Maui News

The Puko’a o Kama Alliance, a water quality group on Maui, has reportedly settled a case involving injection well litigation with the County of Maui.

John Eller, Amanda’s father, told Maui Now yesterday evening that the MPD got the forensics report back on Amanda’s phone.

An update on the Wailuku Civic Complex will be given by the Maui Redevelopment Agency on Friday, May 24, 2019, in the Planning Department Conference Room at 1 p.m.

Wailea Community Association awarded scholarships totaling $30,000 to five Maui County seniors at a reception held in their honor.

Maya Erskine will receive the 2019 Maui Film Festival Rising Star Award at the 20th annual Maui Film Festival.

HORSE INJURED IN MAKAWAO: We have reports of a horse that was hit and injured in an accident with a vehicle earlier this afternoon on Makawao Avenue. This photo was taken at around 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, May 22. Emergency crews are on scene.

The family of a missing Maui man, Noah Mina, issued a statement, asking for the public to refrain from the search because of treacherous & dangerous conditions.

Dr. Amanda Eller, a Maui physical therapist and yoga instructor, has been missing for two weeks as of Wednesday, May 22. 2019.

For the season as a whole, 5 to 8 tropical cyclones are predicted for the Central Pacific Hurricane basin. This includes depressions, named storms & hurricanes.

Lotteries were held for applicants of the Waiʻale ʻElua workforce housing subdivision. Home construction starts this month.

The meeting will address the direct, indirect, and cumulative effects of Mauiʻs four wind farms on the ʻŌpeʻapeʻa as well as other issues facing the bat species

Written and produced by the 4th grade students of Pōmaikaʻi Elementary is “The Life of An Island” includes: Hawaiian studies, hula, music, drama & visual arts.

The green kayak was found by a good Samaritan at around 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday in Olowalu. Officials say it had no gear on board and was partially submerged.

Authorities with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center are calling an email report that was distributed at around 4:33 p.m., a false tsunami message.   The email appeared to be from an email address at the warning center, which alerted those on the email chain of a non-existent earthquake in Japan. Authorities are looking into the source.

Crews are searching for a missing hiker in the hills near Iao Valley.  Officials tell us that the search is not related to the Amanda Eller missing person case

The University of Hawaiʻi Foundation awarded a total of $280,000 in scholarships to Maui students in the most recent academic year.

The National Weather Service reports that the temperature in Kahului on Monday reached 93 degrees, breaking the old record of 91 set for that day in 1978.

Six endangered birds were released into the newly restored Pu‘u Mali area on Mauna Kea’s northern flank on Sunday and Monday.

Joe Manganiello will receive the 2019 Maui Film Festival Shooting Star Award on Friday, June 14, 2019.

Team leader Chris Berquist described for Maui Now the Makawao Forest Reserve search for Amanda Eller on May 20 and outlined search plans for the coming days.