Maui News

For the first time since the pandemic struck Hawai’i, monthly visitor arrivals to Maui County exceeded historic highs set in 2019. 

The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation, Inc. has awarded nine high school seniors from Maui, Molokaʻi and Lānaʻi scholarship awards in its annual Legacy Scholarship Program. 

The Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal notice of intent to sue the US Fish and Wildlife Service on Wednesday for allegedly failing to protect critical habitat for 49 endangered species in the Hawaiian Islands.

The $642K raised is the largest charitable impact figure for the local community since the event moved to Maui in 1999.

The Maui Huliau Foundation is offering professional development courses for Maui public secondary teachers and EcoAdventure summer programs for youth ages 12-18. 

The nonprofit Hawai‘i Land Trust has hired five people and promoted Maui native James Crowe to Director of Conservation Easement Stewardship, Compliance and Technology.

Maui is listed as the third best place in the World to visit, and the 4th best place to visit in the US, according to the best vacation rankings for 2022-2023, published this week by U.S. News & World Report.  

There is no tsunami threat to Hawaiʻi after large earthquakes reported in Peru overnight, and SE of the Loyalty Islands early this morning.

With soaring housing prices in Maui County, council members are looking at ways to update the county’s sales price guidelines so affordable housing can actually be affordable.

The Hāna Highway is now open in both directions. The highway was closed earlier this morning following a motor vehicle accident near the Hoʻokele intersection.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino is calling for the public to use “respectful masking” and practice “COVIDsense” amid a rise in hospitalizations on Maui.

New messaging and videos aimed at educating visitors about culture, safety, and other aspects of “traveling pono,” are now on display at airports across the state, including Kahului Airport on Maui.

Maui County has awarded grants totaling $380,000 to three nonprofit groups for culture and the arts, SCUBA diving technology and sister city business community partnerships.

The UH Board of Regents on May 19 unanimously approved an update to the comprehensive management plan of Maunakea land managed by UH.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from May 26-June 1, find our comprehensive listing here.

The public can learn about Maui’s first community-based marine conservation network during a free online presentation on June 1 at 5:30 p.m.

Residents are invited to share their ideas for the proposed Hālau of ʻŌiwi Art in Wailuku Town. The Department of Management launched an online survey as a follow-up to Friday’s Open House, featuring questions about the Wailuku Arts District and the Hālau of ʻŌiwi Art.

Designating ʻōhiʻa as the official endemic tree of Hawai‘i recognizes its importance as a keystone forest species and its role in protecting critical watersheds.

In the latest chapter for a controversial house that towers over other homes in Nāpili, Maui County Council Member Tamara Paltin said her investigation shows the developer shouldn’t have gotten a key exemption that allowed construction to bypass public input. The unfinished, eight-bedroom home at 5385 Lower Honoapiʻilani Road, initially designed with rooftop and floor-level pools, came under fire last year when it climbed toward 45 feet tall. 

University of Hawaiʻi Maui College is offering a new, free eight-week carpentry pre-apprenticeship training program this summer for residents interested in pursuing career pathways in the skilled trades as carpenters, drywallers and millwrights starting June 13, 2022.