Maui News

The deadline to apply for Maui County’s Small Business Grant Program is April 15, according to a county announcement. The county Small Business Grant Program is not an expense reimbursement program; instead qualified businesses will receive a $5,000 grant.

Two people are dead following an early morning traffic crash involving a pickup truck that collided into a parked car on the shoulder of North Kīhei Road on Maui.

Maui’s Kalani Peʻa earned the 2022 GRAMMY for his junior album, “Kau Ka Peʻa,” which was considered in the Best Regional Roots Music Album category. 

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month and the Ho’oikaika Partnership invites the Maui Nui community to join in promoting activities that strengthen ‘ohana, support the healthy development of keiki, and prevent child maltreatment.

usands of residents. The voluminous lava flow had a major impact on the Island of Hawaiʻi, but how does it compare to other lava flow eruptions on Earth in recent history?

Yolanda made it a point to adjust bus services to the needs of the community. She established a route from Central Molokaʻi to Kalae. When the Maunaloa Post Office was temporarily closed due to structural and vector control issues last year, she set up bus runs to help West End residents collect their mail from the Hoʻolehua Post Office.

The state Department of Transportation is working on several road projects that will result in lane closures through April 8, 2022.

Hawaiʻi Attorney General Holly T. Shikada and a bipartisan coalition of 44 attorneys general, wrote TikTok and Snapchat this week to urge them to give parents the ability to monitor their children’s social media usage and protect their children from online threats using parental control apps.

Finally, Council’s alternative language to Proposal No. 11 modifying the terms of, and the removal process for, Corporation Counsel and the Prosecuting Attorney was rejected and the Commission voted to eliminate the proposal from consideration in its entirety.

MEO has participated in the Backpack program since February 2021, and currently distributes food packages to students at 10 different Head Start sites, including one on the island of Molokaʻi.

Imua Family Services was named as one of Hawaiʻi’s Best Places to Work for 2022.

Presented by Maui Nui Marine Resource Council, a public meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday will highlight community or “citizen” science and ways to contribute to conservation work. 

To help Maui County develop a climate action and resiliency plan that focuses on climate adaptation and carbon mitigation strategies, public input is being sought via a climate change vulnerability survey.

Grammy Awards winner George Kahumoku remembers learning as a child to grow taro and other crops from his native Hawaiian grandparents.

Due to a shortage of personnel, trash collection for areas in Kula are rescheduled to Saturday, April 2, 2022, and trash collection for parts of Haʻikū are rescheduled to Monday April 4, 2022.

Tuition and textbooks costs are fully sponsored by Hui No Ke Ola Pono’s Kealahoʻimai program, which promotes Native Hawaiian workforce development in the healthcare and wellness industries. 

The average regular unleaded gas price for Hawaiʻi is $5.20, which is 11 cents higher than last week and a new record for the state.

Maui County Council and local gun groups are pitted against one another over a legal path for people to purchase Tasers and other electric guns in the county. The groups are saying the county is adding more restrictions to the future sale of Tasers than already exist with more lethal firearms.

“These grant awards to Grow Some Good, Common Ground Collective and Maui Food Technology Center help provide local farmers and residents with markets for their produce and much-needed fresh, locally grown produce for our residents,” Mayor Victorino said.

The federal Transportation Security Administration advised in a March 10 statement that the mask-wearing directive will remain in place through April 18 on public transportation and hubs.