Kula News

Two Wailuku teenagers died early this morning in a one-car crash on Kula Highway, Maui police said.

Israeli and international folk dancing sessions are held at Grace Church in Kula Sundays from 4 to 6 p.m., and the Jewish Congregation of Maui in Kihei on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, call Dan Zofi at 280-1051. July 1, 2009 Post your comment Your comment: E-mail to a friend Your full name: Your e-mail: Your friend's e-mail ...

Maui Memorial Medical Center and Kula Hospital capital improvement projects for fiscal 2010 include: * $5 million for 15 to 20 more long-term care beds at Kula Hospital.

The county Department of Water Supply declared a drought watch Thursday for Upcountry, requesting residents and businesses from Haiku to Kanaio to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 5 percent.

Light rain Upcountry overnight and Monday morning was welcome to the Department of Water Supply but not nearly enough to ease worries about the summer drought.

A state judge has extended the term of Kamehameha Schools trustee Robert Kihune until July 17.

KULA, Maui - Maui police closed a portion of Kula Highway Friday afternoon because of a brushfire that burned an estimated 10 to 15 acres in the Kula area.

PALOLO - A Mo'ili'ili company has donated its decontamination services to 'Anuenue School, a small Hawaiian language immersion school that was the hardest-hit among O'ahu public schools reporting cases of swine flu.

It is a great time to visit gay-friendly Hawaii. For my previous article on the Mardi Gras celebration earlier this year at Hula's, Hawaii's best-known gay bar, click here.

People who did not graduate from a public high school in Hawaii due to military service in World War II, the Korean War or the Vietnam War, or because they were internees in a relocation camp during World War II, can apply for honorary diplomas from the state Department of Education.

KULA, Maui - Two new tennis courts at Kula Community Center were blessed and officially opened Tuesday in a ceremony attended by Mayor Charmaine Tavares, county officials, tennis enthusiasts and community groups.

Chef James McDonald, partners Louis Coulombe and Stephan Bel-Robert, and the crew of Pacific'O and I'o restaurants on Maui have opened 'Aina Gourmet Market, a fine foods store and cafe in the Honua Kai Resort & Spa, 130 Kai Malina Parkway, near Lahaina.

A Maui man and his horse died Monday after plunging over a 100-foot cliff on a switchback trail in Haleakala crater.

The 2009 Holy Ghost Feast will be held Saturday, May 30, from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and Sunday, May 31, from 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. at historic Holy Ghost Mission at 4300 Lower Kula Road .

The state is forming a committee to help make sure all residents are counted during the 2010 census, the Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism said in a news release.

A car crashed into a propane tank setting a nearby house on fire and critically injuring the driver in Maui Saturday.

Public comments on the proposed Advanced Technology Solar Telescope atop Haleakala must be received or postmarked by June 22.

With no signs of significant rainfall coming any time soon, Maui County water officials are concerned about more dry weather and falling water levels in Upcountry reservoirs.

KAUPO - A thirsty, adult female border collie mix was plucked from what appeared to be an inaccessible ledge above crashing surf in Kaupo yesterday, with a firefighter lowered to the dog by the Maui Fire Department's Air One helicopter.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.>> Prosecutors have dropped charges against a man accused of shooting at bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and another man during a pursuit being videotaped for a reality TV show.