Maui News

In partnership with local company HuiZero, Maui County’s Environmental Protection & Sustainability Division is distributing 1,000 free Utensil Kits to celebrate Earth Day.

As the busy graduation and summer break approaches, Maui police are reminding the public of the dangers of drinking while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and distracted driving.

Pi‘ikea Kekīhenelehuawewehiikekau‘ōnohi Lopes of Ka Lā ‘Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e was named Miss Aloha Hula 2022 at the 59th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on Thursday night at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium in Hilo, Hawaiʻi.

A new course about art in public places is being offered to not only college students, but also to the general public at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.

The Art of Trash exhibition and Trashion Show, which feature the reimagination of previously used materials, opens today at MalamaMauiNui.org/ArtOfTrash.

Hale Makua invites the public to join them for a festive and fun Mother’s Day Brunch event at the King Kamehameha Golf Club on Sunday, May 8, 2022. The event features live music entertainment by Ahumanu, the boss Manu Project.

OluKai, crafter of Hawaiian-inspired footwear opens its newest retail location in Hawai‘i at The Shops at Wailea. The new retail space marks the fourth location in Hawai‘i, joining Whalers Village in Maui, as well as at the Hilton Hawaiian Village and Chinatown on Oʻahu.

A significant reversal for graduating seniors who have endured years of pandemic restrictions, Baldwin High School recently repealed its ban on lei-giving at this year’s graduation ceremony. A groundswell of support for lei-giving at 2022 ceremonies sparked an online petition with more than 1,000 signatures that launched less than a week ago.

Hawaiian Electric is seeking additional project proposals to provide customers on Maui, Oʻahu and the Big Island with the opportunity to participate in a shared solar program that lowers energy bills while reducing fossil fuels and carbon emissions.

In Kahului, the average price is $5.35, which is two cents higher than last week, 15 cents higher than last month, and $1.58 higher than a year ago.

Wailuku Federal Credit Union now is offering to its members a college planning resource called Colleging, which was developed by a Texas-based credit union service organization that focuses on education finance.

Nine people were displaced from a home in South Maui after strong onshore winds blew off large portions of the roof, officials confirmed.

Maui Memorial Medical Center has updated its visitor policy, effective immediately, now allowing for two visitors per patient, per day for a maximum of two hours a day. The new visitor policy is in effect between noon and 6 p.m. within most patient care areas.

Saying that masks should be a choice, about 50 to 75 people rallied in Wailuku Wednesday morning against the state Department of Education’s indoor mask mandate. The indoor mask mandate at public schools is the last remaining statewide COVID-19 rule. Hawaiʻi’s universal COVID-19 mandates, including the Safe Travels program and indoor mask requirements, were lifted March 26 for most of the population. Also, various private schools have pulled indoor mask mandates.

An estimated 175 abandoned derelict cars and trucks are being removed from unencumbered State land in the remote area of Kanaio on Maui over the next three weeks. 

The US Department of Justice plans to file an appeal against a recent order by a federal judge to throw out a transportation mask mandate, if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention concludes that the order remains necessary for public health.

Kristen McGarr, a business woman and endurance athlete, was named Mālama Maui Nui’s new Vice Chair to serve on its Board of Directors.

This year’s competition will differ from the past, with four past winners–Corey Rosa and Denis Valente from Maui and Joel Alverio and Kaleo Ah Sam from Oʻahu–competing against each other.

The state Department of Health is reporting a COVID-19 count of 1,736 new cases over the past week, between April 14-20, 2022. There were 17 new COVID-19 deaths reported over the past week.

The State of Hawai‘i Commission on Water Resource Management has unanimously restored Moloka‘i’s Kawela Stream to flow levels not seen in over one hundred years, and recommended full restoration of the stream within one year.