Maui News

The County of Maui, Department of Parks and Recreation announces the closure of the Cooke Memorial Pool on Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, due to staff shortages.

Maui United Way opens its new online Community Impact Grant Application on Tuesday, Jan. 28 at 9 a.m.  Eligible health and human service non-profit agencies are invited to apply for the upcoming funding cycle starting on July 1, 2020.

The public is advised of a water quality exceedance of enterococci at Hanakaʻōʻō, Maui. Levels of 137 per 100 mL have been detected during routine beach monitoring, slightly exceeding the threshold level of 130 enterococci per 100 mL.

A Maui man was sentenced to three years and 10 months in prison and three years of supervised release, after pleading guilty to possession of stolen firearms, according to the Justice Department officials.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare E. Connors today announced a federal lawsuit challenging an effort to allow 3D-printed gun files to be released on the internet.

The first customer in line, Frank Barboza of Kīhei, showed up at around 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, 16 hours ahead of opening.  He only recently experienced Jollibee during a trip to Oʻahu in April, and said he attempted to be the first at the Maui opening on a dare from his kids.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Clare Connors joined a coalition of 20 attorneys general in urging the US Supreme Court to acknowledge what they call “a lack of vital protections for residents in immigration procedures.”

Companies have until the end of this month to comply. The Hawai‘i Department of Health is forewarning companies that make, distribute or sell flavored cartridge- or pod-based e-cigarettes to stop or risk enforcement action against them from the FDA.

The first phase of the “Kealaula” renaissance project is expected to be unveiled this spring.

A high surf warning has been extended to 6 a.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, for the North and West facing shores of Molokaʻi and the North facing shores of Maui.  

The Committee on the Status of Women is accepting nominations for the bi-annual awards as it celebrates the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, securing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote.  

Tusli Gabbard is among a list of 12 candidates that will appear on the Democratic Party of Hawaii Party-run Presidential Primary ballot.  

The intersection of Vevau and School Street will be closed for 24 hours from Feb. 1 to Feb. 29 for construction. 

In the 14-page complaint, Rep. Gabbard, who is running for president, alleges that Clinton lied “publicly, unambiguously” and with “malicious intent.”  The lawsuit says Gabbard “seeks to hold Clinton, and the political elites who enable her, accountable for distorting the truth in the middle of a critical Presidential election.”

Restrooms at the Velma McWayne Santos Community Center and Pāpōhaku Park in Wailuku will be closed today and tomorrow (Wednesday, Jan. 22, and Thursday, Jan. 23), for repair work to the wastewater manholes that service the facilities.

The Maui Police Department is focusing traffic enforcement efforts this week on speeding and the Move Over Law.

Maui police responded to 9 burglaries, 11 vehicle thefts and 9 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Jan. 12, 2019 to Jan. 18, 2020.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is advising physicians statewide to be alert for patients who have travelled from Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China.

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The Pacific Whale Foundation will present a biopic of founder Greg Kaufman, “A Voice for Whales” during its 40th Anniversary World Whale Film Festival on Friday, Feb.14 at the Historic ʻĪao Theater in Wailuku.