Maui News
Reminder: Mineral-based sunscreen ordinance goes into effect Oct. 1
Effective this Saturday, Oct. 1, only mineral sunscreens with active ingredients zinc oxide and titanium dioxide are allowed for sale, distribution or use without a prescription.
Kamohoaliʻi’s Hawaiʻi designs presented at London, Milan and Paris Fashion Week shows
The tour started with the London Fashion Week show on Sept. 17, and concludes with a Fashion Week event this Friday at The American Cathedral in Paris.
County Council passes bill to restore and protect wetlands
The Maui County Council passed a bill today that will restore and protect wetlands.
5 Maui High alumni spanning nine decades inducted into Hall of Honor
Maui High inducted five alumni — who have left their mark on the school and the Maui County community over nine decades — into its Hall of Honor.
Maui businesses showcased at 94th Tokyo International Gift Show
The Maui Food Technology Center facilitated the participation of five Maui vendors in the 94th Tokyo International Gift Show held in Tokyo in Sept. 7-9.
DOH: COVID-19 reinfection rate accounts for 10% of new confirmed cases
The percentage of COVID-19 cases involving individuals who had a prior infection is growing over time and now accounts for about 10% of new confirmed cases, according to the state Department of Health.
Maui Fire Department to conduct live fire training, Oct. 2 to Nov. 2 in Waikapū
The Maui Fire Department will conduct live fire training, Oct. 3 through Nov. 2 on the Waiʻale 905 property in an area just below the Maui Tropical Plantation in Waikapū.
Settlement reached between UPW and County of Maui over temporary hazard pay
This settlement agreement of 20% compensates Bargaining Unit 01 workers in Maui County for hazardous work they performed during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Update: Maui man arrested for kidnapping after allegedly stealing an occupied car
A Lahaina man was arrested on kidnapping charges after he allegedly entered an occupied vehicle that was running and unlocked in the parking lot of the Kahului Shopping Center.
Maui council a step closer to buying Lahaina apartments in bid to save workforce housing
Lahaina Crossroads renters Etina Hingano and her husband work three jobs to make ends meet. After hearing that her apartment building may be purchased by the county to stay in workforce housing, Hingano breathed a sigh of relief. “Oh wow,” she told Maui Now on Tuesday. “My reaction is really good because then it’s going to stay for the people of Lahaina.”
Next phase of major Honuaʻula development with 1,000-plus homes gets green light
After a marathon contested case, Maui Planning Commission today gave a green light to the next phase of long-debated Honuaʻula, a master planned community with more than 1,000 homes slated for 670 acres mauka of Wailea. Honuaʻula would include 515 single-family residential units, 346 multifamily residential units and 288 workforce housing units, along with 24 acres of village mixed use and 103 acres of recreation and open space. A quarter of the total project area would be dedicated to permanent preservation. Also, Pi’ilani Highway will be widened from two to four lanes from Maui Meadows Mapu Place / Kilohana.
Retired and senior volunteers welcomed back to Kalana O Maui information desk
Staffing of the Information Desk was suspended in 2020 because of COVID-19 restrictions. Now, RSVP volunteers will staff the desk from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily.
DOH issues $8.7M fine, orders Navy to make critical repairs to Pearl Harbor wastewater plan
DOH assessed an $8,776,250 penalty based on 766 counts of alleged discharge of pollutants in exceedance of permit limits, 17 counts of unauthorized bypass, and 212 counts of operation and maintenance failures.
4.5 Hawaiʻi earthquake is part of seismic swarm, no apparent impact on volcanoes
A magnitude-4.5 earthquake reported at around 12:43 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, is part of a seismic swarm under the Pāhala area that has been ongoing since 2019.
Project Reef to sweep coastline as Maui’s non-mineral sunscreen ban goes into effect
On Oct. 1, the Project Reef Team plans to visit the shorelines of Maui’s most popular beaches and offer to ‘swap’ any chemical sunscreen being used with a product of their reef-safe, mineral only products.
Free ocean learning kits are available Saturday to students on Maui
Free ocean leraning kits will be distributed to students on Maui on Oct. 1 at sites sponsored by the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary.
Mā‘alaea Village Coastal Resilience and Erosion Management Plan is focus of meeting
Initiated by the Mā‘alaea Village Association, the project seeks a management plan for coastal erosion at Mā‘alaea Bay Beach by exploring the feasibility of coastal resilience strategies, including erosion mitigation options and relocation of threatened structures. The project area includes an area from Mā‘alaea Harbor to Haycraft Park.
Hilton Grand Vacations holds volunteer workday with Habitat for Humanity
Team Members from Hilton Grand Vacations partnered with Habitat for Humanity Maui to volunteer and help build a new home for a local family.
DOD’s largest telescope atop Haleakalā on Maui gets mirror recoat, preserves space domain awareness
Located on the summit of the 10,023-foot volcano Haleakalā, the telescope is part of a series of telescopes called the Maui Space Surveillance System, which the US Space Force uses for space domain awareness, or SDA, recognizing space as a priority domain for advancing national security.
Water service interruption on part of Lower Main Street, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Sept. 27
Replacement of a broken 6-inch valve on Lower Main Street will result in a water service interruption for about 75 homes and 15 businesses from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, Tuesday, Sept. 27, the Department of Water Supply announced.
