Maui News

A second Maui County project on South Kīhei Road is in two segments: from Līpoa Street to Auhana Road and from Keonekai Road to Kilohana Drive. Until July, two lanes of traffic will be allowed, with one in each direction. Later in July, road paving work will begin, and alternating single-lane traffic will be implemented.

US Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman, Jack Reed (D-RI), toured Red Hill as part of a week-long congressional delegation trip highlighting Hawaiʻi’s strategic importance to the US military.

The minimum wage bill would incrementally increase the wage starting with a step increase to $12 per hour on October 1 of this year, and culminate with an increase to $18 per hour in January of 2026.

Small businesses are advised of contracting opportunities with car rental companies located at Hawaiʻi’s airports. A virtual outreach event takes place on April 26.

For the third straight month, Maui County rain gauges were below half of what’s average, and some local farmers are seeing the impacts. Ryan Earehart of Okoʻa Farms, a family-owned business in Lower Kula, said deer began jumping his fence again about 10 days ago, ruining crops and searching for water.

Marlene Nagata replaces former Kula Postmaster David Wilbur, who recently moved on to a postmaster position at the Wailuku Post Office.

More than $6M in CIP funding was released for Maui specific projects including: $250,000 to Hāna Health, $1,293,000 for guardrail and shoulder improvements on State Highways on Maui, $1,483,000 to Maui Community Correctional Center, and $3M for ticket lobby improvements at Kahului Airport.

AARP Hawaiʻi is offering free online technology classes on Fridays in April and May, at 10 a.m.

The grant will support the work of Hui O Ka Wai Ola, a community-based ocean water quality monitoring program co-managed by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, The Nature Conservancy, and West Maui Ridge to Reef Initiative.

The Hawaiʻi service features more interisland flights within the state.  New, once daily service nonstop between Kahului (Maui) and Lihue (Kauai) begins June 5, with additional flights offered on existing interisland routes. 

The Maui County Planning Department has launched a Growth Alternatives Workshop for the South Maui Community Plan update. The online-only activity will be open from April 11-29, 2022.

After more than two years, Norwegian Cruise Liner’s Pride of America — the only U.S.-flagged vessel based in Hawai’i — is sailing interisland cruises again, with Maui as its first stop. 

In Kahului, the average price is $5.32, which is two cents higher than last week, 45 cents higher than last month, and $1.55 higher than a year ago.

The public can watch live streamed undersea footage from the Luʻuaeaahikiikekumu expedition that is exploring underwater mountains at Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument on NautilusLive.org.

Aloha United Way is seeking volunteers on Oʻahu for its “Faces of ALICE” project. ALICE stands for Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed.”

Haole Peños, a unique and upscale food truck concept, has just reopened in Kīhei, launching two give-back programs designed to help feed Maui’s hungry.

Hawaiian Airlines is marking the launch of its new program in partnership with Conservation International by matching all guest offsets during April – in recognition of Earth Day later this month – and committing to offsetting all future employee business travel on Hawaiian’s flights.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending April 10, 2022. May they rest in peace.

The familiar sight of red-glowing lava flows makes it hard to imagine a time when eruptions were different, “and to think that such a time may come again someday,” Johanne Schmith, a visiting scientist to Hawaiʻi writes.

The County of Maui Department of Housing and Human Concerns’ Kaunoa Senior Services program partnered with the Maui Hotel and Lodging Association to deliver 700 free meals and gifts to kūpuna, Friday.