Maui News

US Rep. Ed Case says about 25,000 Hawai‘i residents could face “unacceptable cost increases” next year if Congress fails to extend key Affordable Care Act subsidies that are set to expire at the end of December.

Road users are advised that Puʻunēnē Avenue (Route 3500) will be closed overnight Dec. 8-12 for work between Papa Avenue and Kūihelani Highway (Route 380).

Sustained lava fountains approximately 50-100 feet are currently erupting from the north vent. Fountain heights are increasing rapidly and are coming from both the left and right vents within the north cone.

The Hawai’i-based brands partnered to give some extra aloha and holiday cheer to people on several flights Thursday (Dec. 4) by greeting them with complimentary peppermint macadamia cookies on World Cookie Day.

A team of astronomers using a variety of ground and space-based telescopes including the W. M. Keck Observatory on Maunakea, Hawaiʻi Island, have made one of the most precise independent measurements yet of how fast the universe is expanding, further deepening the divide on one of the biggest mysteries in modern cosmology.

The gallery is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., with free admission.

The Maui Police Department arrested an individual on Wednesday, Dec. 3, believed to be connected to multiple residential break-ins within the Haʻikū community, police said. The suspect is currently in custody, and detectives continue to actively investigate these incidents.

Special projects and operations coordinator Sophie Sellars of the nonprofit Grow Some Good will be the guest speaker at the Maluhia Maui Rotary Club meeting at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Island Health, 2439 S. Kīhei Road.

Common Ground Collective and Wailele Farm will host A Hoʻolawa Kine A Day this Saturday, Dec. 6, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Twin Falls.

Surf conditions are lining up for this weekend’s 2nd Annual First Responder and Military Honolua Classic, with organizers issuing a Green Light alert as of Dec. 3. The invitation-only event is scheduled for Dec. 6–7 at Honolua Bay.

Update: Shaw Burrows-Agapay was located and found to be in good health.  The Maui Police Department thanks the public for their assistance.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has been notified of a second detection of measles virus in wastewater from West Maui County. The latest positive sample was collected Nov. 30, 2025 and was tested through the National Wastewater Surveillance System.

Following recent rainfall and ongoing community water conservation, the County of Maui Department of Water Supply is suspending the Stage 1 Central and South Maui water shortage, effective immediately and until further notice.

The Pedal Imua committee is alerting motorists to be aware of cyclists on the road on Saturday, Dec. 6, leaving from Imua Family Services near Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in Kahului and looping around the West Maui Mountains.

The Maui Nui Marine Resource Council will host its quarterly Know Your Ocean Speaker Series on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025, featuring Lead Researcher at The Keiki Kohola Project, Dr. Rachel Cartwright, at 5:30 p.m. via Zoom.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health, Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents to a recall issued by The Ambriola Company for select lots of cheese products, sold under the Locatelli, Boar’s Head and Member’s Mark brand names, due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes bacteria.

Hawaiʻi US Senators Brian Schatz and Mazie Hirono and Alaska US Senator Lisa Murkowski have introduced legislation intended to increase access to federal grants for native arts and culture. The bipartisan Native Arts and Culture Promotion Act aims to amend the Native Hawaiian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts grant program. The proposed legislation would […]

Crafts, games and treats will be offered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Youth Services at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center in the first Frosty Fun Friday on Friday, Dec. 5. Other Frosty Fun Fridays will be held Dec. 12 and 19. The activities run from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Center Court.

Maui County’s Department of Water Supply reports that water demand in Central Maui remains below the system’s reliable capacity, allowing the county to continue issuing meters for new housing and development projects. The Central Maui District — which serves areas from South Maui to Central Maui and as far east as Spreckelsville and Pāʻia — […]

In coordination with state updates to its Lahaina Small Boat Harbor, certain County of Maui streets in Lahaina town near the harbor will reopen for daytime (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) access starting Dec. 15, 2025, according to the County Office of Recovery. These streets have been closed and under repair since the 2023 Maui wildfires.