Maui News

Soldiers of the US Armyʻs storied 442nd Regimental Combat Team was recognized in a ceremony in France over the weekend on the 75th anniversary of some of their most notable feats. 

Espaniola is the second Moloka‘i resident to receive TNC’s Kāko‘o ‘Āina Award. Longtime cultural and environmental educator Penny Martin was honored in 2010.

Hawaiʻi convenience store, Minit Stop, today announced a decision to eliminate beef from its menu — instead replacing it entirely with “Impossible Burger.”

The governor is one of seven Japanese-Americans who have been invited to the enthronement ceremony at the Imperial Palace on Tuesday, Oct. 22.

The Maui Mall will be hosting its annual “Mystery at Maui Mall” Halloween Celebration on Saturday, Oct. 26.

The ʻOhana Readers program, a collaboration between first lady Dawn Amano-Ige, state leaders, and non-profit organizations, will mail one book to Molokaʻi keiki four years old and younger each month for free. 

Seabury Hall girls topped the leaderboard in the nation’s largest high school cybersecurity talent competition, Girls Go CyberStart, designed to bridge the cybersecurity skills gap in the US. Seabury Hall girls finished 3rd in the state, and 47th overall nationwide.

Maui Obituary Notices: Week of Oct. 20. May they Rest In Peace. Brought to you in part by Ballard Family Mortuaries.

It has now been 100 days since protestors, who consider themselves kia’i or protectors, established a 24/7 blockade at the base of Maunakea to prevent the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope. 

The voluntary program offers flu shots to students in kindergarten through the eighth grade at 185 Hawaiʻi public schools.

A special education conference that will be held on Maui this week will discuss resource programs for autistic students. 

Students in all grade levels wore pink to school in an organized effort to raise awareness on breast cancer, which claimed the life of the schoolʻs founder, Princess Pauahi at the early age of 52. 

During an impassioned press conference in Wailuku earlier today, members of Hui o Nā Wai ʻEhā expressed their stance on the status of their contested case for water rights.

The Mustang crashed through construction fencing at the old Maui Lu site, and continued out of control, rolling over and coming to rest upside down, landing 15 feet atop a pile of lumber.  A 38-year-old Wailuku man was arrested for negligent homicide, driving under the influence and excessive speeding after fleeing the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash in Kīhei early this morning.

Maui police are on the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on South Kīhei Road near the old Maui Lu site.

The symbols express opposition to the construction of 60 new single-family homes for the last phase of The Parkways at Maui Lani due to the presence of iwi kūpuna, or human remains. 

Maui police are on the scene of a motor vehicle accident on the Honoapiʻilani Highway near the “Pali” tunnel. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will host a workshop for businesses interested in contracting to supply needed products and services during federally declared disasters.

The actress/model recently landed her break-out role in the new Netflix film “Finding ʻOhana.”

Maui Electric Company personnel are responding to a power outage reported in the Lahaina area.