Maui News

Equipment, including firearms and ammunition and other state and personal property were taken. This includes a Polaris Utility Terrain Vehicle, which was recovered in the Tantalus area.

Kamehameha Schools Maui Poʻo Kula, Dr. Scott Parker, has been named to the Board of Trustees for the National Association of Independent Schools.

Hawaiian Electric is forecasting that residential bills for customers in Maui and Hawaiʻi counties will rise about 20% over the next several months, while O‘ahu customers will see an estimated 10% increase.

The longest experimental study on corals, a 22-month project that replicated current and future ocean conditions, suggests Hawaiian corals can remain resilient as climate change makes seawater warmer and more acidic.

Hawaiʻi student-inmates at CoreCivic’s Saguaro Correctional Center are transcribing braille for school children who are impacted by blindness or visual impairment through a course offered by the Foundation for Blind Children.

The plan is intended to help create goals for historic preservation in the state and inform the activities of the SHPD. Completion of this plan is required for Hawaiʻi to remain eligible to receive federal funds from the National Park Service.

Governor David Ige appointed Luella Costales to the state House of Representatives, District 39. Costales fills the vacancy left by former Representative Ty Cullen, who resigned on Feb. 8, 2022. 

Maui County Councilmember Mike Molina, who currently holds the Makawao-Haʻikū-Pāʻia residency seat, submitted his nomination form to the County Clerk’s office on Wednesday, signaling the start of his Mayoral campaign.  

Hawaiian Airlines has launched a statewide hiring campaign, and is recruiting more than 600 positions companywide for airport and operational positions, as well as administrative roles, to support the carrier’s growth as travel demand continues to improve.

A recent lack of rainfall has reduced water flowing to the East Maui Irrigation tunnel that provides water to storage tanks at Nāhiku.

The temporary water service interruption is a portion of DHHL’s $37 million capital improvement project aimed at improving Molokaʻi’s 80-year-old Hoʻolehua Water System.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment, find our comprehensive listing here.

A recent milestone decision affirmed Native Hawaiian kalo farmers and subsistence gatherers in a long-fought legal battle over East Maui water rights. 

Of today’s 154 cases, there are 143 cases identified as confirmed, and 11 probable cases were added to the count.  The confirmed cases included: 80 on O‘ahu (+8 probable); eight on Hawai‘i Island; 19 on Maui (+1 probable); eight on Kaua‘i (-2 probable); 0 on Molokaʻi; 0 on Lānaʻi; and 28 Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (+4 probable).

At 3:04 p.m., radar showed heavy showers over Upcountry Maui, falling at rates of 1 to 1.5 inches per hour.

The Hawaiʻi State Senate on Tuesday passed Senate Bill 2282, legislation that would strengthen statutory protections for abortion. The bill now goes to the state’s House of Representatives for consideration.

Helene Kau succeeds Jeffrey Pearson, who has resigned as Department of Water Supply director to take a position as engineering program manager with the Hawai’i Department of Accounting and General Services.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health is transitioning from daily to weekly COVID-19 data reporting effective immediately.

Lahaina Cannery welcomes its newest tenant, the Plantation Museum, presented by Lahaina Restoration Foundation.

Officials with the State Commission of Water Resource Management say a significant lack of rainfall across the island has resulted in a lack of groundwater recharge and surface flow at streams and rivers.