Maui News

A special education conference that will be held on Maui this week will discuss resource programs for autistic students. 

Students in all grade levels wore pink to school in an organized effort to raise awareness on breast cancer, which claimed the life of the schoolʻs founder, Princess Pauahi at the early age of 52. 

During an impassioned press conference in Wailuku earlier today, members of Hui o Nā Wai ʻEhā expressed their stance on the status of their contested case for water rights.

The Mustang crashed through construction fencing at the old Maui Lu site, and continued out of control, rolling over and coming to rest upside down, landing 15 feet atop a pile of lumber.  A 38-year-old Wailuku man was arrested for negligent homicide, driving under the influence and excessive speeding after fleeing the scene of a fatal motor vehicle crash in Kīhei early this morning.

Maui police are on the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident on South Kīhei Road near the old Maui Lu site.

The symbols express opposition to the construction of 60 new single-family homes for the last phase of The Parkways at Maui Lani due to the presence of iwi kūpuna, or human remains. 

Maui police are on the scene of a motor vehicle accident on the Honoapiʻilani Highway near the “Pali” tunnel. 

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will host a workshop for businesses interested in contracting to supply needed products and services during federally declared disasters.

The actress/model recently landed her break-out role in the new Netflix film “Finding ʻOhana.”

Maui Electric Company personnel are responding to a power outage reported in the Lahaina area. 

Maui police say the Honoapiʻilani Highway is closed between Dickenson and Prison Street; and Prison Street is closed between Honoapiʻilani Highway and Waineʻe Street due to a motor vehicle collision which damaged a telephone pole. Traffic will be affected in these areas. Motorists are advised to use alternate routes.

Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

A live non-venomous ball python is being safeguarded by the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture in Hilo after it was reportedly run over by a vehicle Thursday night on a side road near Old Airport Road.

Administrative fines totaling $48,500 have been affirmed by Circuit Judge Greg K. Nakamura in a Board of Land and Natural Resources decision against illegal commercial lava boat tours on Hawai‘i Island.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino says the County of Maui will not withdraw its appeal of the Lahaina injection well case from consideration by the US Supreme Court.

A gathering is planned on Maui on Sunday afternoon to mark the 100th Day or “Lā 100” of the presence of “protectors” at Maunakea on Hawaiʻi Island.

Kamehameha Schools Maui senior, William Thompson, completed his senior project at Waiheʻe Elementary School by creating art with positive messages and painting them on the restroom stall doors. The idea was conceptualized…

There were 17 traffic fatalities on Maui last year. Five were in motor vehicles at the time, seven involved pedestrians; and another five were while riding motorcycles or mopeds.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation announced lane closures this weekend on the Hāna Highway for utility installation and retaining wall work.

Lahaina Gateway shopping center in West Maui welcomed new anchor tenant Ross Dress for Less over the weekend.  The discount retailer has taken over the former OfficeMax location, debuting an 18,620 square foot store that marks its third location on Maui.