Maui News

The Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2020, includes multiple funding appropriations for Maui including: $18 million for Maui Health Systems; Fifteen Adult Corrections Officer positions for Maui Community Correctional Center; and  $1.4 million and eight positions to establish a medical education and residency support program on Maui

Marine biologist Mark Deakos will discuss how buildings and communities can be created in a way that restores and supports thriving ecosystems, including Mauiʻs coral reefs. 

The health department has issued the maximum fine due to the expo operators’ “open disregard for Hawai‘i laws designed to protect public health.”

AAA unveiled 119 hotels and 67 restaurants nationally that earned the AAA Five Diamond designation in the past 12 months, qualifying them for this year’s AAA Five Diamond Award list. Of the entire list of AAA Five Diamond hotels, three are in Hawaiʻi.

A high surf advisory is in effect for the East facing shores of Maui and Molokaʻi until 6 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21, 2020. 

Until the next supply barge arrives and is unloaded this afternoon, the school and community partners only have enough supplies to provide breakfast and a limited lunch service for students.

Councilmember Shane Sinenci said the proposal builds on the polystyrene food container and plastic bag bans that went into effect in 2018.

The Maui Police Department’s Chief Tivoli Faaumu today honored Triston Kahookele-Santos with the Department’s Civilian Medal of Valor for his help in keeping a group of visitors safe after a shark bit the paddle board of a fellow ocean goer earlier this month.

Kanahā Beach Park in Kahului, Maui will be closed from 8 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced.

Schatz and the senators urged immediate action because the top global public health position at the NSC has remained vacant for almost two years.

The case has sparked national media coverage amid the disappearance of the two children (17-year-old Tylee Ryan and 7-year-old Joshua Vallow) and the deaths of both individual’s former spouses as well as Vallow’s brother. No charges have been filed to date.  Over the weekend, the Idaho Press detailed reasons why the couple have not been arrested, primarily citing lack of evidence.

The Diamond Resorts issued a letter to members on Sunday saying they learned from the Hawaiʻi Department of Health that a couple who visited Kāʻanapali Beach Club tested positive for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in their home country of Japan.

A man that was part of a scuba diving tour off of Molokaʻi died after he was found unresponsive approximately 50-feet of water on Saturday morning.

During the Feb. 25 meeting, preliminary designs will be unveiled and potential signage locations will be identified. Installation of the completed signs is slated for June 2020.

One of the most important issues facing Maui generally, and Upcountry Maui in particular, is what will be happening to the large amounts of water previously delivered to HC&S sugar fields from East Maui.

The committee found that the prevalence of motorists who violate Hawaiʻi’s traffic laws, particularly those who fail to stop at red lights, has greatly increased.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announces Learn to Swim program registration beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 29, at the Upcountry Aquatic Center.

Homes in the Lower Waiʻehu Beach Road area will have their water shut off on Wednesday from 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 a.m. as crews work on a county water system.

Small food entrepreneurs learned about food labeling, safety plans, and distribution during a workshop held on Tuesday hosted by Maui Food Technology Center.

Over 100 volunteers, council members, board members and community partners came together to recognize MEO’s Volunteer of the Year nominees and honoree, and the Benefactors of the Year.