Maui News

The University of Hawaiʻi has partnered with Rave Mobile Safety to launch a new emergency alert system, UH RAVE Alert, which will send notifications via email and text. All UH community members will automatically receive emergency alerts at their “@hawaii.edu” email address.

The University of Hawai‘i Community Colleges are making education more accessible with reduced tuition rates for summer courses.

Maui Health will host its first Maui Healthcare Career Fair of 2025 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 24, at the main lobby of Maui Memorial Medical Center in Wailuku. Recruiters will be available to discuss job opportunities.

The new space, which serves Gates 1 to 15 in the airport’s southern concourse, was constructed by connecting two existing waiting areas, each approximately 6,000 square feet, and enclosing the open-air walkway that separated them. The result is a spacious 17,000-square-feet, air-conditioned area that can seat 460 passengers. In addition, a newly created garden deck provides an outdoor seating option for Kahului passengers.

A vision decades in the making is now becoming a reality with the announcement of a $15.43 million RAISE Grant to fund the West Maui Greenway.

Video recordings made by unmanned airborne drones could be used to establish probable cause for law enforcement arrests in illegal fireworks cases under a bill introduced by 19 members of the state House of Representatives.

The eruption of Kīlauea within the Kaluapele summit caldera resumed just before 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. This marks the beginning of the fifth episode of the current eruption that began on Dec. 23, 2024, following the most recent pause that began on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Food and Drug Branch is alerting residents of a recall issued by Wismettac Asian Foods, Inc. of its Shirakiku brand Curvee Puffs Corn Puff Snack – Curry Flavor, because the label does not inform consumers that the recalled product may contain milk, which is an allergen.

Maui OnStage invites the community to experience a spectacular musical celebration of legendary composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim at “Saturday with Sondheim.”

The Nature Conservancy Hawai‘i and Palmyra announced the addition of three esteemed individuals to its Board of Trustees—Jan Elliott, John Sabas and Dan Dunn.

The County of Maui Department of Water Supply is reminding Central and South Maui visitors and residents to continue to conserve water under the Stage 1 Water Shortage.

Hale Mahaolu, a nonprofit affordable housing provider, has announced plans to redevelop its Lahaina Surf property, and the Front Street Apartments, which is owned by the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation. The redevelopment projects are expected to provide 304 units of family housing for Maui residents.

The right single lane in the westbound direction will be closed on both sides of the Maui Veterans Highway intersection with Cane Haul Road from 9 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 23 to 6 a.m., Friday Jan. 24.

Kamaʻehuakanaloa volcano (formerly known as the Lōʻihi Seamount), offshore to the southeast of the Island of Hawaiʻi, entered a period of heightened seismic unrest around 2 a.m. HST on Monday, Jan. 21. Seismicity ceased by 8 a.m. HST and a continuation of earthquake swarm activity at this time seems unlikely, according to an update from the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory.

The public is invited to participate in a survey for the latest street art installation project, which aims to inspire street safety by bringing meaningful artwork to the intersection of Alulike Street and Kenolio Road in Kīhei, the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization announced Tuesday.

Emergency crews terminated response to this report just before 11:30 a.m. There was a report of a helicopter doing spraying in the area that could have potentially been mistaken as smoke by an observer, according to department reports. We have information indicating that all craft are accounted for.

Gov. Josh Green’s eviction moratorium for Maui will expire on Feb. 4, 2025. To provide information and answer questions about what this means for renters and landlords, the State and Maui Mediation Services will hold an event this Saturday, Jan. 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Cameron Center in Wailuku.

All Pā‘ina Market outlets at UH Maui College are open this week from Tuesday through Thursday.

The Ho‘ōla iā Mauiakama Long Term Recovery Group and All Hands And Hearts are calling on the community to join the upcoming “Lahaina Clean-Up Kōkua” events to support residents impacted by the August 2023 wildfire. Volunteers will help clear fire-damaged properties and prepare them for rebuilding.

Maui artist Challys Pascual has won the Jurors’ Choice Award for the Schaefer Portrait Challenge 2025 at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center.