Maui News

The Maui Film Festival honored Adam Driver today as the 2015 Maui Film Festival Shining Star Award recipient. During an exclusive Maui Now interview with Malika Dudley she asked if there is a major goal or aspiration for the future of his career. Driver responded saying, “The idea of planning or having an idea of where you want to go doesn’t make sense to me, because it’s never going to be that, so why even try to muscle something. I’ve been kind of lucky enough. Things have just kind of happened that I didn’t plan, and I’m just going to try and ‘ride the wave,’ to use an expression that will hopefully resonate with the Maui audience, and see where it goes.”

Maui police responded to 18 burglaries, 12 vehicle break-ins and 8 vehicle thefts in Maui County over the seven-day period between Sunday, May 24, and Saturday, May 30, 2015.

Supporters of the Kahoʻolawe Island Reserve Commission have launched a funding campaign in an effort to ensure continued restoration of and access to the island.

The purpose of the exercise was to prepare the State, Navy, Coast Guard, and industry response partners for their roles during a major catastrophic event that closes the Port of Honolulu and requires the activation of the Alternate Port in Pearl Harbor.

The Friends of Mokuʻula announced the premiere of a new educational and Hawaiian cultural series, Mokuʻula by Moonlight, on Wednesday, July 1, 2015.

Today is the deadline for bids on an RFP study, initiated by the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development to explore options available for a new electric utility model in Maui County.

A new exhibit featuring 18 recent recipients of France’s Legion of Honor medal is now available for viewing at the Nisei Veterans Memorial Center.

One free donut will be given to each customer on June 5, 2015 while supplies last with a percentage of proceeds from sales of additional donuts to benefit the Kahului Corps of The Salvation Army.

Promotions for Fire Captains Kaulana Kino, Sean Simon, and Firefighter III, Wayne Tashiro, took effect May 16, 2015. Promotions for Firefighter III’s Maroe Smith, Parrish Purdy, Greg Shinyama, and Garren Oura was effective May 1, 2015.

Cane burning opponents are calling for the State Department of Health to suspend the Burn Permit issued to Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar Company after heavy smoke last week reportedly sent at least one child to the hospital and resulted in numerous complaints, according to Maui resident Karen Chun of the Stop Cane Burn group.

Policymakers from throughout the state will gather on Maui to discuss investment success stories – and impediments to investment – at the Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties’ annual conference taking place June 24-26, 2015 in Mākena.

The Maui Department of Water Supply is warning customers of unauthorized phone calls from someone posing as a DWS representative.

Registration for the county’s emergency notification program tripled over a five day period as a second storm system forms in the Pacific Ocean. The 2015 Maui County Disaster Preparedness Expo will take place on Saturday, June 6, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m at the Queen Kaʻahumanu Center.

A public talk and educational event entitled “Aloha ʻĀina – Haleakalā to Mauna a Wākea” will be held at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College’s Ka Lama Building courtyard on Friday, June 5, 2015 beginning at 4 p.m.

The cleanup is the second at the site, following a successful event on May 30th in which about 60 volunteers spent four hours removing approximately 12 tons of debris from the beach area.

Maui police have launched a sexual assault investigation into reports of a man exposing himself and masturbating in a vehicle in Pukalani over the weekend.

Seventeen Hawaiʻi restaurants were included on OpenTable’s Top 100 list of best Al Fresco Dining Restaurants in America. With that many honorees, Hawaiʻi boasts the most restaurants on the list, including six Maui locations.

The next edition (June 3, 2015) of the Mayor’s TV Show, “Your County with Mayor Arakawa” will focus on the Waikapū Country Town, proposed for development on nearly 500 acres. The project seeks approvals for a mixed-use residential community within and around the Maui Tropical Plantation.

Pacific Whale Foundation Chief Scientist and Founder Greg Kaufman is presenting six research papers at the International Whaling Commission’s Scientific Committee Meeting scheduled for May 28 through today in San Diego, California.

Proposed revisions to the draft Lānaʻi Community Plan update are now available on the council’s web site, Planning Committee Chair Don Couch announced today.