Kahului News

Makawao resident Nathanial Koga, 3, stands amazed as his toy launches up in the air Saturday afternoon at the Maui Mall in Kahului.

FIRST PHOTO: Guests arrive for the topping-off party for the Courtyard by Marriott hotel project Friday fternoon near the Kahului Airport.

Responding to South Maui residents' complaints, Kihei police have formed a special assignment team to address concerns including speeding and drug and alcohol use at parks and beaches.

Monthly parking rates at Kahului and Kapalua airports on Maui, Lihue Airport on Kauai, and the Hilo and Kona international airports on the Big Island will increase to $160 from $90 to $160 beginning March 1, the state Department of Transportation announced today.

In her volunteer "big sister, little sister" relationship, the big sister has grown just as much as her younger sibling.

A lawsuit involving members of the Binhi at Ani Maui Filipino Community Center board will move forward, 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ruled Thursday morning.

Targeting loud mufflers and other illegal conditions on vehicles, police traffic officers issued 386 citations during four days of increased enforcement ending Tuesday.

The main runway at Kahului Airport was built by the Navy in 1942 with 3 inches of asphalt over 8 inches of cinders.

The State Department of Transportation invites the general public and all interested parties to an informational meeting Monday night regarding the Kahului Airport Runway Structural Improvements Project.

Eighty-six-year-old Pat Federcell is in awe of her childhood church sanctuary, 14 years older than she is.

At the same time we have near 1024 millibar high pressure systems sitting out to our east-northeast, with an associated ridge to the north of Kauai.

More details are surfacing about state Department of Transportation alternatives for repairing Kahului Airport's 70-year-old main runway.

Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa delivered a simple message to state lawmakers this week: Honor last year's commitment and don't touch the counties' share of transient accommodations taxes.

A Maui "County on Your Corner" meeting will be heldfrom 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 28 at Queen Kaahumanu Center near Center Stage in Kahului.

Hawaiian and All Nippon Airlines announced Monday the launch of a code-sharing program for passenger flights between some Hawaii and Japan airports.

Adelino Francis Cabos Jan. 8, 2012 Adelino Francis Cabos, 83, of Kahului, a retired Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.

A story about what Maui's delegation to the state House of Representatives is planning will run in Monday's paper.