Maui News

Startup Weekend Maui kicks off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, at Maui Economic Development Board’s Malcolm Center in Kīhei.

A portion of Hoʻohana Street in Kahului is closed to traffic between Kamehameha Avenue and Wākea Avenue due to a large oil spill on the roadway. Maui police say the spill is also partially on Puʻunēnē Avenue. Motorists are advised to avoid the area and take an alternate route until the roadway is cleared.

The audit included review of the period in which OHCA was facing the challenge of inadequate staffing to meet its statutory obligations.

On Saturday, November 17, the Kealia Pond National Wildlife Refuge will feature a variety of free special activities to visitors and their families.

Motorists are advised of a motor vehicle accident on North Kīhei Road. The road is temporarily blocked in both directions at Keālia Pond

On Maui, several small populations have been removed and the team is working with the Maui Invasive Species Committee to design a strategy that will hopefully eradicate a large infestation in Nāhiku.

The University of Hawaiʻi 10-campus system is participating in a new effort with 130 public universities and systems woring in clusters of four to 12 institutions to increase college access, close achievement gaps and award hundreds of thousands more degrees by 2025.

The Kula Community Association hosts a community meeting in the Kula Community Center from 7 to 9 p.m. tonight, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018.

A quarter of an acre of brush was scorched in an afternoon fire above Hanakaʻōʻō Beach in Lahaina on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.

Applications are now being accepted through the end of this year for Boards, Councils, Commissions and Committees in Maui County due to expiring terms and vacancies.

The University of Hawaiʻi Maui College will hold an open house on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018 to provide information on academic and support programs.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands will receive $1.59 million in USDA funding to improve water infrastructure of the Hoʻolehua Water System on Molokaʻi.

Nine newly elected Representatives to the 2019 Legislature are moving into their offices, including Maui’s Troy Hashimoto and Christine M.L. Wildberger

Hawaiian Paddle Sports was named Hawaiʻi’s Sustainable Operator of the Year, and Lila Jones, head mermaid instructor at Hawaiʻi Mermaid Adventures, was named Maui’s Ecotour Guide of the Year.

A man convicted of assaulting his spouse by strangulation at Haleakalā National Park last year, was sentenced three-and-a-half years in prison yesterday.

The public is invited to Stories of the Gannenmono, a free lecture by University of Hawai‘i professor Dr. Dennis Ogawa.

Ocean Safety and Fire personnel responded to a swimmer possibly injured in the shorebreak at DT Fleming Beach at around 2:45 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, 2018.

The victim was eventually located by firefighters on the bottom of the pond in approximately six feet of water.

U.S. Senators Brian Schatz and Cory Booker have called on the Department of Justice to investigate numerous reports of possible voter suppression in the gubernatorial election in Georgia.

Maui police responded to 11 burglaries, 20 vehicle thefts and 20 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Oct. 28 to Nov. 3, 2018.