Maui News

How strong is this thing going to be when it gets to us? For now, all indications are that it will be a weakening tropical storm. In about 48 hours…

A free group bicycle ride organized and led by the nonprofit Maui Bicycling League will be held on Maui’s new Airport Access Road on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., prior to the road’s official public opening.

A brush fire in Makawao on Friday afternoon, July 31, 2015, burned a half-acre of pasture land off of the Haleakalā Highway before being brought under control.

The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency continues to work with emergency management and civil defense partners to monitor Hurricane Guillermo, which was 1325 miles east-southeast of Hilo at 5 p.m. on Friday, July 31, 2015.

Maui police identified the 20 individuals arrested (13 males and 7 women) and charged for blocking a convoy of heavy equipment and telescope parts from being delivered to Haleakala for the ongoing construction of the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope.

The Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission has announced the trolling schedule for permitted vessels only for August 2015. The schedule includes permitted trolling from Aug. 1-2 and 15-16, between 12:01 a.m. on Saturday and 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.

The Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency will conduct its monthly test of the statewide outdoor siren warning system, at 11:45 a.m. on Monday, August 3, 2015.

The Maui Department of Planning has levied fines totaling half a million dollars against the owner and operator of three vacation rentals in Pāʻia.

The state Department of Labor and Industrial Relations has ruled that a Maui chiropractor defrauded the County of Maui dozens of times, in what may be one of the greatest number of fraud counts found against a health care provider in county history, according to county officials.

At 12:46 a.m., on Friday, July 31, two semi truck loads of material were escorted through the crowd of remaining demonstrators near the Central Maui Baseyard off of the Mokulele Highway. Arrests continued into the night with at least 20 people removed and handcuffed during the incident.

Maui fire crews responded to three separate brush fires in West Maui within the span of an hour on Thursday, July 30, 2015, fire officials said.

Under the transportation bill, Hawaiʻi’s highway funding increases from a current level of $163 million to $171 million in the first year of the bill, a nearly 5% increase, and up to $197 million in fiscal year 2021, a 20% increase from current funding levels. According to Hirono, the bill in its current form does not provide funding for the full six years.

Metered parking begins at the Māʻalaea Small Boat Harbor on Maui on Monday, August 3, 2015. Under the new structure, vendor Diamond Parking will install parking meters, collect fees ($0.50 per hour, $12.00 per 24 hour period) for all parking stalls in the harbor and pay for necessary infrastructure upgrades related to vehicle parking.

The Northrop Grumman Corporation today announced that the large mirror crafted for the Daniel K Inouye Solar Telescope atop Haleakalā has been formally accepted for use on Maui. The announcement comes as demonstrators plan to block a convoy from delivering telescope parts and equipment to the summit tonight.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will host a third round of public informational meetings to present the Hāna Highway Bridge Preservation Plan and collect public input prior to the drafting of the final version.

Maui police responded to 14 burglaries, 48 vehicle break-ins and 12 vehicle thefts in Maui County over the seven-day period between Sunday, July 19, and Saturday, July 25, 2015.

Ancient Hawaiian athletes go head-to-head in challenging games and sports as flocks of observers commemorate the bounty of the land and its resources depicting pre-Western contact Hawaiʻi. This vivid array of colors and images is the subject of the new mural covering the front wall of the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College Kaʻaʻike building, set to be completed in September. The collaborative project is headed by UH Maui College student Samuel “Kammy” Kaiwi with the help of fellow student artists and painters.

A coalition of advocates for the environment, labor, health and native Hawaiians are gathered on Kāʻanapali Beach near the Westin today to speak out against negotiations involving the Trans-Pacific Partnership. As part of the demonstration, the group will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for beach conch sell blowing this evening, in the hopes of bringing attention to the TPP negotiations that are taking place in Kāʻanapli on Maui this week.

The State of Hawaiʻi has reached a $15.4 million settlement with Matson Navigation Company over the September 2013 molasses spill that dumped some 233,000 gallons into Honolulu Harbor, killing fish and damaging coral at the site.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa and Managing Director Keith Regan were on hand Tuesday to welcome back 17 Hawaiʻi Air National Guardsmen from the 292nd Combat Communication Squadron from a six-month deployment in the Mideast. Photo Credit: Ryan Piros, County of Maui, July 28, 2015.