Maui News

Hawai’i’s four-member US Congressional delegation today sent a letter to Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro requesting the Navy provide more information on the March 2020 fuel leak near Hotel Pier at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on O’ahu.

Bills on vacation rentals in apartment districts and new hotels on Maui will be heard on Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021.

The Maui County Council unanimously passed Bill 101 last month– that creates a 3% transient accommodations tax in Maui County.

Governor David Ige issued a fifth proclamation related to heavy rains that caused major flooding, landslides and fear of dam failure in March 2021.

To celebrate Arbor Day, Maui Nui Botanical Gardens in Kahului is giving away 1000 trees to Maui residents Nov. 2-6, with registration required.

Second Circuit Chief Judge Richard T. Bissen, Jr. of Maui and First Circuit Court Judge Paul B.K. Wong received the 2021 Jurist of the Year Award on Oct. 29 from Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald.  

Hawaiian Electric has asked the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to approve its proposed Public Electric Vehicle Charger Expansion Project, which would install and operate about 300 more charging stations at roughly 75 sites, and with lower rates, as part of the company’s ongoing effort to help Hawai‘i achieve its decarbonization goals.

The Internal Revenue Service recently sent approximately 430,000 refunds totaling more than $510 million to taxpayers who paid taxes on unemployment compensation excluded from income for tax year 2020. The refunds averaged about $1,189.

Maui Humane Society is expanding operating hours and opening its doors to the public for adoptions after being appointment-only since the pandemic began.

Hilton Grand Vacations Inc. announced the soft opening of its brand-new oceanfront  property, Maui Bay Villas by Hilton Grand Vacations in Kīhei. Located on Maui’s southwest coast, the all-suite luxury resort marks HGV’s first location on the island and 10th property in Hawaiʻi.

Maui police arrested 22 individuals for Operating a Vehicle Under the Influence of an Intoxicant, and issued 81 speeding citations during holiday impaired driving enforcement over the Halloween weekend.

In this era of COVID-19 and its attendant deprivations, never before has Maui seemed more like a house divided. What has led us here? Can we mend? Do we need to redefine aloha?

“A direct ancestor to modern humans has been identified, providing clarity to an important chapter in human evolution,” according to an announcement by an international team of researchers, including a University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa professor, that was published on October 28 in Evolutionary Anthropology.

The monthly test of the all-hazard Statewide Outdoor Warning Siren System, coordinated with the test of the Live Audio Broadcast segment of the Emergency Alert System, is scheduled for TODAY, Nov. 1, at 11:45 a.m. 

A single car crash in Kula claimed the life of a 76-year-old Kula woman on Halloween night. Police say a preliminary investigation reveals that the 1941 Ford Woody station wagon sustained a mechanical failure, which may have contributed to the crash.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Oct. 31, 2021. May they rest in peace.

Loyola Maryland’s Brandon Berry was steady all three days and took home the individual trophy in the 2021 Kāʻanapali Classic – Collegiate Invitational with a 197 total (-16). Team Kansas pulled further ahead on Sunday and shot an impressive 268-262-70-800 (-52) for the 54-hole tournament, locking in their fourth consecutive team win this season.

Hundreds of Maui families enjoyed a safe return to Halloween festivities on Sunday night at Maui Countyʻs Halloween Drive-Thru Adventure at Keōpūolani Regional Park in Kahului.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate voted to confirm the Governor’s Circuit Court appointments of Clarissa Y. Malinao, Kevin T. Morikone and Shanlyn A.S. Park to the First Circuit Court – Oʻahu; Kirstin M. Hamman to the Second Circuit Court – Maui; and Wendy M. DeWeese to the Third Circuit Court – Hawaiʻi Island. 

The population of the endemic wēkiu bug, which can only be found on cinder cones on the summit of Maunakea, remains healthy according to the insect captures recorded during the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Center for Maunakea Stewardship’s annual arthropod monitoring surveys this year.