Maui News

Maui Electric Company will be using unmanned aircraft, or drones, and a helicopter for routine aerial power line inspections from today through Friday.

The state Department of Health posted a red “closed” placard at the Honokōwai eatery last week following an inspection in which numerous violations were recorded including: an extensive roach infestation, build up of black mold on the chute of the ice machine, unsafe food cooling practices and employee hygiene violations.  

Over the past two weeks, staffing shortages at the Maui Community Correctional Center prompted cancellations of weekend visits for inmates. No other correctional facilities in the state experienced any visit cancellations in the past four years.

Maui fire crews are responding to a fire at the Maui Eko Compost facility in Puʻunēnē. The Maui Fire Department’s Tanker 10, Hazmat 10 and Tanker 14 are on scene.

Scores of surfers and Maui residents convened on the shores of Launiupoko Beach Park on Sunday to express their opposition to the Thirty Meter Telescope.

Maui Obituary Notices: Week of Aug. 25, 2019. May they Rest In Peace. Brought to you in part by Ballard Family Mortuaries.

Maui parents and caregivers will soon have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills under the Parent Leadership Training Institute Hawai’i program. The deadline to apply is Sept. 30.

HPD is asking for the publicʻs assistance in locating 26-year-old Cody Araw of Pepeʻekeo. 

Maui County hotels had the strongest performance in July compared to the rest of the state, according to a report from the Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority. 

Attorney General Clare E. Connors joined a coalition of nine states in filing an amicus brief to defend New Yorkʻs Green Light Law. The law allows residents to acquire driving credentials regardless of their federal immigration status. 

The artwork was created by renowned weaver and Hawaiʻi native, Alice Kagawa Parrott under an artist-in-residence commission in 1972, nearly 47 years ago.

A World Series journey has come to an end for the Central East Maui Little League Team after a 9-5 loss to the Eastbank Little League of Louisiana.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health Sanitation Branch issued a red “Closed” placard at ʻOhana Tacos located at 3600 Lower Honoapi‘ilani Road in Lahaina on Maui for an “extensive pest infestation.”

Young Brothers, LLC, holds a blessing ceremony today to celebrate the arrival of the Kāpena Bob Purdy tug in its homeport of Kahului. The Kāpena Bob Purdy is the fourth and final new tug joining the Young Brothers fleet. Company representatives say all of their tugs play a major role in “providing efficient and reliable […]

The state Department of Transportation will conduct roadwork at various locations throughout Maui this week, resulting in lane closures and alternating lane closures through Friday, Aug. 30, 2019.

Over the next three-and-a-half years, Mahi Pono farm managers say all of the company’s 41,000 acres will have some type of crop on it.

Honolulu Star-Advertiser to “Fill the Void” with Maui Edition Insert

We have reports of a brush fire burning in old sugar cane fields in Pāʻia on the mauka side of Hāna Highway across from Baldwin Beach Park.

An airline spokesperson tells Maui Now that smoke resulted when oil got through the seal and leaked onto hot parts of the plane’s engine and air conditioning pressurization system.

Paddlers from around the world will converge to Kona next week for the 2019 Queen Liliʻuokalani Long Distance Canoe Race. The race begins on Aug. 29 and runs through Sep. 2, the birthday of the eventʻs namesake and Hawaiʻiʻs last reigning monarch.