Maui News

A 69-year-old woman from La Mesa, California died after she lost consciousness while on a snorkeling trip to Molokini Islet off Maui.

The Maui Police Department’s Traffic Division issued a total of 195 citations for use of a mobile electronic device while driving during the department’s distracted driving awareness campaign last week.

Three Kīhei residents were arrested during a drug bust at a South Maui home on Thursday, April 21, 2022.

For Mahi Pono’s challenge, students were asked to address the problem of overcoming the effects of wind on citrus trees, including damage, erosion, and dust production.

The first biography of Maui-born, trailblazing legislator Patsy T. Mink – Fierce and Fearless – will be published by NYU Press on May 3.

Mahi‘ai Match-Up is a part of Kamehameha Schools’ commitment to strengthen Hawai‘i’s agriculture industry and food systems for future generations.

Microbes may be small, but they are highly impactful to environmental and human health amid a changing climate, according to a new report co-authored by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa oceanographer David Karl.

The iconic Lē‘ahi – Diamond Head State Monument, will become the third park unit in the Hawai‘i State Park system to require advanced reservations for out-of-state visitors, beginning on May 12, 2022.

Maui-based cheer gym achieves two first place finishes at the 2022 All-Star World Championship event in Orlando, Florida.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending April 24, 2022. May they rest in peace.

Since 2010, the public’s participation in the National Take Back Initiative has resulted in the collection and disposal of over 56,000 pounds of unused/expired prescription medications in Hawaiʻi.

Earth Day was first established on April 22, 1970, to raise awareness of some of the harmful effects industrialization was having on the environment. It has since become the largest secular observance on the planet.  

Personnel from the state Department of Land and Natural Resources contacted police after locating a piece of unexploded ordnance, which they said washed onshore at Hulopoʻe Beach Park on Lānaʻi.  

A 48-year-old Wailuku man is in critical condition following a motor vehicle crash on the Honoapiʻilani Highway (30) in Waikapū early Sunday morning.

Maui Economic Opportunity named Mahie K. McPherson in late March as its new Moloka‘i Manager. McPherson will run agency operations on the island while serving as liaison to the community and identifying needs.

In recent weeks, Senator Hirono introduced legislation to cap the cost of insulin at $35 a month and combat price gouging on essentials like food, gasoline, and prescription drugs.

The Maui Police Department currently has 11 unclaimed bodies at its forensic facility in Wailuku, according to police. Officials are requesting assistance in contacting family members of the deceased.

Hulō! to the Hālau from Kauaʻi! Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinā‘ala took the overall title at the 59th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival. From Maui, the seven men of Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi, under the direction of Nā Kumu Hula Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes of Wailuku, swept first place honors in both the kāne kahiko and kāne ʻauana divisions. The women of Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi earned second place honors in the wahine kahiko division.

The body of a missing 24-year-old Kula man was recovered on Saturday afternoon from waters off of East Maui, a day after he failed to return from fishing.

Permit applications will be accepted for recreational use of pools, gyms, fields, stadiums and tennis courts during the activity period of Aug. 1 to Dec. 31, 2022.