Maui News

Federal grant awarded to repair, renovate, and modernize public housing in Hawai‘i.

The bipartisan legislation seeks to create a permanent funding mechanism to ensure quick and effective responses to future public health emergencies.

Maui girls, between the ages of 13 and 17, are invited to apply for a scholarship for the upcoming program to be held in July. Applications are due April 1. 

Closures slated from Feb. 15 to Feb. 21. 

Gov. David Ige is heading to Japan on Saturday for a series of meetings to promote and expand travel to Hawai‘i, and make access easier through pre-clearance flights from Japan to Hawai‘i and the US.

Ten individuals joined the ranks of the Maui Police Department as the members of the 89th Recruit Class took their professional oaths during a graduation ceremony held Friday, Feb. 14, at the King Kamehameha Golf Club in Waikapū.

A man from Japan who was on Maui and Oʻahu in Hawaiʻi recently, is among of the newly confirmed cases of individuals who have tested positive for the COVID-19 novel Coronavirus, state officials have confirmed during a press conference hosted this afternoon by the Hawaiʻi Department of Health.

The 13th annual Maui AgFest & 4-H Livestock Fair, Maui’s signature event to raise awareness about Maui agriculture while invigorating Maui agriculture will take place Saturday, May 30, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at War Memorial Complex, the special events field and two of the baseball fields.

The county is soliciting grant application/proposals for the use of $239,500 from the Recycling Grant Program for FY21.

Hawaiʻi Island police have opened a Missing Persons investigation in connection with two overdue fishermen who were believed to have been swept into the ocean in Ka‘ū on Hawai‘i Island.

Waiola Church in West Maui hosts the Celebration of Mo‘i Wahine Keōpūolani, The Sacred Queen of Hawai‘i on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. The 197 year old historic church in Lahaina will be honoring Keōpūolani, whose final resting place is The Royal Tomb located in Waiola’s Waine‘e graveyard.

The Lahaina Skate Park in West Maui is temporarily closed for cleanup of vandalism, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced today.

A federal jury today found a Wailuku man guilty of attempted enticement of a minor. The charges stem from an Oct. 11, 2017 incident in which the man was accused of exchanging messages with an individual “whom he believed was a 14 year-old girl.”

The 2020 production will be Keali‘i Reichel’s final Kūkahi production. The shows feature hula, mele and chant in three shows: Saturday, Feb. 15 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 16 at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. in Castle Theater.

The avocado lace bug (Pseudacysta perseae), was first detected in Pearl City, Oʻahu, in December 2019 and was subsequently identified on Hawaiʻi Island and from plants in retail outlets on Maui that were destroyed or treated. PC: Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture.

Since he went missing, Aidan Dungan has missed birthdays, holidays and family gatherings.  He turned 24 on Jan. 22, and missed his grandmother’s 92nd birthday on Feb. 7.  Family members say he also has an older 30-year-old brother who he has also not been in contact with, despite being very close.

Sierra Club Maui hosts its Annual Membership Meeting on Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Pāʻia Community Center. During the event, leaders will honor a lift of Environmental Champions.

Fire fighting units at Kahului Airport will be conducting fire training exercises today, from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. Smoke may be visible in the airport area. It is only a drill.

Nalu Scientific’s chip can detect and digitize very small signals timed to the picosecond (one-trillionth of a second) and is currently used in a six-story-high particle collider in Japan as well as a space-based project with NASA.

A wind advisory is in effect at the Summit of Haleakalā until 6 o’clock this evening. The National Weather Service is forecasting SE winds of 35 to 50 mph with higher gusts at the location. Winds this strong can make driving difficult. Motorists should use extra caution.