Maui News

Mauiʻs own Billy Kemper and Paige Alms took the menʻs and womenʻs division titles respectively at this yearʻs Jaws Big Wave Championships.

Prepared by the resort’s pastry team, the gingerbread replica of the Maui Sugar Cane train is covered in 21,000 pineapple and gingerbread decorated cookies and is now on display in the hotel lobby.

A high surf warning has been continued for Maui County until 6 p.m., with wave faces expected to reach 35 feet, the county announced today. 

Piʻilani Highway is closed in both directions between Kulanihakoi Street and Kaonoulu Road due to a motor vehicle collision.

All 56 attorneys general are calling for Congress to permanently classify fentanyl-related substances as Schedule I drugs.

The park will remain open for public use. However, the restrooms will be closed until the waterline is repaired, and in the interim, the county will place portable toilets at the park.

For the 12th year running, Hollywood film producer Shep Gordon will host his holiday celebration that has become known by many as the “world’s most exclusive New Year’s Eve party.”

The west side parking lot (wind surf side) at Hoʻokipa Beach Park is closed today indefinitely due to flooding from high surf, the county announced today.

Officials say the park may remain closed on Friday depending on results of early morning assessments. 

Museum officials hope the single-use plastic free campaign will set an example of sustainability and conservation in Hawaiʻi. 

Participants use the CyberStart Game, an online series of challenges that allow students to act as cyber protection agents to solve cybersecurity-related puzzles and explore topics like cryptography and digital forensics.

No commercial green waste or commercial/residential trash will be accepted on Sundays. Violators will be turned away and may be fined.

This will be the UH Mānoa theatre department’s first production to perform in New York City.

The melodic voices of keiki choirs echoed through the Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater on Tuesday during the 46th annual Nā Mele O Maui Song & Art Competition.

The public is invited to enjoy free live performances, keiki activities, and various food vendors from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Campbell Park for the Lahaina 2nd Friday town party. 

Surf along the north-facing shores of Maui and Molokaʻi is expected to reach 18 to 25 feet this afternoon and continue until 6 p.m. tomorrow, the National Weather Service warned. 

The Taste of Maui will feature new food partners Cool Cat Café, Joey’s Kitchen and Sansei Seafood Restaurant and Sushi Bar.

The Coach Spencer Shiraishi Memorial Pool in Kahului is closed due to a water leak, the county parks department announced this morning. 

Fifteen people died in car collisions involving an impaired driver on Maui this year.

The ALERT Act, which was introduced after the false emergency alert that went out across Hawai‘i in January 2018, aims to improve the emergency alert system and give the federal government the primary responsibility of alerting the public of a missile threat.