday when police found a semiautomatic pistol in a vehicle. Eric Dawkins was charged with keeping a pistol or revolver in an improper place. Police located Dawkins in a vehicle parked at Pukalani Terrace Center after 4 ...
The Maui News The Farm Service Agency office in Kahului will reopen today, Friday and Tuesday to offer limited services for farmers and ranchers during the government shutdown. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that about 2,500 Farm Service Agency employees had been ...
The Maui News WAILUKU — After being arrested twice when police found methamphetamine in searches of her home, a Kihei woman was placed on four years’ probation Friday. Sherri Hunt, 54, was spared any additional jail time after her attorney, Chris Dunn, said Hunt’s health had ...
Plans for a second veterans center are moving forward on Molokai, upsetting some veterans who say they don’t need another center after the decadelong struggle to build the first one. Cedric Duarte, spokesman for the state Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, said Tuesday that the department ...
Election recount procedures, infrastructure and school improvements and allowing more time to study the replacement of cesspools are some of the areas Maui County’s state legislators aim to tackle this legislative session, which begins today at the state Capitol on Oahu. Akaku Maui ...
HONOLULU (AP) — At least three state senators are drafting legislation that would require automatic recounts in close election races in Hawaii. The bills being drafted seek to avoid or more quickly resolve election disputes such as the one ongoing for a Honolulu City Council seat, the ...
Arcadia University student Taylor Tremain takes part Tuesday afternoon in a protest against upcoming U.S. Naval Special Warfare Command exercises in Hawaii waters. The sign waving event featured interns and staff from the Ocean Mammal Institute. “We hope to raise awareness about the decrease ...
The Maui News The University of Hawaii will be starting a degree program with five-week online classes through the community colleges in the fall. The goal is to provide more flexibility for residents to earn a degree while working and raising families, a UH news release said Sunday. The ...
The Maui News Haleakala National Park emphasized Tuesday that rangers are enforcing all regulations during the partial federal shutdown. The few rangers who are on duty without pay may issue citations with camping, speeding and other traffic regulations enforced, the park said. No drones ...
The Maui News An obstetrics and gynecology physician on Oahu will be offering telemedicine prenatal care visits at the Lanai Community Health Center this month. Since Lanai does not have labor and delivery services, this program will offer pregnant mothers on Lanai the opportunity to reduce ...
A refuse collection route in Makawao was missed Tuesday due to a shortage of personnel and will be picked up today, the county Department of Environmental Management Solid Waste Division said. Affected areas include Ai Street; Nane Lane; Maha and Pookela roads; Aina Manu, Alana, Balthazar, ...
The man who was pronounced dead after he was pulled out of the water at Honolua Bay on Saturday has been identified as 54-year-old Plinio Lattanzi of Lahaina, Maui police said. Lt. Gregg Okamoto said that around 5 p.m. Saturday a male surfer became unresponsive while in waters at Honolua Bay. ...
The county Department of Housing and Human Concerns’ Housing Division will close its office from noon to 4:30 p.m. Jan. 24 for staff training. Clients, including Housing Choice Voucher Program participants, will be unable to drop off documents or materials during the office closure. The ...
A “Peace March” through Wailuku is planned Monday morning to mark the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday on Maui. Opening ceremonies start at 8:30 a.m. at the MLK Stone of Hope Monument at the county building in Wailuku. The peace march begins at 9 a.m. Entertainment and food booths ...
Akaku offers introductory class Akaku Maui Community Media invites all residents of Maui County to join its class titled “Introduction to Akaku and Public Access Media” from 4 to 6 p.m. Monday at the Akaku Studios, 333 Dairy Road, Suite 205 (upstairs), in Kahului. This class is an ...
First Photo: Shanisdee Santos, 4, impresses her mom, Chasidee, with her counting abilities while visiting the MEO Head Start table at last week’s Early Childhood Fair at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center in Wailuku. Chasidee Santos said that they have just started looking at ...
The REIT Way Hawaii Community Giving campaign, involving a group of real estate investment trusts, donated $100,000 to Na Hale O Maui community land trust on Monday to help build 12 homes in the Kahoma Residential Subdivision and reduce the cost to homeowners. “We fully support the vision of ...
Hawaii State Federal Credit Union, which has members on Maui, is offering assistance programs for members who are federal government employees and other workers affected by the partial shutdown. The credit union with 106,000 members on Oahu and Maui announced Monday the following ...