Maui News

Calling the announcement an error, Maui Police Department said this afternoon that the “Tints and Tires” campaign will not launch because the effort did not get Chief John Pelletier’s approval.

Maui Police during a news conference this afternoon said three individuals with a criminal background were arrested in connection with six brush fires that ignited in less than two hours in Central Maui on Thursday.

After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a three-day soccer camp hosted by ALBION Soccer Club Hawai‘i is taking place on Maui today through Sunday.

The Hawaiʻi State Legislature passed six bills that would invest $220 million in education, with $200 million appropriated for the goal of expanding preschool access to all 3- and 4-year olds by 2032.

Nightly full closures of Hāna Highway (Route 360) in both directions at Mile 4.3 in the vicinity of Door of Faith Road will take place from 9 p.m. on Monday, May 23, through 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May 25.

Highway closures and speed reductions on the Piʻilani Highway in Kīhei are planned in conjunction with roundabout construction.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa announced it will require attendees of the three commencement ceremonies this weekend to wear masks for the indoor graduation.

The Hawai‘i state flag is being flown at half-staff as a mark of respect and remembrance of the 1 million Americans who have died of COVID-19.

Maui fire crews extinguished multiple brush fires in the Central Maui area on Thursday, May 12. The Maui Fire Department confirmed that seven fire calls within a 90-minute time span in Central Maui were suspicious in nature and under investigation. Full report here.

Obon festival in Japan typically lasts for three days in the month of August. However, in Hawaiʻi, the Obon season starts in June and lasts until September, allowing a different temple to host an Obon festival each weekend.

US Senators Brian Schatz (D-HI) and Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter today to the National Institutes of Health and the Food and Drug Administration requesting the federal agencies conduct more research into the potential therapeutic uses of psychedelics.

Maui fire crews are battling multiple brush fires in the Central Maui area. The fires have resulted in the temporary closure of the Kahekili Highway in Wailuku, and the Maui Veterans Highway in Puʻunēnē. There’s also evacuations underway on Kamaile Street in Wailuku Country Estates.

A fire in Wailuku burned approximately three acres and was 90% contained by 5 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2022. The fire was reported in heavy brush mauka of Kahekili Highway.

The Maui Veterans Highway fronting the Puʻunēnē Armory is now closed in both directions due to a large brush fire, according to the Maui Police Department. The closure went into effect at around 2:15 p.m. on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

Fire crews are mopped up a brush fire in the vicinity of the Kanahā Wildlife Sanctuary in Central Maui. This was the first of multiple fires reported across Central Maui on Thursday afternoon.

The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is recruiting Native Hawaiian and Hawaiʻi students entering 9th through 12th grades on Molokaʻi, Lānaʻi, Oʻahu, Kauaʻi and the Big Island for a free one-year program called Project Hōkūlani.

An estimated 40% of the people who showed up at the Lēʻahi “Diamond Head” State Monument early this morning did not have reservations, according to early findings reported by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources. Today, is the first of a new “adaptive management” plan to improve visitor experiences at popular site.

Proposed Real Property Tax Rates for the County of Maui will be discussed during a public hearing this Friday, May 13, at 11 a.m.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from May 12-18, find our comprehensive listing here.

The Maui Huliau Foundation will host its annual Huliau Youth Environmental Film Festival at the new Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku on May 22 from 7 to 9 p.m.