Maui News

Two programs on PBS South Florida’s “Changing Seas” will premiere June 22, featuring humpback whales and the Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary.

A scientific committee has agreed with a draft opinion that the oceanic whitetip shark is in “no jeopardy” in bottomfish fisheries in several regulated U.S. ocean regions, including Hawaiʻi. Oceanic whitetip sharks are top predators and play a critical role in the ecosystem by maintaining the population of species below them in the food chain.

Police identified today the pedestrian who died after being struck by two vehicles Friday night in Kahului as Ruben Kaaihue, 34, of Wailuku.

Maui Police today arrested a 54-year-old Kula man in connection with the murder of a 42-year-old Kula woman on Sunday, according to a news release.

Hāna Arts has been awarded a $4,600 grant from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to hold holiday events to unite East Maui ‘ohana. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Hawai`i Department of Agriculture confirmed rabbit hemorrhagic disease virus, type 2 (RHDV2) in a 4- to 5-year-old neutered male rabbit on a farm in Kula. Although fatal to rabbits, RHDV2 cannot be transmitted from animals to humans and does not impact human health.

A 17-year veteran of the state Department of Land and Natural Resourcesʻ Office of Conservation and Coastal Lands (OCCL), Michael Cain has been promoted to the office’s administrator, a news release said.

Hawaiʻi-based nonprofit Partners in Development Foundation appointed four community leaders to the all Native Hawaiian board of directors: Kawena Beaupre, Scott Seu, Pastor Elwin Ahu and Summer H. Kaiawe.

Gov. David Ige has appointed Bruce Voss as chairperson of the Hawaiʻi Board of Education. Voss has served on the BOE since July 1, 2016, and served as chair of the board’s Finance and Infrastructure Committee.

Residents should expect to see an influx of emergency response vehicles and officers on the campus.  As part of the training, loud noises may occur.  

The measure requires the state Department of Education to provide menstrual products free of charge to all students on all public-school campuses. 

The 1965 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational Championships produced by Larry Lindberg, which as not been since since its initial airing, will be available to watch on thesurfnetwork.com.

Customers are encouraged to review the report. It provides details about the source and quality of the drinking water in 2021.

Ironman triathlete Lori McCarney of Honolulu is cycling up to the 10,023-foot summit of Haleakalā today as par of “The Longest Day” event to support the Alzheimer’s Association.

Molokai Community Health Center, the only federally qualified health center on the island, has launched Mana Mobile Medical Clinic, a mobile telehealth unit. 

Kukuiula Bridge in East Maui reopened at noon today and is now safe for motorists to cross, according to a news release.

A new Public Health Report from the University of Hawaiʻi found almost 2 in 3 adults in the state reported negative effects on mental health, food security, job security, housing and poverty, with 12% saying a friend had died and 9% losing a family member.

The University of Hawaiʻi will host a free online forum for the community to learn more about statewide efforts to expand broadband services and digital literacy opportunities. The forum, which is open to the public, will be held via Zoom from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Thursday, June 23.

Polynesian voyaging canoes Hōkūleʻa and Hikianalia returned home to Oʻahu last week after a successful voyage to and from Hawaiʻi’s ancestral homeland of Tahiti.  

Preliminary survey results identified three top needs for Maui County: lack of access to basic health care and services for mental illness, disabilities and drug abuse; homelessness sheltered and unsheltered; and a culture of poverty.