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The 22nd annual Maui Matsuri named Warren S. Unemori Engineering Inc. as this year’s Business Award recipient for its commitment to the community, which has been a reflection of core values passed down through generations.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announced its phone line is inoperable until repairs are made on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024.

More than a dozen people involved in a Waiehu land dispute with nonprofit Maui Economic Opportunity, showed up at the organization’s Puʻunēnē baseyard Friday to retrieve items removed last week from the subject property.

The Waiehu Municipal Golf Course closed on Thursday morning, Jan. 26 due to flooding.

Two people were charged with trespassing while others rallied holding signs Tuesday outside Waiehu land at the center of an ownership dispute between Native Hawaiians and nonprofit Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.

The most comprehensive application of the Hawai‘i Water Code to water use and protection in history has been reached after more than two decades of conflict at Nā Wai ʻEhā on Maui, according to state officials. The term Nā Wai ʻEhā refers to the “four great waters of West Maui: Waihe’e, Waiehu, Wailuku, and Waikapū.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announced the temporary closure next week of driveway access along the Waiehu Golf Course Driving Range leading to Waihe’e Beach Park.

The public is invited to volunteer in a storm drain stenciling project to help protect Maui waters. 

The Department will be unveiling the completed 18-hole greens renovation project, fit with SeaStar Seashore Paspalum – a salt tolerant grass – that is perfect for our beautiful oceanside municipal golf course.

A new study from financial technology company, SmartAsset, ranks the Waiheʻe-Waiehu area of Maui as the most affordable place to live in Hawaiʻi.

A Brown Water Advisory has been issued for coastal waters at West Maui and on the North Shore from Hoʻokipa Beach Park to Waiehu.

Waiehu Beach Road is closed between Kūhiō Place and Makaʻala Drive due to a traffic accident and an electrical pole down blocking the roadway.

Both Waihe‘e Beach Park and the driving range at Waiehu Golf Course have been closed due to hazardous trees along the park driveway and driving range.

A total of five acres of brush was burned in a fire on Monday afternoon in the former macadamia nut fields located above the Kahekili Highway in Waiehu.

A 33-year-old Waiehu man suffered critical injuries in an opihi picking accident at the area often referred to as the “Olivine Pools” in Kahakuloa on Wednesday afternoon.

Crews are responding to a power outage affecting the west side of the island. Maui police say traffic lights are out from Launiupoko to Nāpili.

An estimated 3,750 customers in the Wailuku, Waiehu and Waiheʻe areas lost service when heavy equipment brought down overhead lines near Oma Oma St in Wailuku.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa announced the proposed closure of the Waiehu Municipal Golf Course due to continued operating losses.

The incident was reported at 9:56 p.m. following a report of smoke and a possible brush fire off of Kahekili Highway, between Makaʻala Drive & Waiehu Beach Rd.

Maui police report that there is a large sink hole fronting 1306 Kilou Street in Waiehu.