Maui News

The public is invited to celebrate the start of summer at Sunday’s Happy Valley Wellness Day. The community event unfolds from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on June 24th in the Living Way Church parking lot at 399 N. Market St. at Mokuhau Road.

Nine and 18 holes of FootGolf is available at Kāʻanapali after 4 p.m. seven days a week starting at $15 to walk and an additional $15 to ride a shared golf cart.

The panel discussed issues that included the influx of tourism, keeping pace with infrastructure, affordable housing, control of water, the importance of agriculture and efforts to diversify the economy. 

The public is invited to learn more about the Kīhei transportation planning project and offer input during the town’s Fourth Friday event, taking place tonight, Friday, June 22, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Azeka Shopping Center.

Law enforcement on Maui  is taking part in the ‘Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over’ campaign during the Fourth of July holiday weekend, June 29-July 5, 2018, to put an end to drunk driving.

The Kula Community Association hosts an Upcountry Primary Election Candidate Forum on Wednesday, June 27 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.

It was reported that Mark Lawrence Kramer’s last contact was during a phone call in which he related he was lost on a hardened lava flow. The communication ended when his phone battery died.

Police arrived and located a 36-year-old female, Jami Leonard, (listing no permanent address), within the structure which was located within a County designated zone declared for “residents only.”

Company executives say the added frequency comes in response to high demand from Hokkaido travelers seeking a warm and relaxing Hawaiian vacation during the winter holiday.

Maui restaurants included on the list are: The Mill House in Waikapū, Mama’s Fish House in Pāʻia, Leilani’s on the Beach in Kāʻanapali; Kimo’s Restaurant Maui, the Hula Grill Kāʻanapali, Fleetwoods on Front Street and Duke’s Beach House Maui in Lahaina.

Two border terriers, Henry and Reese, are being deployed to Lehua Island off the coast of Kaua‘i to further eradicate invasive Pacific rats, which eat the chicks of nesting seabirds and devour the native plants that help support a large variety of bird life.

Starting Sunday, July 1, the Maui Bus will begin a new Waiheʻe Villager route #8 and will change service on Kula Villager route #39, according to the County Department of Transportation.

The data revealed that bookings for Wailea on Maui are on the rise, growing 56% in a year.  Wailea was ranked number 10 on a list that shows rising popularity of destinations throughout the US.

The Hawai’i Commission on Water Resource Management today issued a decision on East Maui interim instream flow standards.

Health Director Dr. Bruce Anderson said that since cats are the only animal that transmit the toxoplasmosis, it “only makes sense” that reducing the number of feral cats will reduce the risk of infection and serious illness or death in other animals.

On July 1st, a new law goes into effect in Maui County that makes it illegal to smoke or vape in vehicles with children under the age of 18 present.  The fine for a first time violator is $200.

The desalination project will be located at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai‘i Authority’s 870-acre Hawai‘i Ocean Science and Technology Park in Kailua-Kona on Hawai‘i Island.

To better prevent fall-related injuries and fatalities in kupuna, the Hawai‘i State Department of Health (DOH) has launched its annual Senior Fall Prevention Awareness campaign.

A fatal hit-and-run crash in Kahului leads to an arrest, Hawai‘i Island’s mayor is hospitalized for the second time in two days, and a benefit concert for a popular local musician brings surprises. Get details on these stories and more in our headline recap video with Maui Now’s Kanoa Leahey.

The Lahaina Restoration Foundation is seeking the public’s help in finding information about a hit-and-run accident that resulted in damage to the exterior wall of the Old Lahaina Prison.