Hana News

Just after 4:30 p.m. Friday, the Maui Police Department temporarily closed Hana Highway 360 in Hana near Pua Kaa Park at Mile Post 23 after a tree fell blocking both lanes, the county announced.

I've returned from a brief vacation, visiting friends on the island of Maui. I'd never been to that part of the world before.

It's proper name is Ohe'o Pools or Ohe'o Gulch, but is known by locals and tourists as 7 Sacred Pools.

The Kahanu Garden in Hana, Maui, one of Hawaii's two national botanical gardens, is notable for being home to Hale O Piilani, the biggest heiau in the Pacific region.

Operating Hasegawa General Store in Hana in East Maui in the early 1900s required a good pickup truck and a tenacity for overcoming transportation obstacles.

KIHEI, Maui - Although crime is down in South Maui, Maui County Police Chief Gary Yabuta said that the community has grown so much that the demand for police service there is now greater than in West Maui.

Who: Nineteen women in Mana'olana breast cancer survivors outrigger canoe program, and 35 support crew members.

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

Monday, Oct. 26 Holy Ghost Church, Kula * Noon-4 p.m. St. Ann Church, Waihee * 5-9 p.m. Maria Lanakila Church, Lahaina Tuesday, Oct.

The Heleleikeoha falls, also known as the Blue Pool, in Hana, Hawaii. The previous 16 puzzles by Karen M. Tracey have been Saturdays.

The Hawaiian Serenaders' special musical event 'Nostalgic Hawaiian Music' scheduled for yesterday at Hana Public & School Library was postponed because of a performer's illness.

A Hawaiian monk seal that had been hanging out for a couple of weeks at Koki Beach in Hana gave birth Friday, the Maui News reported.

Many post offices around the state have had their retail hours cut back, including a number of branches on Maui.

An uprising that included two members of Gov. Linda Lingle's Cabinet shot down a move to make the Maui County Department of Planning the recruiter, contractor and accepting authority for the environmental review for state and some private development proposals.

If Hawaii is your idea of a dream vacation, then Maui ought to be the realization of that dream.

Mayor Charmaine Tavares encouraged citizens of West Maui to attend tonight's Budget Community Meeting at Lahaina Civic Center, and urged residents in other areas of Maui County to attend the remaining meetings to present their priorities for the upcoming 2010-2011 fiscal year County budget.

The Hotel Hana Maui has a hot new chef who formerly worked as a high-ranking chef for super chef Daniel Boulud .

Maui Police Chief Gary Yabuta and Deputy Chief Clayton Tom will be hosting town meetings throughout the various communities in Maui County.

A very cool amateur video tour of a typical room at one of my fave Hawaii hotels, the Hotel Hana Maui.

Hawaii state senators are giving the public - and themselves - another opportunity to vent their frustrations with Gov.