Mayor Arakawa said he is not anticipating the closure of county facilities because most of the impacts are forecast for the evening and early morning hours over the course of an 8-12 hour period between Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday morning. 

“We’ve got a lot enthusiasm and excitement from our current scouting members who have female siblings,” Button said, “and from some parents, fathers especially who have a scouting background and who want to share that experience with their daughters and who may not have sons.”

A Tropical Storm WARNING is now in effect for Maui County (including the islands of Maui, Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi and Kahoʻolawe) and Hawaiʻi County.

Hurricane Olivia had intensified overnight, with maximum sustained winds at 85 mph, and slowed its forward advance to 10 mph toward the west.

The National Weather Service has ISSUED a TROPICAL STORM WATCH for MAUI COUNTY.

Gov. Ige signed an emergency proclamation that will provide relief for disaster damages, losses and suffering caused by Hurricane Olivia.

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift kayak found in the shore break off Kama’ole Beach Park I in Kīhei, Maui.

“Two things that concern us at a time like this are emergency fatigue and the public underestimating the threat,” said HI-EMA Administrator Tom Travis.

Maui’s Kaulike Pescaia earned the championship title at the 2018 Richard Hoʻopiʻi Leo Kiʻekiʻe Falsetto Contest held last night at the Ritz Carlton Kapalua.

The latest track could bring the outer circulation of Olivia close to the Hawaiian Islands starting on Tuesday night, according to CPHC forecasters.

Francine Flores, Custodian at Maui’s King Kamehameha III Elementary School, was named HIDOE’s 2018 Employee of the Year.

The Coast Guard Captain of the Port set port condition Whiskey for Hawaiʻi, Maui and Honolulu County ports as of 8 a.m. Saturday in advance of Hurricane Olivia.

Olivia has weakened to a Category 1 (74-95 mph) hurricane with sustained winds near 85 mph, and the system is moving toward the west near 15 mph.

While MacKenzie Recreation Area is reopening, there are continuing restrictions for people traveling across recent lava flows to reach the shoreline at Pohoiki.

Spectators can expect to see Hikianalia sail under the Golden Gate Bridge and cross the San Francisco Bay Sunday morning.

The long-range forecast has Olivia crossing into the Central Pacific basin by late Saturday and nearing the islands on Tuesday or Wednesday as a Tropical Storm.

The Coast Guard assisted the crew of a capsized canoe a mile off Keawakapu Beach in South Maui on Thursday night, Sept. 6, 2018.

Armstrong Development topped off its newest condominium community, Kalama Kai, located just 200 feet from the beach in Kīhei, Maui.

Maui’s Ed Lyman started getting calls from whale watching companies in Hawaii, asking why the whales were arriving so late.

Hurricane Norman is now well East of Maui and has weakened in with sustained winds at 110 mph, at the upper edge of the Category 2 threshold.