Pukalani News

A Kula man arrested earlier this year for allegedly impersonating a federal agent is facing additional charges related to more than $314,000 in cash deposits in bank accounts over a three-year period.

In the last two years, axis deer on Maui have caused at least $1 million in damage to the island's farms, ranches and resorts, according to a survey by Kenneth Yamamura, an agricultural specialist in the Maui County Office of Economic Development.

A 77-year-old Pukalani man, whose insurance had lapsed when his boat sank two years ago, was placed on five years' probation in an insurance fraud case.

A 41-year-old Kula man died when the dirt bike he was driving collided with a sports utility vehicle Friday night in Kula, Maui.

Rainfall levels in Upcountry areas are below normal this year, and there's a bleak outlook for rain for ranchers and farmers as the islands head into the normally dry summer months, a hydrologist said Thursday.