Featured

“Kepaniwai Park is closed. ʻĪao Valley State Park is closed. The rest of the valley is a residential area and not a scenic lookout or a place for people to take pictures of property damage so they can post them on social media. Please respect residents’ property and their privacy.”

Fifty-five new wayfinding signs promote health by encouraging walking and exploration of Wailuku Town’s hidden and well‐known treasures.

Effective Sept. 19, 2016, 2:00 p.m., the Department of Water Supply has cancelled water restrictions for consumers on ʻĪao Valley Road and Main Street who were previously given notice of the water restriction. The request to conserve water remains in effect for Wailuku, Kahului and Lahaina.

Maui Councilmember Don Couch submitted is requesting an immediate 60-day moratorium on the construction of a seawall along the Honoapi’ilani Highway at Olowalu.

At 7:38 a.m. Sunday, September 18, 2016, firefighters responded to Kaanapali Parkway for a runner that reportedly collapsed and was unresponsive at the Maui Marathon in Kaanapali.

A woman in her sixties from Kurtistown, Hawaiʻi, was critically injured during the Pailolo Challenge outrigger canoe race from Maui to Molokaʻi on Saturday morning, after reportedly being caught in the propellers of an escort boat.

The DOT’s plan to construct a seawall and place boulders along the highway to protect it from erosion has drawn criticism and protests by Maui residents.

George Lindell, 68, and Holly Hoaeae, 41, both formerly of Maui, were sentenced to 210 months and 120 months imprisonment, respectively, for charges related to the operation of a Ponzi scheme in which 166 individuals were induced to invest over $26 million dollars.

Hawaiʻi Health Systems Corporation Maui Region CEO, Wesley Lo announced today that he will resign effective at the close of business on Oct. 31, 2016.

The Shops at Wailea has partnered with Maui Hui Malama for the month of September, donating 60% of Special Event Parking to the non-profit.

Nā Hōkū Hanohano Award-winning entertainer Ikaika Blackburn, will perform at the free Hawaiian Music Series concert on Sept. 29th at the Baldwin Home Museum.

A Mālama ʻĪao You Caring Crowdfunding account has been established. About 40 riverside residents of ʻĪao Valley gathered for an emergency neighborhood meeting on Thursday evening expressing an urgency to protect their lives and property from any additional rains and flooding.

Effective 2:00 p.m. today, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016, the County of Maui Department of Water Supply (DWS) has cancelled the boil water advisory for Paia, Spreckelsville, Puunene, Kihei, Wailea, Makena and Maalaea and most Central Maui water customers.

With the warrant, pest control personnel were able to survey the 1.75-acre Huelo property on Sept. 12 and found LFA infestations in potted plants and kalo patches.

Streams are already high from recent rain and grounds are saturated. Thus most of this rainfall will lead to runoff and dangerously high water levels in streams.

Mayor Alan Arakawa signed an emergency proclamation today following torrential flooding through ʻĪao Valley that knocked out a waterline, flooded several homes with mud and debris and destroyed a significant portion of the County’s Kepaniwai Park parking lot area.

Emergency personnel responded to multiple incidents of flash flooding and swift water rescues in Wailuku, Olowalu, and Ukumehame on Sept. 13, 2016.

Rain totals for the 12 hour period ending at 10 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2016, included more than 9 inches at Puʻu Kukui, 6 inches at Hāna Airport, and 3 inches at both West Wailuaiki and Haʻikū.

A Brown Water Advisory is being issued for Hanakaʻōʻō Beach, Honokahua Bay, Honolua Bay, and Baldwin Beach Park on Maui, due to heavy rains.

FBI Special Agent Michael Easter offered expert testimony as a national asset based on qualifications as a certified trainer in Cellular Site Analysis.