Kahului News

South Maui residents worried about extra traffic and potential development blurring the boundary between Kihei and Kahului urged Maui County Council members Monday to resist the inclusion of several hundred acres of land in Puunene in the urban growth boundaries of the draft Maui Island Plan.

The boys from Nickelodeon's Big Time Rush were in Maui over the weekend shooting their new music video.

The Maui Swap MeetA http://www.mauiexposition.com is a great place to buy souvenirs,A locally-made gifts,A traditional Hawaiian food, and fruits and vegetables grown on Maui.

It was, after all, my 300th column for this paper. Not what you would call prolific but still a hefty body of work.

Planning consultant Michael Summers takes brisk walks every workday between his North Market Street office at Chris Hart & Partners and his Wailani Street residence near the Wailuku Hongwanji Mission.

Hawaii interisland shipper Young Brothers reported a 2.6 percent increase in its cargo volume for the first quarter of this year compared to the same time in 2011.

A man in his late 20s or early 30s was shot and killed by police in a car in the Mana Kai Maui resort parking lot around noon today after the driver allegedly pulled out a handgun, according to police.

Community groups and a South Maui resident have filed appeals with state and county agencies to put the brakes on two megamall shopping complexes planned in Kihei, mauka of the Piilani Highway-Kaonoulu Street intersection.

A brush fire scorched about an acre behind the Luana Gardens apartments in Kahului Sunday night, a Maui County spokesman said.

East Maui residents are pleased that finally next month more than $10 million in repair work will begin along portions of Hana Highway and its surrounding areas that suffered damage from soil erosion and landslides from severe stormy weather in March.

FIRST PHOTO: Bartenders Lynsi Berge and John Melia pour cold Maui Brewing Co. draft beers Saturday afternoon during the Maui Brewers Festival at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center in Kahului.

Eight acres of sugar cane burned in two fires Wednesday morning on Holomua Road in Paia, a fire official said.

While Maui County led the state in making incremental gains toward economic recovery in 2011, "recovery is far from complete," according to a report issued today by the University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization.

A combination of bad weather and bad timing along with the annual high demand for flowers during graduation season has left florists and lei-makers in a lurch and hunting for blooms.

A Kula man arrested earlier this year for allegedly impersonating a federal agent is facing additional charges related to more than $314,000 in cash deposits in bank accounts over a three-year period.

This web cam is available during the daylight hours here in the islands and when there's a big moon shining down during the night at times.

A $1-per-ride fee and a $2 daily pass would be eliminated for riders of the Maui Bus public transit service under a proposal that has advanced in the Maui County Council.

A 40-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday afternoon, following a collision with a van at Dairy and Pakala roads near the Maui Harley Davidson store in Kahului, officials said.

A motorcyclist died Tuesday after a collision with a van in Kahului, according to the County of Maui Facebook page.

Goodwill Industries of Hawaii will hold a job fair from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday to interview prospective employees for its Maui retail store, set to open in June in Kahului.