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Free cybersecurity webinar set for Sept. 16

University of Hawaii Maui College will offer a free online cybersecurity webinar for Hawaii sole proprietors and registered businesses from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 16. “The One-Person Security Department: Building Your Own Tools for Hawaii IT on No Budget” is the first in a series of three Zoom sessions offered through the University of Hawaii Cybersecurity Clinic. David Stevens, an associate professor of information technology and cybersecurity at Kapiolani Community College, will discuss low-cost tools for identifying devices on a network, reviewing logs, auditing system ...

Maui Bicycling League plans event featuring West Maui candidate

The Maui Bicycling League will host a nonpartisan gathering Sept. 12 featuring bicycle rides and a discussion with candidates seeking county and state offices representing West Maui. In addition to a bike ride, the event will feature a gathering focused on the future of West Maui’s transportation network, including In the Honoapiilani Highway realignment, Lahaina Bypass extension, Keawe Street safety improvements, Lower Honoapiilani Road improvements and West Maui Greenway. Participants may choose from three rides, including a 32.4-mile route, a 13.6-mile ride and a shorter ...

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Maui man sentenced to consecutive 10-year prison term

A Maui man convicted of kidnapping, terroristic threatening and firearms and drug offenses was sentenced Friday to a 10-year prison term that will run consecutively to a sentence he is serving in a separate armed robbery case. The sentence gives Christopher Steven Helmer, 37, a combined indeterminate prison term of 20 years, according to the Maui County Department of the Prosecuting Attorney. Helmer pleaded guilty April 24 to kidnapping, first-degree terroristic threatening, multiple counts of prohibited possession of a firearm and second-degree promotion of a dangerous drug. The case ...