Maui News

University of Hawai’i Board of Regents chair Benjamin Kudo is urging both sides of the controversy surrounding the Thirty Meter Telescope project to “work in the spirit of ALOHA to find solutions that move Hawai’i forward.”

Scores of volunteers gathered at Po’olenalena Beach park in Kīhei earlier today to help clean the coastline. 

All five of the pygmy killer whales that died after stranding themselves on Sugar Beach last month had abnormal lungs and lymph nodes, according to a report from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 

The parking lots at Launiupoko Beach Park will be closed from Oct. 7 to Oct. 18 for construction. 

The Judicial Selection Commission has provided a list of four nominees for a vacancy on the Circuit Court of the Second Circuit on Maui. 

The program helped former inmate Susan Capobianco get off the street, back on her feet, away from substance abuse, and regain custody of her teenage children. She’s now planning a big move to the mainland.

Maui County Council members voted 5 to 4 to settle the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation Facility injection wells case this afternoon.

The Maui Police Department announced this afternoon that the former boyfriend of Moriera “Mo” Monsalve was arrested in California today.

Motorists should note that these lane closures will affect traffic and may cause delays. 

The County of Maui Department of Parks & Recreation will soon be accepting applications for the Tri-Annual Permit Process for the Winter/Spring 2020 season for all leagues and recreational programs.

Some Waiehu Terrace residents helped their elderly neighbor escape from a burning house last night at 1146 Hakina Place.

A Kahului man was transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center last night with critical, life-threatening injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Dairy Road.

Maui Mayor Michael Victorino detailed anticipated impacts that he said would surface if the County ends up withdrawing from a U.S. Supreme Court case involving Lahaina’s injection wells.

Estuaries form wherever freshwater mixes with salt water, meaning that even on the arid Kona Coast of Hawai’i Island the coastal groundwater creates estuaries.

Maui County prosecutors have charged 18-year-old Carlo C. Tolentino, also known as Carlos Tolentino, with two counts of 2nd degree sex assault while the victim was “physically helpless” according to the indictment. 

Servco Pacific, a co-majority owner of Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (Fender), continued its $1.5 million Centennial Service Campaign with a donation of musical instruments and services valued at nearly $500,000 to 55 public schools across Hawaiʻi.

Maui Health today announced the appointment of Lisa Paulson as new Director of Strategic Communications. She will oversee all communications and marketing for the health care system’s three hospitals and two clinics in Maui County.

The unemployment rate for the island of Maui was 2.3% in August, according to the Hawaiʻi Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. While the islandʻs unemployment rate for August decreased slightly from 2.4% the month before, the rate increased from 2.2% a year ago.

University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner today issued a statement denouncing recent comments made by a faculty member about Kamehameha Schools.

Maui police have temporarily closed the Hāna Highway in the area of Mile 48 in the East Maui town of Hāna due to fallen electrical wires.