Maui News

Due to a staff shortage, a refuse collection route in the Haʻikū area was not serviced on Friday, March 20, 2015. County officials say the trash route collection for this area will take place Saturday, March 21, 2015.

The Maui House delegation secured an estimated $165 million in Capital Improvement Project funds for various projects across Maui County as part of a budget bill that now advances to the state Senate for further consideration.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa will unveil his proposal for the Fiscal Year 2016 budget during a presentation at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, in the Mayor’s Conference Room.

Maui police issued a total of 344 citations and made 12 arrests during the Saint Patrick’s Day Impaired Driving Prevention Campaign that ran from Monday, March 16 through Wednesday, March 18, 2015.

Leahey, who is an ESPN sportscaster, and talk show host on Maui’s ESPN 900 AM, is being honored for his work over the years, which also included time as the former sports director and anchor at KHON2 and sports anchor at KITV.

The historic Hāna Ranch in East Maui recently opened a farm stand, featuring locally-grown seasonal organic fruits and vegetables.

The Maui Bicycling League is urging cyclists to show support for the family of a bicyclist killed in South Kīhei by attending a pretrial court hearing on Thursday, March 19.

Youth with the Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Hawaiʻi in Honolulu participated in the event by visiting the State Capitol to educate legislators and empower their peers to advocate for bills to raise the tobacco age of sale in the state to 21.

Maui police are seeking the public’s help in recovering stolen US Navy items that were taken from an unattended parked vehicle in South Maui over the weekend. Police say unknown suspects stole the items on Sunday, March 15, 2015, from within a vehicle that was parked at a Kīhei beach.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa celebrated the reopening of the Kenolio Recreational Complex today. The facility, which also serves as the Maui Bridge and Intellectual Games Center, burned down in 2011.

Maui police provided some tips on how to avoid being scammed after Maui Now received multiple reports of individuals being approached outside of several businesses in Central Maui.

A Kansas man suffered severe lacerations to his left forearm, and an injury to his left thigh during a shark attack reported at Hāpuna Beach on Hawaiʻi Island this morning.

The House bill includes $2 million to improve the heavily used Maui Raceway Park, $4 million to replace the DLNR Maui annex building, and $5 million for the Central Maui Park.

The system is expected to generate 63,495 kWh in its first year of production and save the Boy Scouts Maui chapter $425,000 over 20 years.

Every year for the last 47 years, elderly adults in Maui County have been honored and recognized for their contributions and accomplishments with an annual awards ceremony. The County of Maui’s Office on Aging is now seeking nominees for the 47th annual Outstanding Older American Male and Female of Maui County awards

A series of public meetings to gather input on the Fiscal Year 2016 budget is planned in April at various locations across the county. The budget review begins after the Mayor submits his proposed version of the budget to the council on March 25, 2015.

***UPDATE: Governor David Ige today withdrew his nomination of Carleton Ching as chairperson for the state Department of Land and Natural Resources.

UPDATE: On 03/17/15 at about 6 p.m., Jessica Takemura was located by Detectives. Information received from the public helped investigators locate Takemura. She was found in good health.

The Maui County Council’s Land Use Committee will hold a site inspection this Thursday, March 19, at the proposed site of the West Maui Hospital.

Water customers on the Upper Kula water system may notice a change in their water as the County Department of Water Supply switches the distribution system disinfectant from chlorine back to chloramines on or around Wednesday, March 25, 2015.