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Laughter and idle chatter filled the air as students and staff gathered in celebration of the Lunar New Year.  On Tuesday around 45 staff and students gathered for the Asian American Resource Center’s annual Lunar New Year introductory celebration.   While closely associated with Chinese New Year, the tradition is observed in other South and East...

WAILUKU — Convicted on eight cases involving multiple burglaries, thefts and other crimes, including a high-speed chase from police near a school, a 27-year-o

A Maui man will spend the next 10 years in prison for nearly killing his wife over spilt water.

lfujimoto@mauinews.com WAILUKU — A felony threatening charge was dismissed, while an attempted assault charge was upheld against a man who was arrested after police responded to a report that he brandished a knife at a Wailuku restaurant. James Keliikupakako, 19, of Makawao was seen hitting the ground with a crowbar in the parking lot of Kings BBQ & Chinese Restaurant at 197 N. Market St. the evening of May 1, according to testimony at his preliminary hearing Wednesday in Wailuku District Court. Employee Dunhao Zhang, testifying through a Mandarin interpreter, said Keliikupakako approached ...

mtanji@mauinews.com WAILUKU — Bail was increased to $75,000 Wednesday for a 23-year-old Kihei man charged in a sexual assault case from 2018. Second Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo ordered the increase in bail in response to a prosecution’s motion to have Abiola Oluwatimilehin held without bail or to have bail increased in the case. He is charged with second- and third-degree sexual assault for allegedly sexually assaulting a woman while she was sleeping at her residence. Deputy Prosecutor J.W. Hupp said in the motion that he sought the increase in bail as Oluwatimilehin had posted a $21,000 ba...