Maui News
Pacific Whale Foundation to host inaugural Great Beach Cleanup on four days in February
The Pacific Whale Foundation is encouraging Maui residents and visitors to celebrate the annual return of migrating humpback whales to Maui Nui by participating in its inaugural Great Beach Cleanup.
More than $1 million awarded to CNHA to expand Pop-up Mākeke
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement has been awarded a total of $1,053,000 in funding to expand operations for its Pop-Up Mākeke, an online marketplace supporting more than 500 of Hawai‘i’s businesses.
Waiehu Municipal Golf Course closed due to flooding
The Waiehu Municipal Golf Course closed on Thursday morning, Jan. 26 due to flooding.
Maui cohort formed to help address the shortage of Licensed Practical Nurses
Kaiser Permanente, UNITE Here! Local 5 and the University of Hawaii Maui College are launching a program to train current employees to become Licensed Practical Nurses. Once licensed, the cohort participants will have the opportunity to apply and fill critical open Kaiser Permanente LPN positions. The program aims to address the state’s nursing shortage which was exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Annual blessing marks start of critical Kauaʻi forest bird field season
Of the eight remaining forest bird species on Kaua‘i, two face imminent extinction. The ‘akikiki and ‘akeke‘e, are threatened by mosquito-borne avian malaria.
Schatz joins in introducing legislation to give federal workers an average 8.7% pay raise
US Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai‘i) and US Representative Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) reintroduced the Federal Adjustment of Income Rates (FAIR) Act, a bill that would provide federal employees with an 8.7% pay increase in calendar year 2024.
Endangered Hawaiian picture-winged flies play important role in ecosystem restoration
Scientists and researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and the DLNR Division of Forestry and Wildlife are working together to re-establish picture-winged fly populations, including of Drosophila hemipeza, an endangered species.
Maui bicycle shop owner watches Makawao store ‘go up in flames’
Krank Cycles, one of Maui’s original bicycle shops, gives away bikes to kids and helps repair bikes free in Maui County communities each year.
National authors visit Kamaliʻi Elementary School
National authors Allison Hintz and Antony Smith made a special visit to Maui’s Kamali’i Elementary School recently, thanks to generous support from The Four Seasons Maui.
UPDATE: Chinese New Year Lion Dance, at lower parking area of Kalana O Maui building
The County of Maui invites the public to a Chinese New Year Lion Dance performance at 9 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27 on the front lawn of Kalana O Maui, County Building, in Wailuku.
Adaptations Dance Theater presents Flamingos, Starlings & O’opu
Adaptations Dance Theater presents Flamingos, Starlings & O’opu, a sensory-friendly performance on Feb. 18 at 4 p.m. at the Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku.
PVC pipes resembling improvised explosive devices discovered during crash investigation
Maui police evacuated nearby residents and closed area streets following a single vehicle accident in which police, while conducting a crash investigation, discovered two PVC pipes resembling improvised explosive devices within the involved vehicle.
After being declared rat-free in 2021, Lehua Island restoration and monitoring continues
After being declared rat-free in 2021, restoration and monitoring efforts continue on Lehua Islet, a small, uninhabited island off the west coast of Kauaʻi.
Hawai’i Environmental Legislative Caucus announces 2023 bill package
The 2023 Environmental Legislative Caucus package includes bills to establish green fees, create a tax credit for cesspool conversion and implement a soil health initiative.
Update/postponed: Nightly closure of Piʻilani Hwy for Kīhei roundabout paving, Jan. 30-Feb. 1
The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation today announced the cancellation of the closure on Piʻilani Highway due to weather.
Update: Police respond to terroristic threatening incident in Wailuku
The Maui Police Department has classified this morning’s incident at the Kalana O Maui County Building, as a first degree terroristic threatening incident, which is a Class C felony. The investigation is continuing.
Council to consider veto override of a bill seeking an interactive cultural overlay map
The Maui County Council will consider overriding former Mayor Michael Victorino’s veto of a bill to establish a cultural overlay map and improved permit review process during its meeting on Friday.
Tokuda gives inaugural floor speech on debt ceiling and Hawaiʻi’s high cost of living
Congresswoman Tokuda spoke about the need to raise the debt ceiling to fulfill our country’s financial obligations to pay for past debt and uphold responsibility to Americans relying on Social Security, Medicare and other critical federal programs.
Fire causes $1 million in damage to commercial building in Makawao
A structure fire reported on Monday night in Makawao caused an estimated $1,000,000 in damage to a commercial building and $200,000 in damage to its contents.
2 arrested, others rally outside Waiehu land at center of Native Hawaiian ownership debate
Two people were charged with trespassing while others rallied holding signs Tuesday outside Waiehu land at the center of an ownership dispute between Native Hawaiians and nonprofit Maui Economic Opportunity Inc.
