Maui News

The funding release was announced today by Governor Neil Abercrombie who shed light on the crucial role the center plays in serving the uninsured and under-insured citizens on Lānaʻi.

The “Small Business Revitalization” program is designed to assist small businesses on Lānaʻi that have fewer than 10 employees, with 40/60 matching grants ranging from $500 to $5,000.

Restaurants and food trucks get a yellow placard when a business has two or more critical violations, or when they have a critical violation that is not corrected; and a red placard indicates that a food establishment poses a danger to health and requires closure.

Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard announced the US Department of Health and Human Services awarded Maui Family Support Services a $1.3 million grant to support their Early Head Start Program.

State Health Department officials say the conditions can be hazardous due to possible pesticides, fecal matter, pathogens, and chemicals associated with flood debris.

The state reopened the Makawao and Kula forest reserves on Maui, including Polipoli Springs State Park on Monday following inclement conditions associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Wali.

Engine companies from Kihei and Wailea along with two fire department tankers responded to a brush fire next to Piikea Park off of Liloa Drive.

One proposal calls for the acquisition of 5 acres at the Kehalani Village Center in Wailukufor $6.5 million. The owner, RCFC Kehalani, is offering to donate an additional 14.4 acres near the corner of Kuikahi and Waiale Road in Wailuku as part of the deal.

Maui police begin a week-long speeding enforcement campaign today in an effort to reduce speed-related crashes in Maui County.

The largest outage was reported in the Haʻikū area at around 7:15 a.m. on Sunday, July 20, when a tree fell and broke a pole on West Kuiaha Road. It affected an estimated 1,322 customers.

Civil Defense has cancelled the flash flood watch. This will be the last notification on this event.

The operator of the vessel, “Double Scoop,” reported that one of their snorkelers was unresponsive and three others were stranded in the rocks in the surf zone near the islet.

Fire officials say fireworks are to blame for a residential fire that destroyed a two-story Oe Street home in Kīhei, causing an estimated $520,000 in damage.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources, Divisions of Forestry and Wildlife and State Parks will close the Makawao Forest Reserve and Kula Forest Reserve (including Polipoli Spring State Park) effective noon today.

In the program’s first year of operation, from May 2013 to April 2014, officers initiated 60 investigations, compared to 17 in the same period from the previous year, according to state officials.

The Maui Humane Society will host the last in a series of vaccination clinics to combat the deadly panleukopenia feline virus which was has killed at least eight cats on Maui over the last few months.

Tropical Storm Wali was downgraded to a tropical depression at 11 a.m. Despite weakening, the NWS is still forecasting heavy rainfall to affect the Hawaiian islands beginning by Saturday evening.

The class also consists of graduates from 22 public high schools, including Dane Kurohara of Wailuku who graduated from Baldwin High School on Maui.

The recipients, all recent graduates of Maui secondary schools, are: Baldwin High’s TJ Makoa Kanichi Idemoto; Seabury Hall’s Nahenahe Anmei Norton-Tolentino; and Kekoa Burton Meanor and Daniel Kuiokalani Shigeo Quenga, both of Kamehameha Schools Maui.

The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for the island of Maui from 6 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, to 6 p.m. on Monday, July 21, as rains from Tropical Storm Wali are expected to impact the state.