Maui News

Projections in the report indicate Hawai‘i is on target to meet the state’s goal established by the legislature in 2007 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to be equal to or below 1990 levels.

All lanes and all directions of Hāna Highway will be closed from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. between Tuesday evening, Jan. 28 and Friday morning, Jan. 31.

A final factual report was released by the National Transportation Safety Board following their investigation into a deadly Cessna plane crash on Dec. 10, 2017 on Molokaʻi.

The Lahaina Aquatic Center will be closed on Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, for continued repairs to a 10-inch pipe leading to the filtration system.

Chick-fil-A is coming to Hawaiʻi with a potential site at the Puʻunēnē Shopping Center in Kahului on Maui. The restaurant filed for a building permit at the site on Jan. 10, 2020, according to records with the County of Maui Department of Public Works. According to the application, the initial value placed on the project is $2.95 million.

Wailuku Town Improvements will be the subject of a community meeting hosted by the County of Maui Department of Management, schedule to take place on Wednesday, Jan. 29, from 5 to 6 p.m. at ʻĪao Theater.

Hawaiʻi gas prices continued their stable pattern as oil prices dropped back to their lowest levels in a month following no further military action to date between the US and Iran, according to the AAA Hawaiʻi

The County of Maui, Department of Parks and Recreation invites the community to an open meeting to discuss concepts for the One Aliʻi Park Playground Shade and Wind Structures project on Molokaʻi.

A groundbreaking ceremony for the Kula Park Playground takes place on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 at 9:30 a.m. Following the groundbreaking, a portion of the park will be closed to the public until Oct. 30, 2020, for the construction of the New Kula Park Playground project.

The postcard is part of a series of election mailings to raise awareness about the transition to elections by mail and maintain the voter registration rolls.

The Maui Department of Fire & Public Safety announced the promotion of Michael Werner to the rank of Assistant Chief.  A badge pinning ceremony was held on Wednesday at the Kahului Fire Station.  Werner is a veteran firefighter, most recently serving as Battalion Chief.  Prior to that was promoted to Captain in 2011.  

Maui District health and PE resource teacher Michelle Baysa, is among a group of five teachers in Hawaiʻi who were honored as part of Kaiser Permanente’s Thriving Schools Honor Roll awards program.

Today, the US Army Corps of Engineers in Hawaiʻi received more than $8 million in federal funding to maintain the Kahului Deep Draft Harbor and the kaunakakai Deep Draft Harbor. 

A preliminary accident report released by the National Transportation Safety Board was released today, detailing initial findings involving a fatal tour helicopter crash on Kauaʻi that claimed the lives of seven on board last month. A witness nearby heard what he described as “a hovering helicopter followed by a high-pitched whine,” according to the NTSB preliminary report.

Maui police have identified the motorcyclist involved in a fatal accident on Friday as Gregory Eugene Martindale, 49, of Kīhei.

The bill creates a foundation to respond to debris, a prize for innovation, enhances international cooperation on marine debris, boosts domestic infrastructure to prevent debris from entering the environment, and authorizes studies on waste management and mitigation.

April 1, 2020 is Census Day. “Each person who is not counted means a loss of $1,800 per person, per year in federal funding over the next 10 years,” said Micah Kāne, HCF’s CEO.

Kealia Pond National Wildlife will be hosting three workshops on Jan. 18, Feb. 15, and March 21 on photographing birds and preventing fires with native plants. 

A joint House and Senate package of economic bills, supported by the Ige Administration, is focused on removing economic obstacles and improving the lives of Hawaiʻi’s working-class.  This collaboration was unveiled at the State Capitol on Tuesday during a joint press conference.

West Maui community groups Nā Papaʻi Wawae ʻUlaʻula and the West Maui Preservation Association filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Mahinahina condominium Kuleana II alleging blocked shoreline access.