Maui News

The Department of Water Supply will repair a main waterline repair in Olinda that will result in the closure of a portion of Olinda Road from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. today, Feb. 17, 2022.

Maui Police Chief John Pelletier discussed his first 60 days in office during Wednesday’s regularly scheduled Police Commission meeting, summarizing what is being done, and the upcoming plans he has for the department.

A 57-year-old woman from Cedar Rapids, Iowa suffered life-threatening injuries when she lost control of the bicycle she was operating and collided head-on into a vehicle on Makawao Avenue.

Maui police arrested a man who allegedly stole a vehicle and got into a head-on crash that forced the closure of the Maui Veterans Highway early Tuesday morning. The man is also accused of striking a responding officer in the face, and running into traffic in an attempt to evade police, where he was then struck by an oncoming vehicle.

Despite dropping COVID-19 case counts, Maui Memorial Medical Center continues to experience its “longest and most sustained” high census, according to a spokesperson with Maui Health.

The Walmart store in Kahului was evacuated on Wednesday morning when fumes from a floor sealing product released a respiratory irritant into the air.

Lt. Gov. Josh Green told Maui Now in an exclusive interview today that state officials are “hopeful and cautiously optimistic” that most COVID-19 restrictions could be lifted by the end of next month. Maui County Managing Director Sandy Baz, meanwhile, said the Safe Travels program may be eliminated in the next month or two, adding that nothing has been set in stone.

The House of Representatives is taking the several actions to address the recent bribery charges brought against two former Hawaiʻi lawmakers.

Topographic survey work and drilling of soil test borings for the Kahekili Highway slope repair project is now scheduled for Feb. 28 through March 9, 2022, in Kahakuloa.

The Department of Water Supply has reopened its bill payment window on the fifth floor of the Kalana O Maui Building, effective today.

US Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawaiʻi announced his 42 nominations for the class of 2026, including two students from Maui, to attend one of the military service academies: Air Force Academy, West Point, Naval Academy and Merchant Marine Academy.

Fifty female entrepreneurs gathered recently for the 2nd annual Maui Womanspiration, a networking event held at the home of retired business owner Leona Rocha Wilson in Wailuku Heights.

Southwest Airlines launched a special sale with one-way fares of $79 from Maui to several cities in California. Travel must take place by May 18 and be purchased by 7:59 p.m. today, Feb. 16.

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after a preliminary 6.6 magnitude earthquake reported at 10:21 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, South of the Fiji Islands.

Of today’s 203 cases, there are 200 cases identified as confirmed, and three probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 147 on O‘ahu (+6 probable); one on Hawai‘i Island (+3 probable); 29 on Maui (-1 probable); 16 on Kaua‘i (-7 probable); 0 on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and seven Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state (+2 probable).

Six people and a pet dog were displaced from their home during a house fire in Pāʻia on Tuesday night, Feb. 15, 2022.

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has published a draft recovery plan for 44 endangered species that either occur or have occurred on the Hawaiian Islands of Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Kahoʻolawe, and Maui, collectively known as Maui Nui.

The project is aimed at addressing the Honoapiʻilani Highwayʻs vulnerability to coastal hazards and sea level rise. HDOT is seeking input from the surrounding community before initiating the environmental review process.

The War Memorial Football Stadium and Satoki Yamamoto Track and Field will fully reopen to the public, including weekends, beginning March 5, 2022.

Hawaiʻi’s request for a major disaster declaration was granted by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. on Tuesday, following December’s severe storms on Oʻahu and Maui.