Paia News

Maui's growing Hispanic and Latino population is in a "state of flux," but they will weather problems as they always have and get more organized as they blend more with Hawaii's culture, said participants in Saturday's La Fiesta Hispana at the Maui Mall.

FIRST PHOTO: Makawao Fire Station's Engine 5 drives through Paia on Friday afternoon as Maui firefighters mourned the loss of one of their own, firefighter Duane Ibarra, a 20-year veteran of the Maui Fire Department.

The chairman of the Maui County Democratic Party said he was "elated" with fellow Democrats in seeing President Barack Obama take on Republican members of Congress in his State of the Union address on Tuesday.

Gov. Neil Abercrombie received praise Monday for supporting an extension of television and film production tax credits, alternative energy development and investment in the state's building projects in his State of the State address.