Maui News

A group of fourth grade students from Pōmaikaʻi and Kamaliʻi Elementary Schools spent the day discovering the wonders of the wetlands at Maui’s Keālia Pond.

The Hāna students produced a video on environmental sustainability that focused on educating the younger generation by passing down teachings of their kupuna.

A 20-year-old Makawao man was airlifted to safety after he was unable to climb back up a 30-foot waterfall in the Makamakaʻole Gulch area of Kahakuloa on Monday

Maui representatives secured more than $438 million in CIP funding for the biennium of fiscal years 2018 and 2019 for various projects in Maui County.

Maui’s Shane B. Payba, a Counselor at UH Maui College, was among a list of 14 faculty members selected as recipients of the Regents’ Medal for Excellence.

Sen. Hirono’s diagnosis was made after a routine pre-operative physical for her eye surgery, indicating kidney cancer, that is also present in her seventh rib.

Alexander & Baldwin’s new Kūlōlio Ranch is a grass-fed cattle pasturing operation that is situated on 4,000 acres of former sugar land in Central Maui.

Metallic streamers sprayed from a “confetti cannon” onto power lines, caused an outage that affected about 300 customers in the Keʻeaumoku area early today.

Emergency crews are responding to a report of a traffic accident with injuries reported at around 10:01 a.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2017 in Kahakuloa Village.

A new Sodium Guidestar became operational, sending an orange beam of light into the sky over the Maui Space Surveillance Complex near the summit at Haleakalā.

Maui Electric Company and Kā‘anapali Golf Courses’ 8th Annual Keiki Tilapia Fishing Tournament raised over $20,000 benefiting the Maui United Way.

A new survey shows more than 48,000 acres identified in the July 2016, giving Hawai‘i island a potential Rapid ʻŌhiʻa Death infestation of some 75,000 acres.

This ongoing investigation represents the largest number of mumps cases seen in Hawai‘i since 2001.

The Maui Emergency Management Agency will conduct siren testing at select locations on Maui between May 17-19, 2017.

There is no set timeline for when the panel may issue a ruling. The injunction against the travel ban remains in place until the Ninth Circuit rules.

An estimated 1,237 gallons of wastewater overflowed from a manhole on the Hāna Highway in Kahului on Sunday morning.

Those honored included: Officer Harry Fung (1941), Officer Frank Kong (1952), Sgt William Roback Sr. (1958), Officer Gene Williams (1999), Officer Cerilo Agarano Jr. (1999), and Park Ranger Suzanne Roberts (2004).

Designated camping areas at Kalalau Beach are largely free of illegal camps, but there are numbers of them up in the valley, in remote and well hidden areas.

The man was reportedly picking breadfruit from a tree when an aluminum pole he was carrying came into contact with an overhead high voltage power line.

May they rest in peace. Maui Weekly Obituaries for the week of May 14