Water scarcity a top concern for Maui County political candidates

Hawaiʻi Community College has secured a new $920,238 National Science Foundation grant to expand education using tools such as drone-mounted sensors to collect data across the state.

The Disaster Recovery, International Affairs and Planning committee will begin its review of the draft South Maui Community Plan Monday with two site inspections on Kūlanihākoʻi Road and East Waipuʻilani Road at Līloa Drive, respectively, and an in-person only, evening meeting at the Kīhei Community Center, Council Member Tamara Paltin announced.

Gov. Josh Green and the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency announced Friday the expansion of the Statewide Disaster Case Management Program to include households affected by Hurricane Lowell and Hurricane Lala. The program has already been serving those affected by the Kona earthquake and Kona Low storms. Disaster Case Management Programs connect survivors of disasters with […]

A preliminary investigation determined that the area where the decedent was discovered experienced significant flooding during Hurricane Lowell.

County of Maui’s Kōkua Hawaiʻi Island Donation Drive, with support from ILWU, which paid for the shipping, was met with an outpouring of support from the Maui community, with hundreds of residents coming together over the weekend to donate essential supplies for communities on Hawaiʻi Island impacted by Hurricane Lala.

Thanks to the generosity of three donors, Maui Health has secured $4.1 million in funding to install a new, state-of-the-art MRI system at Maui Memorial Medical Center. More than 4,500 MRI exams are performed at Maui Memorial each year, making this investment the highest imaging priority for Maui Health, and essential to protecting the community’s access to critical diagnostic imaging.

Most Hawaiʻi State Department of Education public schools on Kauaʻi will reopen to students Monday, Sept. 14, following a week of closures due to impacts from Hurricane Lowell. Kīlauea Elementary and Hanalei Elementary will remain closed to students and staff Monday.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health is temporarily relocating patients and staff from Kalaupapa due to an unreliable drinking water supply.

Gov. Josh Green announced significant progress in Kauaʻi’s recovery from Hurricane Lowell, with approximately 72% of the island’s power restored on Friday afternoon; and state, county and utility crews continuing around-the-clock work to restore essential services, reopen transportation routes and repair critical infrastructure.

Hurricane Lowell has damaged Kaumālapaʻu Harbor and disrupted supply deliveries to Lānaʻi. The Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Forestry and Wildlife advises hunters participating in the remainder of the 2026 Lānaʻi Mouflon Sheep hunting season to bring their own supplies whenever possible.

Hawaiian Electric is monitoring the development of Tropical Storm Norbert as it moves across the Pacific while also supporting the restoration of electric service on Kauaʻi following Hurricane Lowell. 

The US Department of Agriculture announced today that households impacted by Hurricane Lowell on Kauaʻi Island could be eligible for replacement of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits.