Wailuku News

Two Wailuku teenagers died early this morning in a one-car crash on Kula Highway, Maui police said.

Hawaii gas prices jumped by double digits this week, adding as much as 14 cents a gallon in the state that already had the most expensive fuel in the nation.

WAILUKU - Maui County water, sewer and refuse collection fees are going up starting tomorrow.

Ground was broken on the "cornerstone" and final phase of the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center's "living memorial" in Wailuku on Monday afternoon.

The state Intermediate Court of Appeals yesterday upheld a Maui court ruling which found that corporations can donate the same amount of money as individuals to state political candidates and do not have to pass the donations through corporate political action committees.

WAILUKU - The Maui County Council yesterday voted unanimously in favor of a bill that would ban alcohol from Honokowai Beach Park in West Maui.

The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui is organizing a trip to Japan to celebrate the group's 40th anniversary.

Driven by howling winds, a brush fire destroyed at least two homes and shut down Honoapiilani Highway at the pali on Sunday afternoon, stranding motorists trying to get between West and Central Maui, as well as flight crews upon whom hundreds of tourists were depending for trips home.

A former Maui police officer, who was on administrative leave from the department when he was arrested last year for driving drunk, had his license suspended for 90 days and was ordered Thursday to pay $637 in fines and fees.

Strong winds swayed power lines and brought them close enough to touch off a short-circuit and ignite a grass fire Thursday afternoon in an undeveloped portion of the Maui Lani subdivision near the intersection of Kaahumanu Avenue and Maui Lani Parkway.

WAILUKU - In a case that a deputy prosecutor said shows how domestic violence affects the community, a Haliimaile man was found guilty Tuesday of abusing a woman who was dragged by a noose into a Kipahulu forest and of punching a driver who tried to intervene.

This year's Barrio Fiesta Celebration on May 22-24 was dedicated to the memory of its founder, Raquel Juan Ruiz Andres, who passed away on March 28, 2009.

Maui firefighter Tim O'Connor emerges from a manhole with the help of fellow firefighter Ross Ohigashi while participating in a confined space rescue training program Friday morning in Wailuku.

Colorfully clad horse riders, royal Hawaiian societies in full regalia and floats will grace a pair of processions to honor Kamehameha the Great.

WAILUKU - CARE Hawaii, which provides an array of mental-health services, will shut down its operations on Maui and Kauai, state health officials confirmed.

Live Hawaiian Music every 2nd Thursday, 11am - 1230 pm, under the shade of the Kou and Kukui Nut trees in the shadow of the Baldwin House Museum in historic Lahaina Town.

Eddie Wilson was half Hawaiian, so he knew things about which I didn't have a clue.

WAILUKU>> Styrofoam "clamshell" food containers could be banned on Maui out of concern that they damage the environment.

Three men have been charged with causing thousands of dollars in damage through graffiti that defaced neighborhoods in Central and South Maui in 2006 and 2007.

Two Maui public libraries will kick off their 2009 HSPLS Children's Summer Reading Programs in June by hosting "Crossroads," an original play for children.