Maui News

The Maui Nui Makai Network, a grassroots coalition of community partners who are working to protect and restore the islands’ coral reefs and nearshore marine resources, received The Nature Conservancy’s Kākoʻo ʻĀina Award at a community celebration this past weekend on Maui.

The state Department of Health has confirmed four additional cases of measles on Maui and Kauaʻi, bringing the total number of confirmed measles cases in these two separate clusters in Hawaiʻi to seven, and the total reported cases for the year to nine.

Advance tickets are on sale for the Lahaina Halloween Express shuttle that will operate on Halloween, Oct. 31, 2014, for individuals looking for a way to get to and from the Front Street Halloween festivities.

Work will take place Mondays to Saturdays, from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and will result in possible traffic delays on West Alu Road during this time.

Rescue crews were unable to revive a man who was pulled from the water at Keawakapu Beach in South Maui on Wednesday afternoon. Maui police have since identified the man as…

The commission will install data loggers to provide continuous monitoring of stream levels at two locations along the ʻĪao waterway; and one location along Waikapū Stream. The action comes as the commission continues oversight for implementation of the Nā Wai ʻEhā Interim Instream Flow Standards.

The Maui Weekly newspaper published its last issue on Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, and its online version is no longer accessible via the internet.

A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY is posted for the Pailolo Channel and Māʻalaea Bay until 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 31, 2014. Rough seas are expected from 6 to 12 feet. Winds are forecasted out of the northeast at 20 to 25 knots. Inexperienced mariners are cautioned to avoid navigating in these conditions.

Motorists are advised of traffic delays, including partial and full road closures during work hours from Monday through Friday, excluding County holidays.

Maui Police say an alleged threat prompted the lockdown today of two Central Maui schools. An investigation revealed that there were no threats at the schools and the incident was determined to be unfounded.

The Transportation Security Administration discovered an unloaded cannon barrel in the luggage of a passenger traveling through Kahului Airport.

Maui police responded to 20 burglaries, 13 vehicle thefts, and 24 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period, between Oct. 19 to 25, 2014.

The County of Maui Department of Water Supply advises motorists to follow signage and drive with caution at the intersection of Piʻikea Street and South Kīhei Road on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014 due to a waterline repair project.

The rally comes ahead of the November 4 general election, in which voters will be given the opportunity to vote for or against the initiative.

The burn is part of the company’s 142nd harvest that began in mid-March. The fire was a scheduled burn that began at 6 a.m., and was to conclude 10 a.m. above Hawaiian Cement near Kīhei.

A 56-year-old female visitor from France was rescued from the Kīpahulu area of Haleakalā National Park in East Maui on Sunday afternoon.

Rescue crews were unable to revive a visitor who was pulled from waters north of Pu’u Keka’a or Black Rock in Kāʻanapali on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 26, 2014, officials said. Maui police have since identified the man as…

The group Hui o Nā Wai ʻEhā joined community members, concerned citizens, and kuleana loʻi kalo farmers in conducting a rally at various streams across central Maui on Friday, Oct. 24, 2014.

Governor Neil Abercrombie today signed a request seeking federal assistance through a Presidential Disaster Declaration to supplement local emergency efforts in response to the Kīlauea lava flow on the Big Island of Hawaiʻi.

Under the new framework though, Hawaiʻi’s longline fleet could contract with the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to use a portion of that area’s unused ʻahi quota.