Maui News

Professionals and parents on Maui have the opportunity to hear from internationally recognized speaker, clinical psychologist, and NY Times best-selling author Dr. Shefali Tsabary during a two-hour talk at the Imua Discovery Garden in Wailuku, Maui.

The Salvation Army Hawaiian & Pacific Islands Division is holding assistance events Dec. 29 for residents on Maui, Oʻahu and the Big Island affected by the recent flooding and heavy rains.

New web and social media content gives users access to island-specific information on trails, hunting, ecosystem protection and management of plants and wildlife.

The percentage of burglary cases increased 20% from the week before when 10 incidents were reported. Vehicle thefts increased 22% from the week before when nine incidents were reported. Vehicle break-ins decreased 8% from the week before when 12 incidents were reported.

The department also has conducted additional testing and residents of Lower Kula Road are now advised to boil water as a precaution until further notice.

Online applications for a combination 2022 Lānaʻi Axis Deer and Mouflon Sheep hunting season will be available beginning Jan. 10, 2022, according to the Hawaiʻi State Department of Land and Natural Resources Division of Forestry and Wildlife.

The DOH is reporting a COVID-19 count of 2,205 today, the highest daily count on record for the state.

A species of plant declared extinct in the wild on Kahoʻolawe in 2015, has found new life thanks to seeds collected and propagated by experts at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Maui Obituaries for the week ending Dec. 26, 2021. May they rest in peace.

Christmas tree recycling drop-offs are being offered at various locations this year in Maui County, the County of Maui Environmental Protection and Sustainability Division announced.

Maui County had the largest vacation rental supply of all four counties in November, with 189,300 available unit nights (-15.6% vs. 2020, -37.8% vs. 2019), according to the Hawaiʻi Vacation Rental Performance Report issued by the Hawai.i Tourism Authority.

The state Department of Transportation is working on several road projects that will result in lane closures through Dec. 31, 2021.

Aunty Patty Locey will be retiring from her job as a cashier at Pukalani Superette at the end of the month.

Four of the world’s leading all abilities golfers from four different countries will compete in the ISPS HANDA All Abilities Champions Playoff, which will be contested Jan. 6 and 7 during the first and second rounds of the Sentry Tournament of Champions at Kapalua’s Bay Course and The Plantation Course.

Mahi Pono, a Maui-based farming company, has partnered with STEMworks Hawaiʻi to present the February 2022 STEMworks Solutions Challenge. The challenge is open to all Hawaiʻi high school and undergraduate college students, and winners will receive a paid summer internship with Mahi Pono and a $500 cash prize. The STEMworks Solutions Challenge is open for applications now, […]

There has been an average of 1,148 cases daily over seven days (Dec. 17-23), with the DOH reporting a count of 1,591 today. 

Communities on the Island of Hawai‘i continue to recover from Kīlauea’s 2018 lower East Rift Zone eruption and summit collapse as does the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory (HVO). During the events of 2018, HVO instruments were lost, monitoring infrastructure was impacted, and HVO staff had to evacuate the observatory, which was damaged beyond repair.

Lahaina Quest programs are back this winter with a series of free keiki and family programs during the winter school break.

The Hawaiʻi State Teachers Association’s Molokaʻi Chapter received the Adopt-A-Highway No Ka Oi Highway Hui Award from the State of Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation Highways Division – Maui District (HWY-M). The chapter is the first from Molokaʻi to receive the award.

One excited resident of Hale Lōkahi ʻAkahi, and former Bayada Home Health Care patient, Jojo Bonner was overcome by excitement, “I can’t believe you guys came out of your way to visit me. It brings tears to my eyes. You have made my whole year.”