Maui News

The State of Hawai‘i’s 2050 Sustainability Plan received a national Merit Award from the American Planning Association at a celebration in California.

For a list of upcoming events, concerts, shows and entertainment from May 5-11, find our comprehensive listing here.

Hawaiʻi gubernatorial candidate, Kirk Caldwell announced his withdrawal from the governor’s race, citing a lack of funding and momentum, and saying the timing is not right.

Hawaiian Electric has drafted requests for proposals for potentially a broad array of renewable energy projects on Maui and Oʻahu that will enable the future retirement of generators run on imported oil. 

A Massachusetts woman is accused of biting a Maui police officer following her arrest for disorderly conduct and refusal to leave a bar in Kīhei on Tuesday night.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 4,249 new cases over the past week, and 10 new deaths.

This program ensures that 90% of the proceeds generated by the license plate purchases will be dedicated back to Haleakalā National Park to provide funding for critical projects in conservation and education.

A bill to ban the sale of flavored vaping products has passed both chambers of the Legislature and now moves to Governor David Ige’s desk for his signature. 

Take home a free comic book and bookmark during “Free Comic Book Day” this Saturday at Kīhei, Lahaina and Makawao public libraries, along with other libraries throughout the state.

For Maui High School’s hard-working robotics team, learning is the best kind of prize. 

Kalehua Fung is thrilled to have been selected as the 2022 Hawaiʻi Youth Poet Laureate but she’s put her college dreams on hold until she saves enough money for her school tuition and living expenses.

Officers recovered a loaded .22 rifle with four rounds of ammunition within the magazine, two rounds of ammunition, 9.70 grams of Marijuana, .21 grams of methamphetamine, and paraphernalia associated with the use and distribution of narcotics.

Virtual care services and in-person urgent care options have been expanded at Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, according to an announcement today. 

The Senate Women’s Legislative Caucus, co-chaired by Senate Vice President Michelle Kidani and Senator Rosalyn H. Baker of Maui, issued a statement, speaking out against the US Supreme Court’s draft opinion, saying that they are “appalled and deeply angered,” by it.  

To celebrate Bike Month, the public is invited to a community clean up day, clearing weeds and debris from the shared multi use path along Maui Veterans Highway this Saturday, May 7, 2022 from 9 to 11 a.m.

More than 250 attendees of Maui Economic Opportunity’s “We are ‘Ohana” Gala fundraiser, enjoyed a night of Hawaiian music and entertainment by Jeff Peterson and Amy Hānaiali‘i, as they learned about the breadth of the nonprofit agency’s reach.

Mitzi Toro, owner of the Maui Cookie Lady in Makawao, is being honored with the US Small Business Administration’s 2022 woman-owned business of the year award for Maui County at a May 6 ceremony in Honolulu.

The ocean conservation nonprofit Pacific Whale Foundation has appointed Liz Petterson, a former board member, as its new deputy executive director.

Crews from the Maui Department of Public Works have cleared a portion of Piʻilani Highway from Kanaio to Kahikinui, but landslides and roadway damage continue to keep the highway impassable from mile marker 31 through 39.

Drinking water at 72 elementary schools across Hawaiʻi will be tested for lead in the second phase of a joint project between the Hawaiʻi State Department of Education and the Hawaiʻi State Department of Health.