Paia News

Aloha Cowboy. The storefront sign on Baldwin Avenue greets me warmly and unexpectedly, and quickly lassos me in.

In what appears to be a blow to East Maui Native Hawaiian taro farmers and environmentalists - and a potential much-needed win for struggling Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co.

Lawrence Crilley said it was something any firefighter would have done. But others said his quick action helped save a man who was unconscious after hitting his head while diving off a rock at Tavares Bay in Kuau last year.

The Maui Tibetan Buddhist Center & the Venerable Lama Gyaltsen cordially invite the community to attend 'A Tibetan Christmas Masquerade Benefit Party.' The fundraiser will be held on December 20th, 2009 at Moana Caf & Bakery, Paia.

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.

Maui County officials today relocated the lifeguard tower at Baldwin Beach in Paia further inland to prevent it from damage and made other preparations for "exceptionally high surf" expected to arrive tomorrow.

A 27-year-old homeless man was flown to an Oahu hospital after he reported he was set on fire while sleeping in Paia early Thursday morning, police said.

Maui police are investigating a possible attempted homicide case that left a homeless man with second-degree burns to half his body on Thursday morning.

Maui County Council members wanted to take quick action Monday to slow down reckless drivers speeding in a 20-mph zone near Doris Todd Memorial Christian School on Baldwin Avenue in Paia.

Maui Fire Department training Capt. Amos Lonokailua-Hewett conducts Thursday morning's Hawaiian blessing of the department's three newest firetrucks.

Gov. Linda Lingle late last week released $75 million meant to help fix up many of Hawaii's public school buildings.

The lines of people waiting each week for a bag of grocery staples at island food pantries have doubled in the past year.

Board of Education Member Mary Cochran of Maui said she will vote to approve schools' requests to restore classroom time lost in Furlough Fridays.

Maui police say a woman who may have been drinking, died after her car crashed on Baldwin Avenue, south of Holomua Road in Paia.

Unlike merchants in Lahaina town, Paia businesses saw an upswing in Halloween revelers Saturday night, which translated to busy restaurants and better business.

A 31-year-old woman died today from injuries sustained in a single-car crash in Paia, Maui, last night.

After a brief trip to Chicago, we're back to Maui , even though we were just on Maui last Dec.

Monday, Oct. 26 Holy Ghost Church, Kula * Noon-4 p.m. St. Ann Church, Waihee * 5-9 p.m. Maria Lanakila Church, Lahaina Tuesday, Oct.

A year after a state Commission on Water Resource Management ruling poured more than 12 million gallons of water per day back into eight East Maui streams, the panel is considering a proposal to restore water to 19 other East Maui waterways.

The St. Damien relic tour is expected to draw hundreds, perhaps even thousands, as it makes its way through Maui beginning Saturday through Oct.