Maui News

The hiker, identified as a 73-year-old woman visiting from Portland, Oregon, was rescued from a trail in the lava fields south of La Perouse Bay in Mākena.

The location, depth, and waveforms recorded as part of today’s earthquake are consistent with slip along this south flank fault.

According to the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, the unemployment rate for Maui County was 2.9% this past January, compared to 2.4% in January of last year. The unemployment rate for the island of Maui in January was 2.9%, compared to 2.3% during last January. The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the entire state […]

Crews completed extensive repairs at the summit after initially being delayed by the harsh conditions and limited access to the damaged equipment.

The report cited that the skiing/boarding incident on a snow-less Maunakea highlighted the need for administrative rules on UH managed lands.

Recognizing the need to fill the void, Hale Makua Health Services anticipates holding its first Nurse Aide Competency Exam on March 30th.

House bills introduced this session by Rep. Angus McKelvey of West Maui supporting business development and marine conservation advanced, and now cross over.

Maui Community Correctional Center inmates who refused the order began breaking fire sprinklers, which began shooting water out in the common area.

Eight middle school and 11 elementary school robotics teams qualified for the 2019 VEX World Championships at the Hawaiʻi State VEX IQ Championships. Among the winners were teams from Lokelani Middle School, Kualapuʻu School, Kaunakakai School, and the Mendija Robotics Academy of Molokaʻi.  The world championship will be held from April 24 to May 1 […]

Maui Soda & Ice Works is introducing a new, 48-oz. carton (down from 56-oz.) statewide, saying it is in line with industry standards and is a more practical size for customers.

A five-foot-long boa constrictor was turned in to the Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture on Saturday, March 9, 2019.

A Special Response Team from the Maui Police Department took a man into custody at a cottage on Kea Street this morning.

The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture confirmed a second infestation of little fire ants in a neighborhood in ʻĀhuimanu after a resident reported stinging ants. The department conducted surveys of the area and a nearby home of a relative and detected two infestation sites around ʻĀhuimanu Road. The main site involves 13 properties and the other […]

According to the Hawaiʻi Department of Healthʻs “Hawai‘i Greenhouse Gas Emissions Report,” Hawaiʻi is on target to meet its greenhouse gas emissions goal for 2020. The report, which was prepared by the ICF International and the University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization, indicates that the state is on track to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to […]

“Initial reports indicate inmates broke the fire sprinklers and have started a small fire in one module,” said Toni Schwartz, Public Information Officer at the Hawaiʻi Department of Public Safety

First Deputy Corporation Counsel Edward Kushi has taken over management of Corporation Counsel while department head Patrick Wong is on administrative leave.

Maui police responded to eight burglaries, eight vehicle thefts and 33 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from March 3 to 9, 2019.

From 2013-17, 926 Hawai‘i residents died from suicide—25% of a total of 3,695 fatal injuries—outpacing car crashes, homicide, unintentional poisoning & drowning

The Kēōkea Homestead Farm Lots Association welcomes spring with a March 16 soft opening of its newly named Malalani, or heavenly garden, in Kēōkea town.

A $257,000 project to repave two parking lots at Launiupoko Beach Park continues with work on the mauka side of the highway starting today.