Maui News

The pop-up features a unique dessert incorporating the farm’s homegrown/processed paʻi ʻai (pounded, undiluted taro). Chang Farms also markets its homegrown loofah sponges and homemade soaps via Project MAHIʻAI.

Volunteers in Maui County are sought for the Community Emergency Response Team, a national program designed by the FEMA and run by the Maui Emergency Management Agency.

An elderly resident who was home at the time of the fire, was extricated by neighbors and family members prior to the arrival of Maui Fire Department personnel. Fire officials say one person was injured, suffering burns to their face and arm, while extricating an elderly female resident from the fire.

Taxpayers who earn less than $100,000/year, or couples earning less than $200,000/year will receive $300 each (including dependents, so a family of four would receive $1,200).

JUUL Labs, which manufactures e-cigarettes, has reached an agreement in principle with Hawai‘i and 33 other states and territories for $438.5 million for its deceptive marketing and sales practices.

Unintentional falls in Hawai‘i cause 144 deaths, 2,251 hospitalizations, and 10,046 emergency room visits each year. Falls have greater impact on those older than age 65.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources has launched a new virtual tour featuring the Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Forest Reserve on Hawaiʻi Island.

Seabury Hall is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its ‘Aʻaliʻikūhonua Creative Arts Center on Sept. 23 and 24, 2022.

Hawaiʻi Dental Service Foundation has provided a $133,447 grant to continue a public school dental sealant program that screened more than 650 children during the last school year, two thirds of whom received dental sealants at no-cost.

There was no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi following a 4.0 earthquake reported at 3:20 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 5, 2022. The earthquake was located about 7 miles east-northeast of Pāhala on Hawaiʻi Island, at a depth of 20 miles below sea level. 

The busy agenda includes visits to Haleakalā Ranch to discuss the critical axis deer problem, and to Pā‘ia to witness the dramatic coastal erosion of the Mantokuji Soto Zen Mission and cemetery site. 

Hawaiʻi-based PGA Jr. League teams advanced to semi-final play at the National Car Rental PGA Jr. League Regional at Wailea Golf Club this weekend, but failed to bring home the title. The California-based Redwood Empire Redwood 17u All-Stars took home the 17u Region 12 title, besting the Maui League 17u All-Stars.

A team of 10 with Maui-based fashion brand Pulelehua Maui is headed to New York Fashion Week on Thursday. This is the first time a Maui brand has been invited, and the first time a Hawaiʻi brand is doing the Brooklyn event.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Sept. 4, 2022. May they rest in peace.

Thanks to Makawao Merchants, the Maui Police Department, Maui Behavioral Health Resources and volunteers, International Overdose Awareness Day was observed Aug. 1-31 on Maui to bring attention to the message that overdose death is preventable.

Mental Health America of Hawaiʻ I hosts the 3rd Annual Maui Suicide Prevention Mini Conference on Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022.

Helping Hands Hawai‘i is distributing nearly $60,000 in financial assistance to native Hawaiian beneficiaries of the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act of 1920 for COVID-19-related expenses.

The Fagradalsfjall eruption gained such fame that it kept attracting people even after the eruption stopped on Sept. 18, 2021. Last month, on Aug. 3, after almost a year of repose, a new eruption began.

Nearly half the Maui County residents polled in a recent survey on the visitor industry said the island is being run for tourists at the expense of local people – the highest negative response in the state. For Maui residents who said tourism creates more problems than benefits, overcrowding was the top concern.

The incident sheds light on the axis deer problem on Maui, as the animals push into populated areas in search of food and water.