A fast-moving brush fire fueled by fierce winds has forced the evacuation of over 100 homes on the Hawaii island of Maui, about 60 miles from the scene of a devastating fire two years ago that killed more than 100 people in the historic town of Lahaina.

Maui County officials issued emergency alerts on Sunday, as the Kahikinui wildfire grew to approximately 500 acres by 7 p.m. The blaze, located mountain side of the Piiilani highway between Mile Markers 24 and 25,

On Monday, at around 6 a.m., the Maui County Fire Department posted to Facebook that road closures along Highway 31 in the area of the Ka

The Rams are in Maui this week for minicamp and their practice field will have a special logo designed by a Hawaiian artist

Maui County officials are still discussing the future use of the Olowalu site where wildfire debris is being temporarily stored.

KAHIKINUI (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui Fire Department is battling a brush fire in Kahikinui. The Maui Emergency Management Agency sent out an alert about the fire shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday. Officials said that first responders are on scene between mile markers 24 and 25, and asked the public to avoid the area.

Grossman is keeping pace with fellow Maui baseball players in college. Four players from the Maui Interscholastic League — Ben Zeigler-Namoa, Dylan Waite, David Vergel de Dios and Konnor Palmeira — played for the University of Hawai‘i this season, the most ever in a single season for the Rainbow Warriors.

Last week the Maui Housing and Land Use Committee held public testimony on Maui's Bill 9 which is the highly controversial vacation rental phase out bill. Overflow crowds turned out to support or oppose the proposed phase out more than 6000 short term rental condos on Maui that have legally operated in apartment zoning for decades.