Maui News

If the BOE approves the proposal, the Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association says teachers in four of Maui County’s complexes will get thousands of dollars each in raises starting in the spring because of increased hard-to-staff positions at the Lahaina, Hāna, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi complexes.

The 6th Annual Touchdowns for Tatas event held at The Beach House Bar & Grill in Kahana on Oct. 28, 2019 raised just over $26,000 for the Pacific Cancer Foundation.  

A portion of homes in the Poli Poli and Middle Roads area of Kula will have their water shut-off from approximately 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, while crews work on the County of Maui water system.

Authorities confirmed that the shooter, described as a male US Sailor, is among those deceased, as well as to two shipyard employees.  A third shipyard employee is listed in stable condition at a local area hospital, base officials said in a press conference this evening. 

Pack your bags! The winner of a drawing at the Maui Sunday Market on Dec. 15, will be whisked away THAT EVENING on Hawaiian Airlines’ inaugural flight from Kahului to Las Vegas.

Anyone interested in donating new, unwrapped toys to Maui keiki in need can deliver them to the Azeka Shopping Center until Dec. 23. 

Roughly 10,000 women obtain abortions in Louisiana each year.

The shopping center is inviting the public to celebrate the “season to be giving.”

The Purple Maiʻa Foundation has been awarded a $2,500 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to hold the Kickoff Day launch of the 2020 Purple Prize, an indigenous technology business incubator.

Wailukuʻs historic Market Street will be animated with holiday spirit this Friday for “Wailuku Kalikimaka,” a Christmas town party celebration featuring live music, art, local shopping, and a variety of food and drink. 

An error in the 2013 and 2018 counts of Compact of Free Association or COFA citizens in Hawai‘i resulted in an underpayment of $17 million in federal funds to the state, according to the Hawaiʻi delegation.

The first phase of this effort is a proposal to implement a pay differential to increase compensation for classroom teachers in areas that have faced the most severe shortages – special education, Hawaiian Language Immersion programs, and hard-to-staff geographic locations.

The Maui Police Department has received information about a telephone scam spoofing MPD’s non-emergency phone number, 244-6400.

This year, there were four reported cases of travel-related measles in Hawai‘i including three visitors and one resident. The alert comes as international measles outbreaks around the Pacific and elsewhere continue.

In the new year, entrance fees to Haleakalā National Park will increase to $30 per vehicle, $25 per motorcycle and $15 per pedestrian or bicyclist.

An ocean goer is safe after a 10-12-foot-long Tiger shark deflated the inflatable stand-up paddle board he was on, about 200 yards off shore from 1681 Halama Street on Tuesday morning.

The US Environmental Protection Agency has reached an agreement with a property owner on Molokaʻi that will result in the restoration of a quarter acre of wetlands at Wailua Stream on the southeast side of the island.

Pacific Whale Foundation Chief Scientist Jens Currie, Chief Biologist Stephanie Stack, and Ecuador Research Director Cristina Castro were all selected to present their research from thousands of submissions.

Medical school representatives believe that residency programs on neighbor islands could be established within three years with the necessary funding and faculty members. 

Hui o Wa‘a Kaulua, Maui Historical Society, and Boys & Girls Club of Maui were each awarded a lead grant of $10,000 by the Foundation for their work serving the community.