Maui News

A rehabilitation project to improve facilities at the Puaʻa Kaʻa State Wayside, a scenic rest stop and picnic area on Maui’s Hāna Highway, is set to begin on Monday, April 21 and run through May 12, 2025.

Thanks to the generosity of Hele customers statewide, in just one month, a total of $31,300 was raised to support public school teachers committed to introducing innovative ways to give their students positive learning experiences.  

An Avis-Budget rental office has opened at Maui Mall Village, giving kamaʻāina and visitors a convenient alternative location for all their car rental needs on the Valley Isle. The outlet, which features a full-service rental counter, is located next to IHOP and Crystal Dreams. Rental cars may be picked up from and returned to reserved stalls conveniently located in the Maui Mall Village parking lot.

The Wailuku-based nonprofit Maui Hui Mālama has been awarded a $410,000 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to expand its educational services for Native Hawaiian youth and families in Maui County.

The program provides scholarships to students attending the University of Hawai’i system and affiliated community colleges.

A proposed $1.85 million project to rebuild an oceanfront home on wildfire-ravaged Front Street in Lahaina is getting support from neighbors who also want to rebuild while taking hits from critics concerned with coastline impacts, rising sea levels, and what one opponent called “another mansion on the shoreline.”

The Hawaiʻi Department of Health has confirmed a second case of measles in the household of a child previously confirmed on April 7. The adult member of the family had exhibited symptoms and was presumed infected. Both individuals had recently returned from international travel.

Maui Preparatory Academy has a full slate of summer camp offerings on its Nāpili campus this summer. The camps run in weekly sessions, Monday through Friday, with options for students in all grades.

The National Weather Service has extended a Flood Advisory for the island of Maui until 10:30 p.m.

The average price in Kahului is $4.49, one cent less than last week and 33 cents lower than a year ago.

County of Maui offices, facilities and services will be closed or modified on Good Friday, April 18, 2025.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has confirmed a new travel-related case of dengue virus on Oʻahu, bringing the total number of dengue cases to seven in the state in 2025 (one on Maui, six on Oʻahu). The affected individual in this current case was exposed to the virus while traveling in a region where dengue is common. This case is unrelated to the dengue cases reported on April 10 and 11, 2025.

The Hawaiʻi State Department of Health has issued Notices of Award for the Essential Rural Medical Air Transport (ERMAT) Pilot Program to Pūlama Ka Heke, a Moloka‘i-based nonprofit healthcare hui, and to a partnership between Pūlama Ka Heke and Lānaʻi Kinā‘ole, a home healthcare agency, for the island of Lānaʻi.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health has issued a formal notice to proceed for Mānoa Botanicals, LLC dba Noa Botanicals after it passed its final on-site inspection for its fourth retail facility. Noa Botanicals’ new retail site is located at 345 Royal Hawaiian Ave., Honolulu, HI 96815, and the company expects to begin sales on Saturday, April 19, 2025. 

Locally heavy rain and a slight chance of thunderstorms is forecast through Friday. A new storm system could bring another chance for heavy rainfall and thunderstorms to the islands Tuesday and Wednesday, according to the NWS.

The Foam Company will host a April 26 Grand Opening featuring autographs from the company’s professional team riders, giveaways and promotions.

As part of its commitment to the revitalization of Lahaina following the August 2023 wildfires, the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College will once again provide tuition support for eligible graduates entering college this coming Fall 2025 Semester.

Two classmates from Maui Waena Intermediate took first and second place in the Grades 5–8 art category.

The American Red Cross of Hawaiʻi has named Cheryl Jarrell as the new Community Disaster Program Manager for Maui County.

In Hawaii, Matson continued its annual support for public schools statewide as the sole corporate sponsor of the State Department of Education’s Beginning Teacher Summer Academies with a contribution of $50,000 for two years. Larger contributions of primarily in-kind services in Hawaii include: Hawaii Foodbank – $1,254,000; Maui Wildfire Recovery – $ 648,000; Maui Foodbank – $ 613,000; and American Heart Association – $77,500.