Maalaea News

MAUI A Christmas gift for a juvenile humpback whale off Maui. The Hawaiian Islands Entanglement Response Team launched a rescue effort from Maalaea Harbor after a report was made by an ocean tour operator of an injured humpback whale.

Nestled in a small valley on a black-rock beach, Kahakuloa is a settlement of roughly a hundred Hawaiians.

First Wind, to its surprise, has discovered that lower slopes provide a good place to catch wind for its windmill expansion.

A public hearing before the Board of Water Supply on the Final Candidate Strategies Report for the Central Water District will be held at 5:30 p.m. today at the Kihei Community Center.

Newton, Mass.-based First Wind is planning a second wind farm on the slopes of Kaheawa in the West Maui Mountains.

For driving while intoxicated and causing a five-vehicle collision on Honoapiilani Highway that injured five others, a Kahului man was taken into custody Wednesday to serve a one-year jail term.

Two men are facing robbery and assault charges for an attack at a Maalaea park this month that injured a 50-year-old man.

A 27-year-old Kona man died early yesterday in a spectacular chain-reaction crash involving four vehicles.

A brush fire is interrupting 911 service in Maui, officials said. The flames broke out mauka of Maalaea Harbor at about 11:30 a.m. on Sunday.

The state has proposed raising small boat harbor mooring rates and charging nonresidents to get into eight parks as part of a plan to pay for repair and maintenance at recreational facilities.

Once a month for the next five years, Rodrigio Bio Jr. will have to clean up graffiti to fulfill terms of a criminal sentence he received Tuesday.

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.

The cruises depart from Maalaea Harbor and include a two hour stop in Lahaina so guests can explore and explore the town, before returning to Maalaea.

After two full days and with dozens of volunteers helping, a 50-foot powerboat that sank off Kamaole II Beach has been recovered.

KIHEI - Coast Guard personnel helped operators of a speedboat that sank yesterday in shallow waters off Charley Young Beach in Kihei.

By just slightly altering your meal time, you can often save a lot of money at a restaurant that you would not normally visit.

Kahului, Hawaii, October 2, 2009 - Maui Electric Company submitted an application on September 30 to the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission requesting an increase in electric rates for Maui County customers in 2010.

Maui Electric Co. has asked for a rate increase of 9.7 percent to take effect in 2010.

The federal government has awarded Maui County more than $6 million to help expand the Maalaea ferry port on the Valley Island.

The tsunami advisory expired just after 7 p.m. Tuesday in Hawaii. Even though a destructive tsunami never showed up in Hawaii, folks were on alert all day.