Maui News

Maui fire crews continue to battle a brush fire reported in the Maui Lani area of Central Maui near the Dunes at Maui Lani Golf Course in Kahului.

Maui police administered a single dose of Narcan to a teen, successfully reviving the individual during response to a possible opioid overdose incident on Saturday.

A 28-year-old man sustained a gunshot wound to his thigh after a firearm accidentally discharged while it was being cleaned, police said.

Helping Hands Hawaiʻi and American Savings Bank are partnering for the eighth year to help Hawaiʻi’s keiki prepare for school through the Ready to Learn program, which provides essential school supplies to low-income and houseless families.

Maui Ocean Center’s gift store has installed mineral-based sunscreen dispensers to celebrate June’s National Oceans Month, World Reef Day, and the county-wide chemical sunscreen ban that takes effect on Oct. 1, 2022.

University of Hawaiʻi-created Cumulina, the world’s first cloned mouse, was sent to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, DC. 

Nonprofit Art Maui, a 43-year-old organization dedicated to Maui County visual arts, said that its future depends on finding a “robust and valiant” board of directors.

The County Charter and Chapter 2.80B, Maui County Code, direct the appointment of the CPAC for each community plan area. Committee members are appointed to provide resident input in the planning process. CPAC members provide guidance on local issues that influence the physical, social, and economic development of their community and are charged with reviewing and recommending revisions to update the Community Plan. 

This year’s recipients are Samantha Joyce Della of Maui High School, Kaylee Volner of Seabury Hall, Aiden Bluh of Maui Preparatory Academy, and Tommy Musto of Hawaiʻi Technology Academy. 

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