Maui News

Rep. Souki maintains his role as House Speaker, while all Maui Representatives have roles as either chair or vice chair of various committees.

Affected areas include: Halalai, Kaiola, Luluka, Kuʻu Home, Papau Komohana, and Papau Hikina Place; ʻAhaʻaina Way; Halalai, Papau, Hoʻopili Akau, Malimali, ʻImihale, and Kūlanihākoʻi Street; all streets off of Kūlanihākoʻi; and the Betsill subdivision.

Meteorologist Malika Dudley’s daily Maui County weather forecast. Today areas of haze are expected across Maui, Lanaʻi and Molokaʻi. A couple of fronts could bring showers as well.

The Maui Police Department will be stepping up traffic enforcement over the next two weeks during a campaign that will run from Monday, Nov. 17 to Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014, including the Thanksgiving holiday. National statistics show that fatal motor vehicle crashes increase during the holiday week of Thanksgiving.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources will host a community on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, to present interim plans for the management of land at the newly acquired Līpoa Point.

Maui Police are seeking the public’s help with information relating to a burglary reported at the MacNet Store in Kahului on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014.

The Salvation Army on Maui hosts a Health Fair for the Homeless on Friday, Nov. 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at their Kahului offices on West Kamehameha Avenue.

The University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents recently approved a new policy amendment that grants all qualifying veterans resident tuition at all UH campuses.

Imua Family Services will launch a new “inclusion” preschool in 2015 that celebrates children’s similarities as well as their different abilities and cultures, program executives announced this week.

Representatives from the Maui chapters of the Royal Order of Kamehameha, ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu and Hale o Na Aliʻi will speak at tonight’s social gathering of the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce slated to begin at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 11 at the Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapū.

Haleakalā National Park is waiving entrance fees for all park visitors today in commemoration of Veteran’s Day.

A standing room only crowd showed up to testify at an informational briefing and hearing on Maui focused on the state health system and district plans to address anticipated budget shortfalls.

The late Patsy Takemoto Mink was among nineteen individuals identified by President Barack Obama today as recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor in the nation.

Orikasa’s promotion to captain took effect on Nov. 1, 2014. He is currently assigned as the Commander of the Kīhei Patrol District.

There were 445 sheltered and 514 unsheltered homeless individuals on Maui in 2014, up 9.47% from the previous year. That’s up from counts over the past two years, but down from the more than 1,000 homeless individuals counted in 2009 and 2011.

Maui County councilmember Mike White announced today that he will chair the Council during the upcoming 2015-2017 term, which begins on Jan. 2, 2015.

The fine for violating the boater education rule can range from $50 to $1,000, and/or up to 30 days in jail, and possible suspension of operating a boat in state waters for up to a month.

There were no immediate advisories issued following a 3.8 magnitude earthquake reported at 5:39 a.m. HST on Monday, Nov. 10, 2014, near Kalaoa on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

More than 9,000 people attended the first ever Made in Maui County Festival held at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014, despite steady rain over the Central Maui area throughout the day.

Fire crews responded to reports of the fire located in the old macadamia nut fields, about a quarter mile mauka of the highway just north of Makaʻala Drive.