Maui Local News

HONOLULU – UPC Wind, which wants to expand the Kaheawa Wind Farm, has filed a complaint with the Public Utilities Commission alleging that Maui Electric and Hawaiian Electric companies are not negotiating in good faith to reach a purchase power agreement.

KIHEI – Moving to Maui was the “worst” economic decision Dr. Benjamin Berry says he’s ever made in his career.

WAILUKU – A rash of slingshot vandalism has left Paia businesses boarding up broken windows.

HONOLULU – Federal funding is being made available in Hawaii in the wake of December’s stormy weather under a major disaster declaration signed by President Bush.

WAILUKU – Construction began last week on a “turtle fence” at Kealia to keep endangered hawksbill turtles from wandering into the road.

WAILUKU – A judge kept bail at $1 million for a former Lahaina resident who was brought back to Maui from the Philippines to stand trial on 46 charges alleging he sexually assaulted two girls.

KIHEI – A man who was fresh out of prison with 17 prior convictions was arrested Tuesday night in Kihei after he allegedly held a gun to his girlfriend’s head and threatened to kill her, police said.

KAHULUI – A Kahului man was arrested after he pawned jewelry stolen over the weekend from a kiosk at Queen Ka’ahumanu Center, police said.

WAILUKU – A 20-year-old former youth pastor, who said in a letter that the devil led him astray, was sentenced to five years in prison for having sexual relations with a minor even after he was repeatedly told not to see the girl.