Maui News

Maui Electric will be doing upgrades to electrical equipment tonight that will require a road closure at Alamaha Street and Wākea Avenue.

Lau Ola LLC, a medical cannabis provider, announced that the company is now operating under the new brand name of Big Island Grown (B.I.G.) Dispensaries.

Senator Mazie K. Hirono voted today to advance a resolution to end U.S. involvement in the Saudi-led war in Yemen.

Maui resident Josephine Tempongko’s was selected as a winner for the Petco Foundation’s 2018 Holiday Wishes campaign, earning the Maui Humane Society a $10,000 grant.

A Maui firefighter suffered hand lacerations while responding to a structure fire in Honokōhau Valley on Tuesday afternoon.

The Kauaʻi Forest Bird Recovery Project is starting an end-of-the-year fundraising and outreach campaign to help the native birds on the island recover their population.

Alexander & Baldwin has awarded a $10,000 grant to Big Brothers Big Sisters Hawaiʻi for its Maui Mentor Center.

Last year SBU collected more than 45,000 toys and more than $36,000 in monetary donations, making the holidays brighter for scores of Hawaiʻi’s children.

Haleakalā National Park on Maui will waive entrance fees on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2018 in honor of the memory of former President George H.W. Bush.

The Pools of ʻOheʻo in the Kīpahulu District of Haleakalā National Park will reopen on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018 following a nearly two year closure.

House Speaker Scott K. Saiki today announced the House Leadership and committee assignments for the Thirtieth Legislature (2019-2020).

“This is the first case in the State of Hawaiʻi where someone was convicted for providing material support to terrorism,” said Special Agent in Charge Kaul.

Cristiano Amon, President of Qualcomm Technologies Inc shows off the world’s first 5G reference design smartphone at the company’s Snapdragon Summit on Maui.

A man visiting from California died after being pulled unresponsive from waters at Maluaka Beach in Mākena on Monday morning. 

University of Hawaiʻi researchers have successfully developed a vaccine candidate for the Zika virus, showing its effectiveness in protecting mice and monkeys.

The ‘Āina Pono Hawai‘i State Farm to School Program celebrated a milestone on Kauaʻi with ‘Ele‘ele Elementary School becoming the first Hawai‘i Department of Education school to officially serve kalo or taro in its food service menu.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Clean Water Branch is pursuing an environmental enforcement action against Hū Honua in Pepe‘ekeo on Hawai‘i Island.

The IRS office in Honolulu and 45 other offices across the country will continue to have access to automatic external defibrillators following intervention from Senators Mazie K. Hirono and Brian Schatz in opposition to the IRS’ plan to remove the devices.

Six officers graduated from the first DLNR DOCARE Academy, an immersive, six-week training in conservation enforcement.

Gov. David Ige signed a fifth supplementary emergency proclamation relating to the volcanic activity and lava flows in the Puna District of Hawai‘i County.