Maui News

The Best in Maui list included 17 properties on Maui with the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea topping the list.

Brandy is an avid shark enthusiast and had no idea that she would be diving with sharks that day, nor that Joshua would ask her to marry him. Among a crowd of six different species of sharks and an audience of Aquarium guests, Joshua asked the big question and Brandy said yes!

Rescue crews are responding to a report of a female who fell about 15 feet near a swimming hole above the Hawaiʻi Nature Center in ʻĪao Valley.

Maui fire and ocean safety personnel are responding to a report of a capsized boat on the south side of Keawakapu Beach near the Mana Kai resort in South Maui.

This week, the National Park Service announced $15 million in support of 70 projects in 63 parks, including $312,000 at Haleakalā National Park to restore habitat in the upper elevations of Nu‘u on Maui for the federally endangered ‘ua‘u or Hawaiian petrel.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announced that Hoʻokipa Beach Park will remain closed today due to high surf.

Firefighters arrived to find a 150 foot section on both lanes of Hāna Highway covered with round hockey puck type discs. It was believed to be solid chlorine tablets typically used in swimming pools.

Maui fire and ocean safety personnel responded to multiple ocean related rescues on Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016, due to the rising northwest surf swell.

Through the CPEP, Hawaiʻi’s four counties receive HTA funding and other resources for tourism product development activities to support projects, festivals and events in the niche areas of cultural tourism, eco-tourism, agri-tourism, edu-tourism, health and wellness tourism, sports and techno-tourism in their respective counties.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Doug Chin issued a formal advisory opinion today stating that daily fantasy sports contests, such as those run by FanDuel and DraftKings, constitute illegal gambling under existing state laws.

Water department officials say customers in the area may experience low water pressure and are asked to conserve water and avoid any unnecessary water use during this time.

After years of struggle and only partial assistance available to parents, this year marks the beginning of more resources and much needed help for individuals with autism and their families.

NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has withdrawn its proposal to expand the size and focus of the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary around Hawaiʻi, and will instead remain focused on humpback whales.

Alexander and Baldwin’s recent announcement that it will end sugar production at Maui’s Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Co. will free about 36,000 acres of agriculturally zoned land at the end of 2016, prompting question over what crop would replace sugar.

The Special Committee, composed of community volunteers appointed by the council, will meet on Thursday, Jan. 28 at 1 p.m. in the Council Chamber in Wailuku.

Air 1 was guided towards the man, who turned out to be the father they were looking for. The man was uninjured and signaled to the helicopter crew that he was okay.

Just before the fire was discovered, another occupant was seen smoking in the area where the fire started, but had left the home. Fire officials have ruled the incident accidental.

Representative Ing said that while industrial hemp is not a “magic bullet” for Hawaiʻi’s agriculture, he said it deserves consideration, especially with the closing of sugar operations by Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company on Maui.

Authorities say the man regained consciousness and began breathing again after a female nurse on vacation, gave the man two short rounds of chest compressions.

The Maui Tomorrow Foundation is speaking out against a planned “Resort Complex” in Mākena that is proposed for development on 47.15 acres of undeveloped land makai of Mākena Alanui Road.