Maui News

For the first time in Championship Tour history, women will compete at the world-famous Banzai Pipeline to complete the final rounds of the Maui Pro presented by ROXY. The Maui event was moved to Oʻahu after a fatal shark bite incident at Honolua Bay on Tuesday, Dec. 8 involving a recreational surfer.

Maui obituaries: Week Ending Dec. 19, 2020. May they rest in peace.

There were 156 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Saturday, including 116 on O‘ahu, 14 on Maui, 21 on Hawaiʻi Island, one on Kauaʻi and four in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed outside of the state. According to the latest mapping updates provided by the state Department of Health there were six cases in Lahaina, three in Wailuku, and two each in Makawao and Spreckelsville. 

Four Seasons Resort Maui, which reopened its doors nearly one month ago, always celebrates the holidays by creating magic for the employees’ keiki. This year, they designed a drive-through holiday party to keep the celebration alive.

The Maui County Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol was the official location sponsor for the “National Wreaths Across America Day” event on Maui, held today at the Maui Veterans Cemetery in Makawao.

Recently, the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory’s monitoring network recorded another first post-eruption event at Kīlauea’s summit: a magmatic intrusion.  Following an earthquake swarm on November 30, 2020, that was centered in the middle of Kīlauea caldera, several pulses of heightened earthquake activity were recorded in the upper East Rift Zone.

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association Friday filed a prohibited practice complaint with the Hawaiʻi Labor Relations Board, challenging the state’s imposition of furloughs, which affects more than 13,000 HSTA members starting Jan. 4.

Jim Kingwell’s watercolor, Village by the Sea, was chosen by juror, George Allen, as the winner of the 31st annual Lahaina Poster contest during the recent Friday Night is Art Night in Lahaina.

The 21st Maui Film Festival went from under the stars to virtual this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic with 74 films from 25 countries.

A former resident of Maui was arrested for alleged violation of rules and orders relating to travel quarantine.  

The County of Maui has canceled its Drive Through Christmas event fronting the Kalana O Maui Building in Wailuku for tonight, Friday, Dec. 18. The drive through event tomorrow, Saturday, Dec. 19, will be expanded with a start time of 5 p.m., and will conclude at 8 p.m., weather permitting. 

“With the current drought conditions, we are all seeing why the management of the deer population is so integral to our island’s ecosystem and along with the health of our community,” said Rep. DeCoite.

The Department of Water Supply scheduled a water valve replacement project that will result in road closures and leave some customers without water in Wailuku from 11 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 19 through 5 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 20.

Maui fire crews are on the scene of a brush fire in the Piʻihana Road area of Wailuku.   Heavy smoke is visible in Central Maui from the fire.

There were 130 new COVID-19 cases reported in Hawai‘i on Thursday, including 11 on Maui. According to the latest mapping updates provided by the state Department of Health there were six cases in Wailuku, three cases in Kīhei, two in Lahaina, and one case each in Kahului, Kula and Spreckelsville.  Since only 11 new infections were documented today, three of the cases would have been from outstanding previous reports.

US Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) introduced H.Res.1267, the Pandemic Crisis Excess Profits Tax. It calls for Congress to levy a limited-time tax on windfall profits of large corporations earned due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the funds directed to support small business recovery.

Using new DNA barcoding technology, researchers at the University of Hawai‘i have determined a tiger shark caused fatal injuries to a 56-year-old Nāpili man, who was bitten at Maui’s Honolua Bay on Dec. 8. Separately, by measuring bite marks on the surfer’s board, they have determined the shark was approximately 14.3-feet-long. 

The alleged pistol used in an incident involving an accidental shooting in Waiehu last weekend, is believed to be a Maui Police Department gun, police said today.

The 8th Bayanihan Food Distribution will be held Saturday, Dec. 19 at 9 am at the Binhi at Ani Filipino Community Center in Kahului.

The County of Maui is extending its waiver of credit card convenience fees and transaction fees until Jan. 31, 2021, for County bills, except for Real Property Tax.