Maui News

Hawai‘i Department of Health partners with Longs Drugs to promote emergency preparedness statewide

The ship carries the “Go for Broke” motto of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in which Senator Inouye served.

Hawaiian Airlines celebrated the renovation of its newly designed lobby at Maui’s Kahului Airport on Friday.

Mayor Victorino announced that the County is re-evaluating the original concept, which featured a civic complex with office space and an open plaza.

Officials with the state Department of Transportation this morning issued new information saying authorities have confirmed there were 11 people on board the plane that went down soon after takeoff from Dillingham Airfield with no survivors.

The County of Maui, Department of Parks and Recreation will temporarily close the track and field at War Memorial Stadium from June 24 to July 15 in order to replace the football goal posts.

Fireworks permits will also be available for purchase and are necessary only to buy fire crackers.

Water customers in Upcountry Maui as well as the Waikapū, Kehalani Mauka, and Wailuku Heights areas are being asked to conserve water. This comes amid concerns of continuing drought conditions on Maui.

Assurances of community engagement were solicited as executives discussed plans to reopen the Puna Geothermal Venture Facility.

The Maui Police Department is seeking the public’s help in locating 53-year-old Emmaline Kaili of Kauaʻi.

Haleakalā National Park has officially released a new park film “Haleakalā: A Rare and Sacred Landscape”.

Airline food workers who prepare, pack, and deliver food and beverages served onboard several major air carriers on Maui and Oʻahu, voted unanimously to strike.

A project to dredge the entrance of the Kīhei Boat Ramp is scheduled to begin on July 1 and has an estimated completion date of November 4.

US Sen. Mazie Hirono and Rep. Ed Case of Hawaiʻi introduced legislation that aims to support practices to preserve, sustain, and restore coral reef ecosystems.

The controversial Thirty Meter Telescope or TMT project atop Mauna Kea on Hawaiʻi Island has obtained a notice to proceed from the state.

It is likely that Maui will meet the federal definition of a drought disaster “if not this week then the following week,” said James Robello, Director of the Maui County Farm Service Agency.

Firefighters are still on scene on Molokai putting out hot spots from a 15 acre brushfire that started Wednesday afternoon.

Mālama Kakaniula – a hui dedicated towards protecting Hawaiian iwi – will be able to make their case in a contested court hearing, according to their attorney.

Two teens were transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center in critical condition after the vehicle they were in collided with a tree in the center median.

Piʻilani Highway (Hwy 31) is closed at mile marker 17 in Kanaio due to a vehicle accident.