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Maui police have reopened Mayor Elmer Cravalho Way as of 8:13 p.m. The road was closed n the east bound direction for several hours following a motor vehicle accident.

In each of these places—on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Kīlauea in 2018, Cumbre Vieja, and Nyiragongo—the impact of the eruption extends far beyond the margins of the lava flow.  Large numbers of nearby residents have been displaced, and their lives severely disrupted, even if the flow spared their property. 

Maui Arts & Cultural Center has announced it will broadcast The Big Game on two large screens Sunday, Feb. 11. The game starts at 1:30 p.m. and gates open at noon.

Multifamily buildings in Honolulu without air conditioning will become increasingly warmer in the decades to come with “comfort levels” dropping by 42% by 2080 without interventions, according to a study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Two people were transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center for injuries sustained in a house fire on Oneheʻe Ave. in Kahului Saturday night, fire officials said. The fire damaged 80% of the structure and caused $267,000 in damage to the structure and $50,000 in damage to its contents.

The Maui Humane Society has more than 600 animals in their care, including 145 in foster homes, and nearly 300 are cats that survived the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfire.

A total of 2,124 whales were observed throughout the state during the Great Whale Count and Ocean Count held Saturday, Jan. 27. Organizers say this number may represent duplicate sightings of the same whale by different observers or at different time periods or different locations throughout the day.

Six people are in stable condition following the hard landing of a flight at Kahului Airport on Saturday afternoon, police confirmed. Transportation officials tell Maui Now the hard landing involved an American Airlines flight.

The Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture is administering the more than $2.6 million Resilient Food System Infrastructure grant.

Acclaimed singer-songwriter Jason Arcilla is slated to perform at The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua for the Kapalua Concert Series, Friday, Feb. 2, from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Bank of Hawai‘i has appointed Cassidy Matsuda as a primary relationship officer in the bank’s Maui Commercial Banking Center.

The County of Maui announced that it has been awarded a prestigious Grants for Arts Projects Award in the amount of $30,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts. This grant will support the County’s Hui Mo’olelo program, a collaborative initiative in partnership with Maui Public Art Corps and Hale Hōʻikeʻike at the Bailey House/ Maui Historical Society.

Starting March 1, a new Maui Bus Fare-Free Transit Program begins on Maui, allowing qualified individuals to utilize Maui Bus fixed route services free of charge. The County of Maui Department of Transportation is beginning the new service on the same date that public transit fares—that are currently waived due to the wildfires response—will be reinstated.

To address the unprecedented volume of public records requests following the August 2023 Maui wildfires, the County of Maui launched a new online records management portal.

Six months after reaching a settlement with owners of a luxury yacht for its grounding, removal and damage to natural resources, the owners still have not paid the thousands of dollars owed to the state.

A series of powerful storms in 2023 and the first part of 2024 contributed to a higher than usual number of boat groundings in Maui, according to state officials. Today, DOBOR awarded a $841,820 contract to Sea Engineering, Inc., to salvage the former Navy torpedo boat, Chaparral. It currently rests in sand, next to a seawall in North Kīhei.

David Gregoire was located and found to be in good health.  The Maui Police Department thanked the public for their assistance.

Last year, the REALTORS® Association of Maui Community Foundation awarded $37,000 in scholarships to 37 students. This year’s deadline to apply is March 1, 2024.

Maui police today confirmed the identity of Lydia Coloma, 70, of Lahaina as a victim of the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfire in West Maui. Coloma was previously on a list of unaccounted for individuals, which has now dropped to three people. The latest confirmation completes the public identification process for the 100 known fatalities from the Lahaina fire.

Hawaiʻi County producers incurred $100,000 in total losses while Maui County producers incurred $23 million in total losses. Producers estimated the reduction in sales revenue at $5.1 million, the reduction in agritourism revenue at $3.9 million, the value of livestock losses at $75,000, the value of crop damages at $5.4 million, and property damages at $8.5 million.