Maui News

The beach cleanup was held on Sunday, March 30, and comes as the Maui County Council considers a bill on first reading this Friday that seeks the creation of Tobacco-Free Zones at all Maui County parks and beaches.

The Maui Department of Water Supply today announced it has begun the long-awaited process of issuing water meters in the Upcountry area.

The American Red Cross is currently recruiting disaster volunteers on Maui, with a series of training classes available next week in Wailuku.

“While we don’t know that this suspect is in Hawaiʻi, the fact is that he has to be somewhere. As such, we are asking people to share his photos on social media, so we can get some meaningful tips,” said Honolulu FBI Special Agent Tom Simon.

The state Department of Health issued a Brown Water Advisory for Honokahua Bay in West Maui following heavy rains earlier this week.

In Kahului, Maui, wave activity reached 1.7 feet with 18 minute intervals between waves according to a reading at 5:14 a.m. Maui beach parks will remain closed until Ocean Safety officials have completed an assessment of the conditions.

Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa will discuss multiple sclerosis awareness and his version of the 2015 Fiscal Year Budget during the next edition of his television show entitled “Your County with Mayor Arakawa.”

A co-plaintiff in the suit is Pamela Lichty, an ACLU board member, and president of the Drug Policy Action Group.

The annual BE A JERK, statewide campaign to stop underage drinking kicks off today with a proclamation to be signed by Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa this afternoon, proclaiming April as Alcohol Awareness month in Maui County.

Student volunteers from universities in Southern California and Wisconsin spent their spring break on Maui, assisting in the construction of Habitat for Humanity’s Kahawai Street affordable housing project in Happy Valley.

The Maui County Department of Water Supply received a total of 889 entries for its 5th Annual Water Conservation Poster Contest, more than doubling the amount of entrants from the previous year.

An estimated 1,000 to 2,000 people participated in an anti-GMO march and rally held on Sunday as a deadline nears to obtain signatures for a petition calling for the suspension of genetically engineered operations and practices in Maui County.

The threat of thunderstorms and rains remain a possibility for Maui through today, prompting an extension of a flash flood watch until 6 p.m. on Sunday, March 30, 2014.

Maui Now received reports of a waterspout seen at around 1:50 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, in waters off of Maui.

Maui firefighters rescued two children and an adult who became stranded when rising and turbulent water prevented them from getting back across the Wailuku River on Saturday afternoon.

A flood advisory for Maui has been extended to 10:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 29, 2014. Forecasters with the National Weather Service say radar at 9:20 p.m. showed that rainfall had diminished over the Windward East Maui area; but the flood advisory remains in effect as ponding and runoff continues from heavy rains earlier in the evening.

Police say the discovery was made in the late evening hours on Thursday, March 27, 2014, by a local hunter in the area of Twin Falls in Haʻikū, Maui.

Heavy pockets of rain reported over several different areas of Maui prompted a flood advisory from the National Weather Service that will remain in effect until 4 p.m., but may need to be extended longer if heavy rains persist.

The project includes the raising, realigning, and cleaning of approximately 1,554 headstones, rehabilitation of 132,000 square-feet of turf, and infrastructure improvements on the northern portion of the cemetery.

“In addition to frequent lightning and intense rainfall, severe thunderstorms are capable of producing damaging winds and hail the size of quarters or larger,” the forecast stated.