Maui News

Lahaina Quest programs are back this winter with a series of free keiki and family programs during the winter school break.

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Molokaʻi Chapter received the Adopt-A-Highway No Ka Oi Highway Hui Award from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Highways Division – Maui District (HWY-M). The chapter is the first from Molokaʻi to receive the award.

One excited resident of Hale Lōkahi ʻAkahi, and former Bayada Home Health Care patient, Jojo Bonner was overcome by excitement, “I can’t believe you guys came out of your way to visit me. It brings tears to my eyes. You have made my whole year.”

A woman who is originally from Maui, is being reported as missing on Hawaiʻi Island.

The Maui County Department of Water Supply reports Friday morning that, while trace levels of bacteria are dropping in affected Upper Kula system waterlines, a boil water advisory continues for residents of Waipoli, Polipoli and Middle roads, Kula Highway at Kēōkea, Thompson Road and ʻUlupalakua.

The 2022 Sentry Tournament of Champions is now offering ticket packages for the whole family for the Maui event.

There has been an average of 1,075 cases daily over the last seven days, with todayʻs count rising to 1,828, the highest single daily count for Hawaiʻi since the pandemic began.

Just in time for the holidays, Wailea Community Association’s General Manager, Bud Pikrone presented a check in the amount of $10,000 to Marlene Rice, Development Director for the Maui Food Bank on behalf of the Wailea Community.    

Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services presented $5,000 in holiday gifts and necessities, collected from staff and the public, to keiki at Ka Hale A Ke Ola Homeless Resource Centers in Wailuku on Tuesday, Dec. 21.

The University of Hawaiʻi announced it will not participate in the EasyPost Hawaiʻi Bowl against Memphis due to COVID-19 related issues. The game was scheduled for today, Christmas Eve, at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex.

The rally comes ahead of the holidays and during a year when traffic fatalities have spiked nearly 50% from the previous year.

Maui County has closed on a $10.5 million purchase with A&B Properties of approximately 500 acres known as Waiʻale South and Waiʻale North, according to an announcement by Mayor Michael Victorino today.

The Mākena State Park Improvements Project would cost $2,090,495 in state funds and take about a year to complete if it gains several approvals.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation announced today that the Kahului Airport Access Road is now Mayor Elmer F. Cravalho Way.

The Maui County Charter Commission concluded its hearings Thursday, on more than 130 proposed charter amendments. Additionally, in a surprising announcement, Commission Chair Lance Collins announced his resignation effective at the end of Thursday’s meeting.

The US Geological Survey has updated its ground shaking model, published on-line in the journal Earthquake Spectra, which shows a 90% chance the 345,000 people on the islands of Hawai’i and Maui could experience damaging levels of shaking during the next 100 years.

Mālama Maui Nui asks that you drop off your bulky items such as air conditioners and kitchen appliances at the free event on Saturday.

There were 1,511 new COVID-19 cases in Hawaiʻi today, including 1,293 on Oʻahu, and 101 in Maui County. There were also three new deaths–two on Hawaiʻi Island, and one on Kauaʻi. Statewide, there were 68 COVID-19 hospitalizations on Thursday. As of this morning, there are 5 people hospitalized with COVID-19 on Maui, including one in the ICU.

All County of Maui landfills (Central Maui, Molokai, Lānaʻi and Hāna) will be open normal hours on Christmas Eve, Friday, Dec. 24, the Department of Environmental Management announced.

The mayor said he feels the moratorium would worsen an already “dire housing crisis” by renting to visitors and taking away housing that is needed by Mauiʻs working families.