Maui motorcyclist dies

KHNL-TV Honolulu - Thu Nov 26

A motorcycle accident early this morning killed the lone operator. The crash happened on Kamehameha Avenue at School Street in Kahului, Maui.

Panel delays final decision on Hanzawa's

Maui News - Tue Nov 24

The County Council Land Use Committee put off a decision on the Hanzawa's Variety Store rezoning Monday, and committee members asked everybody to "cool down." The counterproposal from neighbors opposing the application was delivered to committee members early Monday, and Chairwoman Gladys Baisa said it would be better to adjourn the meeting to give ...

Officer 'feared for his life,' but man acquitted

Maui News - Mon Nov 23

With a defense attorney questioning how much of a threat was posed by a man handcuffed in the back of a police car, a Makawao man was acquitted of a charge alleging he threatened a police officer.

Troubled bridges over island waters

Honolulu Star-Bulletin - Mon Nov 23

Though about 38 percent are deemed deficient or obsolete, officials say they are not necessarily perilous By Craig Gima POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Nov 23, 2009 More of Hawaii's bridges are in need of modernization than bridges in most other states, according to an annual survey of state and county bridges by Better Roads magazine.

County moves to settle on landfills

Maui News - Sun Nov 22

Maui County is in the process of reaching settlements with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state Department of Health over alleged violations at the county's landfills from more than three years ago.

Work force housing bill compromise considered

Maui News - Fri Nov 20

Maui County's Public Services Committee is considering a compromise to the controversial two-year-old residential work force housing policy.

Plan would double Hanzawa's

Maui News - Thu Nov 19

What most would consider a relatively modest redevelopment of the 94-year-old Hanzawa's Variety Store in Haiku has stirred up some significant concerns and emotions both for and against the 3.6-acre project - as well as a late compromise.

Maui residents will unite to shed light on hunger, homeless issues

Maui News - Wed Nov 18

'For far too long, the public's image of homelessness is that of the 'chronic' homeless individual who panhandles for money, is possibly a substance abuser, and who seems unmotivated to work toward self-sufficiency. Those of us who work in the human services sector know that this image, while accurate for some, is not the true face of ...

Where's the stimulus?

Maui News - Wed Nov 18

About nine months ago, the Obama administration and Congress agreed to set aside $787 billion in stimulus dollars to help revitalize Main Street America.

Bail cut in large pot bust

Maui News - Mon Nov 16

A 37-year-old pregnant Kula woman, who had been held on $1 million bail in a case that involves the largest seizure of processed marijuana in the county's history, had her bail reduced to $250,000 on Friday.