Makawao News

Road closures have been announced for Fourth of July events this weekend. Police will close a portion of Front Street in Lahaina for a Fourth of July fireworks show organized by the Maui Chamber of Commerce.

Makawao. The 44th annual Paniolo Parade begins at 9 a.m. at the Makawao Cemetery and ends at the Eddie Tam Memorial Center.

After human analysis of seismic reports, the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory has moved the focus of the temblor from Kaupo to Makawao, and placed it much deeper in the Earth's crust.

FIRST PHOTO: Emi Azeka, a watercolorist and hat designer from Makawao, works at Maui Hands art gallery Sunday afternoon.

We are safely into our third week of summer vacation in the Hawaii Public School system's year-round curriculum.

WAILUKU - Maui County's Department of Water Supply declared a drought watch yesterday for Upcountry, requesting residents and businesses from Haiku to Kanaio to voluntarily reduce water consumption by 5 percent.

Maui's Winery and Ulupalakua Ranch Store will host the official start of the Fourth of July Makawao Paint-Out Invitational on Sunday, June 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tying in with Ulupalakua's traditional "Sunday Drive," the event is the perfect reason to take a leisurely trip up to Tedeschi Vineyards and Ulupalakua Ranch to see some of Maui's ...

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.

FIRST PHOTO: Lexiejade Kaalakea, 5, of Kahului pauses to have a fun photo taken with her uncle, Daniel Lazo of Paia, on Sunday morning on the last day of the 29th annual Upcountry Fair.

Paniolo demonstrations and historical exhibits, the 4-H livestock show and auction, entertainment led by Richard Ho'opi'i and an assorted food fare highlight the 29th annual Upcountry Ag & Farm Fair on Saturday and Sunday.

The Maui County Farm Bureau and the University of Hawaii's College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources are holding a Grown on Maui Agriculture Contest.

If a police officer hadn't checked on a car parked in the dirt at a Makawao cemetery, a woman might have been more seriously injured from a beating by her boyfriend, a judge said.

MAKENA, Maui - More than 27,000 acres on Maui are being designated as important agricultural lands.

Featuring education and entertainment for the whole family, the 29th annual Upcountry Ag & Farm Fair will be held next week Saturday and Sunday, June 13-14. Gates open at 9 a.m. at the Oskie Rice Field and Arena on Olinda Road above Makawao Town.

While the Maui Planning Commission moves forward with some of the big-picture questions in the county's general plan, residents of Waihee are looking at what the plan would mean for their small town.

Central Maui diners may soon rejoice. The prime location in Kahului for power lunches, happy hours, dinners and music will soon reopen - but with a new name, new owners and a new look.

Madeline Smith of Haiku joins hands in prayer with her daughter, Veronica Smith , and her granddaughter, Desiree Smith, 14, before Memorial Day services Monday morning in the Makawao Veterans Cemetery.

Jinsei Mateaki, 5, of Makawao stretches out in the sun with his sister, Kana, 6, while taking a break from the activities in the water Tuesday morning at the Upcountry Pool in Pukalani.

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.

One person was critically injured when a car crashed into a home on Lower Kula Road around 5 p.m. Saturday afternoon, setting both the car and house on fire.