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As of late Wednesday afternoon, a 1.5 mile stretch of highway remained closed from mile 35.5 in Kaupō to mile 37 in Kīpahulu.

The 98th Maui Fair will resume in 2023, with organizers foregoing an event this year due to logistics.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from May 5-11, find our comprehensive listing here.

For Maui High School’s hard-working robotics team, learning is the best kind of prize. 

Kalehua Fung is thrilled to have been selected as the 2022 Hawaiʻi Youth Poet Laureate but she’s put her college dreams on hold until she saves enough money for her school tuition and living expenses.

Mitzi Toro, owner of the Maui Cookie Lady in Makawao, is being honored with the US Small Business Administration’s 2022 woman-owned business of the year award for Maui County at a May 6 ceremony in Honolulu.

Crews from the Maui Department of Public Works have cleared a portion of Piʻilani Highway from Kanaio to Kahikinui, but landslides and roadway damage continue to keep the highway impassable from mile marker 31 through 39.

Drinking water at 72 elementary schools across Hawaiʻi will be tested for lead in the second phase of a joint project between the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health.

Lockhart was reported missing by his family on the afternoon of Monday, May 2, 2022, after he failed to return from a jog.

A large purple moon jelly washed ashore at Waiehu Beach on Maui’s north shore today, but while impressive in size to unsuspecting beachgoers, experts say they are relatively common in Hawaiʻi.

At 6:52 p.m., radar showed moderate to heavy showers continuously developing over the lower slopes and coast of windward Haleakalā. Persistent rainfall rates near 1 inch per hour are expected to continue, with occasional rain bursts producing rates near 2 inches per hour, according to the NWS.

Heavy rainfall in East Maui overnight triggered landslides and roadway damage that have closed multiple sections of Piʻilani Highway between mile markers 19 in Kahikinui and mile marker 39 in Kīpahulu.

The Japanese Cultural Society of Maui presents “Children’s Day – Kodomo No Hi” on Saturday, May 7 at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center from 6 to 9 p.m.  Kodomo No Hi is a Japanese tradition that focuses on children; and the evening’s activities present a variety of multi-cultural entertainment and exploratory experiences.

Maui police have closed the Piʻilani Highway in the Hāna area of East Maui due to flooding and landslides.  The Piʻilani Highway (Hwy 31) is closed at Mile 19 and Mile 36.  Motorists should use alternate routes.  The closure went into effect at 4:30 a.m. on Monday, May 2, 2022. 

There is no spectator limit at this year’s commencement ceremonies for the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College. The in-person event takes place on May 14, from 5-6:30 p.m.

The advisory calls for periods of freezing rain, drizzle and snow at elevations above 12,500 feet. Total snow accumulations of 2-4 inches are possible along with light ice accumulations.

Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului will be the site of the 53rd Annual Barrio Fiesta. The event takes place over two days, on Friday, May 27 from 5 to 10 p.m., and Saturday, May 28 from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. 

The sweet taste of success is covered with chocolate and lots of aloha. “The secret ingredient is Aloha. I put a lot of love in what I do,” said Maui’s Maile Crewdson, during the grand finale episode of the Great Chocolate Showdown.

Seven public school students from Maui County were among the 42 individuals selected for Citizen-Scholar Awards. More than $60,000 in scholarships was distributed to public high school seniors during a luncheon on Wednesday.

Lawmakers reached a compromise on the bill, which is less aggressive than the increase sought by the Senate. The new version of the bill incrementally increases the minimum wage to $18 by 2028.