Maui News

Four mineral sunblock dispensers are now installed along south Maui shores. Two are at the ‘Āhihi-Kīna‘u  Natural Area Reserve and a pair are to be installed at Mākena State Park where thousands of people enter the ocean at these locations daily. 

At the Imua Discovery Garden, attorney Sheldon sits down for an interview with Jack Dugan, Pacific Media Group’s COO and Maui Now’s digital director, answering questions about her new role as President of the Hawai’i State Bar Association and sharing possible solutions to the top issues concerning Hawai’i. 

Timed to coincide with annual Valentine’s Day celebrations, The Salvation Army today launched “Love Beyond,” a new campaign designed to highlight the agency’s year round social service outreach efforts.

Boaters are being asked to reduce transit speeds to 15 knots or less, and slow to six knots when within 400 yards of humpbacks, when approaching and departing the area.

Arizona-based artist Bobby Zokaites and his studio assistant Kara Roschi are on a weeklong site visit to Wailuku to learn about its history, culture and sense of place for a sculpture they will create for a SMALL TOWN * BIG ART and Imua Discovery Garden project.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi awarded grants totaling $122,100 to three vital community organizations that provide food assistance for the state’s most vulnerable populations. They are Hui No Ke Ola Pono, Hawaiʻi Helping Hands and Hawaiʻi Foodbank.

Todayʻs count includes 63 cases on Maui, 86 on Hawaiʻi Island, 101 on Kauaʻi, two on Molokaʻi, three on Lānaʻi, and 15 out of state.  There are 228 new COVID-19 cases on Oʻahu.

The restaurant in Māʻalaea, is inviting kamaʻāina to connect over locally sourced ingredients and a delicious three-course prix fixe menu, all for the price of $25 per person. For each lunch purchased, Seascape will donate $1 to the MOC Marine Institute, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of Hawaiian green sea turtles and coral restoration. 

Driving under the influence, speed, and distracted driving were top contributors to Hawaiʻi’s traffic fatalities in 2021. That trend is continuing as 2022 begins to unfold, with preliminary data showing a majority of the 16 fatalities for the month of January (as of this posting), resulting from unlawful and avoidable behavior on the road.

Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization is accepting public comments on its Federal Fiscal Year 2022-2025 Transportation Improvement Program Revision #2.

The new Master Plan set a limit of nine operating astronomy facilities on Maunakea by 2033. Five of the 14 astronomy sites will be closed permanently to astronomy development once the existing facilities there have been decommissioned. 

The Maui Charter Commission once again conducted public meetings on Monday and Tuesday to hear testimony and deliberate on proposed County Charter amendments leading up to submission of its Draft Report to the County Council on Feb. 18.  

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Feb. 13, 2022. May they rest in peace.

Maui Economic Opportunity brings its tobacco, alcohol, drugs, bullying and suicide prevention program to high school and intermediate kids on Moloka‘i.

Todayʻs count includes 82 cases on Maui, 64 on Hawaiʻi Island, 62 on Kauaʻi, three on Molokaʻi, six on Lānaʻi, and 28 out of state.  There are 287 new COVID-19 cases on Oʻahu.

A Wailuku man suffered fatal injuries in a motorcycle crash on Maui Veterans Highway early this morning.

Imua Family Services was founded to provide physical therapy to children and adults suffering from the crippling effects of polio. The organization was first known as the Maui Unit of the National Society for Crippled Children and Adults. It was re-named “Easter Seals” in 1967, became “Imua Rehab” in 1991, and finally landed on “Imua Family Services” in 2003.

Maui has limited options for boba drinks, so Malia Stewart and business partner Sierra Coullahan decided to open The Boba Bar Paia at 2A Baldwin Ave., just mauka of Pāʻia Fish Market, on Jan. 31.

Maui Veterans Highway is now OPEN in both directions.

Maui police responded to eight burglaries, 17 vehicle thefts and eight vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Jan. 30 to Feb. 5, 2022.