Maui News

Update: 2:20 p.m. 9.15.2019:  Fire officials have surveyed the area of the report and did not see any smoke, but what appears to be “wind blowing up dirt.” Update: 2:11 p.m. 9.15.2019:  Fire officials have received a report of a brush fire between Kuihelani Highway and Maui Veterans Highway. The incident was reported at about […]

A University of Hawai’i Mānoa laboratory has received a $5.3 million research grant for its “world-famous” research. 

Mauiʻs own Ikaika Mendez is the newest winner of the annual Richard Hoʻopiʻi Leo Ki’eki’e Falsetto Contest.

Safety officials are responding to a report of a motorcyclist who struck and went over a guard rail along Honoapiilani Highway.

Considered Maui County’s “largest products show,” the event is dedicated to growing small businesses based on Maui, Molokaʻi, and Lānaʻi.

Each year, Hirono nominates Hawaiʻi students to the Air Force Academy, US Military Academy, Naval Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy.

Maui fire crews rescued a total of 12 hikers who were trapped by rising waters in the “Bamboo Forest” trail area in Kailua on Friday afternoon. 

Locations in the advisory include, but are not limited to, ‘Ulupalakua, Kula, Kēōkea, Kīhei, Wailea, and Mākena.

The public is invited to volunteer in a storm drain stenciling project to help protect Maui waters. 

The construction is a part of a $4.7 million roadway improvement project for multiple South Maui roads that began last October. 

Six upcountry elementary schools received a total of $9,000 in donations from Pukalani Superette. 

Governor David Ige called a news conference at the State Capitol on Friday to discuss the ongoing conflict at Maunakea and to dispel what state officials are calling “false narratives.” Meantime, leaders of the movement maintain that their efforts are “rooted in Kapu Aloha,” “peace,” and “non-violence.”

Concerns surrounding the homeless presence off of East Kamehameha Avenue and Hoʻohana Street in Kahului are top-of-mind following Wednesday night’s fatal traffic accident and Thursday morning’s shooting involving a homeless altercation at the site.

The Department will be unveiling the completed 18-hole greens renovation project, fit with SeaStar Seashore Paspalum – a salt tolerant grass – that is perfect for our beautiful oceanside municipal golf course.

To help with the search Maui Now worked together with Khiara’s family and the Maui Police Department to put together a timeline of events for the case.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation (HDOT), together with all four county police departments and child passenger safety advocates, will participate in National Child Passenger Safety Week, Sept. 15 to 21, 2019.

Crews from the state Department of Transportation will be doing an inspection of the Lahaina Bypass that will result in increased activity at the bypass intersection with Kai Hele Kū Street.

Maui police are on the scene of a traffic accident on the Honoapiʻilani Highway near the North Kīhei Road intersection in Māʻalaea.

Maui police have identified the victim in Wednesday night’s fatal motor vehicle collision in Kahului as 41-year-old Jeremy Tackett.

Police say Kahalawai was reported missing by family members, who say she was last in contact with them at around 6:40 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019.