#Waiehu

To maintain reliable service, Hawaiian Electric crews will be working to relocate 11 poles along Waiehu Beach Road between Kahekili Highway and Maka‘ala Drive, from Monday, June 15 to Saturday, July 4 from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday to Saturday. No service interruption is expected.

The Maui County Council gave final approval Thursday to a $1.6 billion fiscal year 2027 budget, sending the spending plan to Mayor Richard Bissen’s desk, but not before adding $50,000 for Maui County campus security.

The Maui Police Department requests the public’s assistance with any information on the whereabouts of Yhazmyn Shaw Burrows-Agapay, 15, of Wailuku.

The Maui County Council’s Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee voted 6-3 Tuesday to recommend full Council approval of the county’s proposed purchase of a contested Kaʻehu Bay shoreline parcel in Waiehu, setting aside calls from a Native Hawaiian family for deferral pending further consultation.

Due to recent inclement weather, aeration of the greens at Waiehu Municipal Golf Course has been delayed one week, according to the County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation. The work will be done weather permitting. Golfing areas will be adjusted from April 20 to 23, 2026, while the greens are aerated.

One lane on Waiehu Beach Road (Route 3400) may be closed beginning next week for pavement marking and striping work.

Maui County says Wailuku Water Co. should fix system damage caused by storms, but the private utility said it is financially strapped and that the county county could do the work faster under the governor’s emergency proclamation.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation notifies road users that striping work will close one lane in various areas on Waiehu Beach Road (Route 3400) from Tuesday, Feb. 10, to Thursday, Feb. 12.

The National Weather Service has extended a Flood Advisory for the island of Maui until 1:30 p.m. At 11:13 a.m., radar continued to show heavy rain over north facing slopes of Haleakalā, including the Hāna Highway.

Road repair work and the installation of raised crosswalks and speed tables will close one lane in various areas on Waiehu Beach Road (Route 3400) from Monday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 12, from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Following recent rainfall and ongoing community water conservation, the County of Maui Department of Water Supply is suspending the Stage 1 Central and South Maui water shortage, effective immediately and until further notice.

Waiehu Municipal Golf Course will adjust locations of play while it aerates greens and collars from Monday, Sept. 8, to Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, according to the County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation.

A structure fire in Waiehu caused an estimated $125,000 in damage and displaced two people. The fire was reported at 3:50 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, at the 1600 block of Kahekili Highway.

The commercial structure fire in Waiheu was declared extinguished at 5:42 p.m. on Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Bishop Pahia of Waiehu and Patricia Niibu of Lānaʻi City were honored as the 2025 Maui County Outstanding Older American Male and Female, respectively, the County of Maui Department of Human Concerns Office on Aging announced.

An apparent road rage incident led to a physical altercation in which one man was stabbed in Waiehu, Wednesday morning.

The County of Maui Department of Water Supply is reminding Central and South Maui visitors and residents to continue to conserve water under the Stage 1 Water Shortage.

A 61-year-old shark attack victim has been released from Maui Memorial Medical Center, according to a Go Fund Me post.

A diver was rescued from waters off of Waiehu on Tuesday afternoon following reports that the man was in distress about 200-300 yards offshore.

Heavy equipment was deployed to help contain a brush fire that burned about 25 acres in Waiehu mauka of Kahekili Highway near Maka’ala Drive, fire officials said in an update Thursday afternoon.