Maui News

Photographer Darrell Wong captured these images of Maui waterman Kai Lenny at Hoʻokipa during last week’s north swell. This came ahead of the Aloha Classic event at Hoʻokipa this week, happening Oct. 21- Nov. 1, 2024. Established in 1984, the Aloha Classic is the longest running windsurfing wave event, and is the final stop on the International Windsurfing Tour. 

The Lahaina Homeowner Recovery Program announced that it will offer no-cost lot surveys for Lahaina homeowners who lived in their home before the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires. Funding for the lot surveys was provided through a $3-million grant to Hawaiʻi Community Lending from the Maui Strong Fund of the Hawaiʻi Community Foundation. 

Toyota Hawaiʻi will cover admission fees for the first 3,000 attendees at the 2024 Pumpkin Patch at Kula Country Farms on Maui this Sunday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the automotive distributor announced today.

The Alexander Academy Performing Company presents The Nutcracker at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center presents on Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 14 and 15, 2024 at the Castle Theater. There are three shows: Saturday at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Coast Guard members and good Samaritans who responded during the Aug. 8, 2023, Maui wildfires received international recognition and awards during a ceremony at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku, Friday.  Altogether, Coast Guard responders and the good Samaritans rescued 20 people and assisted approximately 40 more during the Maui wildfires. 

Update: One lane at mile marker 36 on Honoapiʻilani Highway in the vicinity of Honokōhau Bay has been cleared. A crew from the state Department of Transportation continues to work to clear the rockslide from the other lane.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall issued by TreeHouse Foods, Inc. for multiple brand names of frozen waffles because of potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. These products were sold throughout the US, and include Kodiak Cakes, Good & Gather and Great Value brands of frozen waffles that were available for sale at supermarkets and retailers in Hawai‘i. 

Residents are reminded that this week’s Lahaina Disaster Recovery Community Update meeting will not be held, due to the County of Maui’s open house being held at Lahainaluna High School from 4 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, on the Draft Lahaina Long-Term Recovery Plan. The event will take place in the school’s dining hall.

Laʻakea Village invites the Maui community and visitors to join in the fun at the Laʻakea Village Fall Festival, taking place on Saturday, Oct. 26 from 10 to 4 p.m. at 639 Baldwin Ave., Pāʻia. This family-friendly event will showcase the spirit of aloha with live music, local vendors, delicious food, and exciting raffle prizes throughout the day.

Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke today announced the launch of Digital Detectives, a Connect Kākou initiative to map internet speeds across Hawaiʻi. By taking a simple 30-second internet speed test, residents can help identify areas most in need of better internet infrastructure, ensuring that federal funding is allocated to where it is most needed. “We’re excited to […]

A federal grant award of $40 million will fund the Puʻuloa Micrgrid, a renewable energy project at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam that aims to provide 99 megawatts of firm energy and interconnect to the Oʻahu grid.

Queen Kaʻahumanu Center welcomes the community back for another spook-tacular Holoholo Halloween on Oct. 31, from 5 to 7 p.m.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting. A map of lane closures can be found here: https://hidot.hawaii.gov/highways/roadwork/  — South High Street/Honoapiʻilani Highway (Route 30) — Wailuku/Waikapū: Single […]

The Maui Marathon Committee today announced the return of the Maui Marathon to Kāʻanapali in 2025. The 55th annual event, which includes the 26.2-mile race along with the Half Marathon, 10k and 5k Run/Walks, will take place on April 27, 2025.

KarMART Volkswagen of Maui general manager, Brandon Campbell, has been selected by the Hawaiʻi Automobile Dealers Association to represent Hawaiʻi for the 2025 TIME Dealer of the Year award. 

If you are an adult who has never learned to swim or lacks confidence about your swim skills, take note: the County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation is sponsoring a series of five Adult Learn to Swim lessons that will be offered free of charge during the month of November at the Upcountry Pool in Pukalani. 

Mayor Richard Bissen and his administration will host a community budget meeting from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, at ILWU Union Hall in Lānaʻi City.

Our Kaiāulu Votes, a coalition of schools and community organizations striving to inspire voter participation across Hawai‘i, will host a “Walk to the Box” on Oct. 23, to encourage civic engagement ahead of the general election in early November. Participants, including first-time youth voters from four area schools, will drop off their ballots at Wailuku Community Center and sign-wave outside Queen Kaʻahumanu Center.

Pacific Permanente Group psychiatrist Fatima Imara, MD was recently named the Healthcare Association of Hawaiʻi’s Physician of the Year for 2024. This peer award recognizes Imara’s contributions to behavioral health care and her compassionate service to the Maui community, particularly during the aftermath of the Maui wildfires, according to an announcement.

New groundbreaking research aims to evaluate potential human health risks from bacteria in surface water systems across four US states. The project involving the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa will assess the environmental spread of antimicrobial-resistant pathogens—disease-causing microorganisms that have evolved to withstand the effects of antibiotics and other medicines designed to kill them—through wastewater discharge and agricultural runoff.