Maui News

In the lawsuit, Rhode Island seeks to hold oil companies accountable for their alleged contributions to climate change and the resulting harms the state suffered from sea-level rise, changes to the hydrologic cycle, and increased air and ocean temperatures.

It’s the 3rd annual event with all proceeds going to Special Olympics Maui to assist in various expenses to help participating athletes reach their potential.

The new ceiling loan limit for one-unit properties in 2020 will be $765,600—a nearly $40,000 increase from $726,525 in 2019. As a result of generally rising home values, the increase in the baseline loan limit, and the increase in the ceiling loan limit, the maximum conforming loan limit will be higher in 2020 in all but 43 counties or county equivalents in the US.

Wind Advisory Until 6 p.m. Tuesday:The National Weather Service is forecasting windy conditions through tomorrow evening.  

Workplace drug testing results by Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., showed increases in the positivity rate in the four major drug classes from Q3 to Q4 2019.

Hawaiʻi is home to more than 350 federally listed threatened and endangered plant species. The Pacific Islands Plant Conservation Fund would receive $30 million over six years.

Justin Thomas defeated Patrick Reed with a birdie on the third playoff hole to win the 2020 Sentry Tournament of Champions for the second time at The Plantation Course in Kapalua, Maui.

Fire officials say witnesses found the victim at the bottom of the ocean about 30 yards off the shore of the Montage Resort at about 1:12 p.m.

Ornithologist Laura Berthold of the Maui Forest Bird Recovery Project will be hosting a free presentation on Maui’s native birds. 

Kahekili Highway is closed in the area after MP 10 and before Kaukini Loop following a traffic accident. 

Maui police responded to four burglaries, 12 vehicle thefts and 11 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Dec. 22 to 28, 2019.

Defending champion Xander Schauffele could become the youngest player since Daniel Berger at the 2017 FedEx St. Jude Classic to successfully defend a title.

Three past champions of the event are inside the top five.

The County of Maui will hold a one-stop recruitment day Jan. 29, 2020, for pool guard trainees at the Kīhei Aquatic Center to fill positions within the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice.  All projects are weather permitting.

Water was shut off at Polo Beach Park in South Maui due to a main break in the park’s water line.

Fire officials say a 27-year-old woman from San Francisco, California was injured in a 25-foot fall. The woman landed on rocks adjacent to a pond and was unable to walk out on her own. Two members of her family, who reside in Kīhei, Maui, (a 47-year-old man and a 28-year-old woman) were also stranded due to a swollen stream following heavy rains in the area.

The Hawaiʻi Chapter of the American Resort Development Association recently donated $4,000 to the Wailuku branch of the Ka Hale A Ke Ola homeless resource center in Central Maui.

Starting in January, the three utilities that serve 95 percent of Hawaiʻi’s residents will be united under a common name: Hawaiian Electric. “Having three different names continues the three-company mindset,” Oshima said. “By having one common and inclusive name that is of Hawaiʻi, not just of one place, we signal that we are a strong and united team working for all the people of the five islands we serve.”

US Senator Hirono said the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani in a US airstrike “further escalates hostilities and increases the potential for widespread violence in a part of the world already fraught with peril.”