Maui News

Applications available on March 1. Students will be selected through lottery.

Through Celebrate Maui Museums, the public is invited to experience local stories and exhibits at Hale Hoʻikeʻike at Bailey House Museum in Wailuku, the Wo Hing Museum and the Baldwin Home Museum in Lahaina, the Makawao History Museum upcountry and the Alexander and Baldwin Sugar Museum in Puʻunēnē.

Applications are now being accepted for the 2020 Youth Internship Program Internship Program: Kū No Ka Pono o Haleakalā (“standing up for what is right for Haleakalā” in Hawaiian).

The university hopes the $1.4-million expansion could help retain more medical students and increase the number of local doctors.

Councilmember Riki Hokama introduced legislation to establish a moratorium on transient accommodation permits on the island of Lānaʻi, where no limits are currently established.

The State Department has set Level 2 (Exercise Increased Caution) for travel to Japan and South Korea. There is no one in Hawaiʻi under mandatory quarantine at this time.

Crews with the state Department of Transportation will continue work on Monday, Feb. 24, to remove loose material along the Hāna Highway near Mile 21, where a rock slide was reported on Saturday evening.

Maui fire crews are continuing to battle a brush fire that broke out on the Southwest end of Kahoʻolawe on Saturday has now burned 2635 acres.

The center is estimated to cost approximately $1.5 million and could open within 18 to 24 months.

Of the 69 individuals who are self-monitoring with public health supervision, 59 are on Oʻahu, 8 are on Hawaiʻi Island and 2 are on Maui.

One lane is open at Mile 21 of the Hāna Highway where a rockslide was reported on Saturday. A contractor for the state Department of Transportation and a Keanae crew will be out at 8 a.m. on Sunday (2/23) to rock scale. Motorists can expect delays as crews bring loose material down.

Inspection revealed aquarium fishing gear, including a small mesh net, aboard their vessel.

A brush fire that broke out on the Southwest end of Kaho’olawe has burned about 100 acres, according to the Maui Fire Department.

Here is a list of lane closures scheduled for this week (Feb. 22 to Feb. 28)

Dillingham Airfield is closed due to a plane crash that occurred this morning, according to a tweet from the Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation. 

Maui police responded to 15 burglaries, 10 vehicle thefts and 5 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Feb. 9 to Feb. 15, 2020.

On the night of Feb. 25, 2020 Lup Yen Peter Young contacted Police at the Wailuku Police Station.  He appeared in good health.  The Maui Police Department thanked the public for their assistance.

Maui County Council Moves to Sue Big Oil: Unanimous vote approves litigation to hold fossil fuel companies responsible for climate costs

There’s still no confirmed cases of COVID-19 or coronavirus in Hawaiʻi, according to a daily update issued by the State’s newly activated Joint Information Center, established in support of media operations regarding the virus. 

Maui police arrested and charged a Wailuku man with first degree arson and terroristic threatening after he allegedly attempted to set fire to his residence in ʻĪao on Thursday night.