Maui News

New aerial footage of Molokaʻi shows just how extensive the axis deer population has gotten, and the threats that it is posing to agriculture and forested lands.

Two free in-person educational workshops focusing on Hawaiian sugarcane will take place on the island of Maui in February. The workshops feature Dr. Noa Lincoln, assistant professor of Indigenous Crops at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and author of Kō: An Ethnobotanical Guide to Hawaiian Sugarcane Cultivars.

Nareit Hawaiʻi donated $20,000 to support the Maui Food Bank’s Aloha BackPack Buddies program, which provides healthy meals to students in need of hunger relief.

Learning Endeavors is offering internship opportunities for the Spring 2022 Semester for two female post-secondary students or recent high school graduates currently residing on Maui.

The Department of Water Supply is advising customers in the Kalaʻe system on Molokaʻi to boil water before consumption due to possible E. coli contamination.

There are 3,392 new COVID-19 cases today; and four new COVID-19 deaths, including two on Hawaiʻi Island, and one each in Maui County, and on Oʻahu.

Maui County ended 2021 with another month of strong sales, capping a year that saw the highest median sales prices and the lowest inventory for residential homes, according to recent real estate reports. High prices didn’t stop buyers, since more than half of homes sold at or above list price and 33% of all home sales were cash deals, Fidelity National Title & Escrow of Hawaii Inc. said.

The bipartisan legislation is aimed at supporting small businesses in creative industries by increasing access to federal resources to help them grow.

Two visitors were airlifted from the Waiheʻe Ridge Trail during separate incidents on Wednesday in which they slipped and fell on the muddy trail and were injured.

The indictment alleges that the conspirators attempted to omit and conceal, and cause others to omit and conceal details of the Kealoha payout from the City Council and the public.

Hāna Highway at Milepost 43 will be closed to traffic during various hours from Friday through Sunday, Jan. 14-16, 2022, to complete work on Mahalawa Bridge in East Maui.

The County of Maui Department of Management announces a new streamlined registration process for the Da Bee shuttle program in Wailuku.

Statewide, there were 325 people hospitalized with COVID-19, including 27 on Maui. There are 3,512 new cases today, including 373 on Maui, 19 on Molokaʻi, and eight on Lānaʻi.

For all students grades 9-12 who are thinking about higher education, the University of Hawaiʻi’s Nā Pua Noʻeau program will host “We Go Kākou STATEWIDE” on Feb. 2 and 16 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

The nonprofit Pacific Whale foundation (PWF) has launched an innovative whale-watch program exclusive to Maui County students.

The Grand Princess is the first with passengers to disembark from a cruise ship in 22 months, since the industry halt in March of 2020 amid pandemic concerns, according to Department of Transportation spokesperson Jai Cunningham.

Wheels are turning on plans to create a 25-mile multi-use biking and walking trail that will connect Ukumehame to Lipoa Point in West Maui. Residents voiced that having a safe place to walk, run or bike is the top goal for the West Maui Greenway plan.

Public Utilities Commission chairman James Griffin has informed Gov. David Ige that he will be stepping down from the PUC at the end of his term, which expires on June 30, 2022.

Hospice Maui in Wailuku is grieving the loss of their Chief Executive Officer, Dr. R. Gregory LaGoy, who died suddenly on Jan. 4, 2022. LaGoy had been the CEO of Hospice Maui for more than 30 years. 

The parking lot at Makana Park will be re-striped on Jan. 31, 2022, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced. The work will involve the use of large equipment and require the park’s closure for the day.