Maui News

The traffic signal at the intersection of Wakea and Onehee avenues in Kahului is malfunctioning due to water damage from the weekend’s severe winter storm.

Sen. Brian Schatz voted today to pass public lands legislation that would allocate more federal funding to public land projects throughout Hawaiʻi. The package of bills provides permanent funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund, which includes Schatz-authored legislation that makes Hawaiʻi eligible for drought management and water conservation grants for the first time […]

Maui Business Brainstormers is partnering with Maui Preparatory Academy during 2019’s National Entrepreneurship Week to bring local businesses into the schools.

The NWS says there is potential for significant snow, sleet or ice accumulations that may impact the summits of the Big Island and Haleakalā on Maui.

Maui police are responding to a barricade situation at the Harbor Lights Condominium complex in Kahului.  

Maui Electric is asking approximately 150 remaining customers in the Olinda and Pi‘iholo area as well as small pockets of Ha‘ikū to prepare for an extended outage with the possibility of an overnight outage.

Maui crews began damage assessments after a powerful winter storm brought snow, hurricane force winds and warning level surf to the Hawaiian Islands.

Heavy surf and high winds broke nine vessels away from their off-shore moorings on Maui and Molokaʻi. In Lahaina six boats ended up on rocks.

Maui police responded to 15 burglaries, 10 vehicle thefts and 29 vehicle break-ins in Maui County over a seven day period from Feb. 3 to 9, 2019.

The Department of Public Safety is seeking applicants on all islands, including Maui for adult corrections officer positions.  

The state Department of Health, Clean Water Branch reports that heavy rain has resulted in stormwater runoff entering into coastal waters.

Occasional snow showers and freezing fog will continue into the morning hours above the 8,000 foot elevation of Haleakalā. The public is advised that Haleakalā National Park is closed until further notice due to the extreme weather conditions at the summit.

Restoration efforts continue in parts of Haʻikū, Olinda and Piʻiholo this morning to bring back power to a remaining 455 Maui Electric customers.

This is an ongoing list of traffic advisories, school updates, power outage updates and island business closures and cancellations.

Kalani Peʻa picked up his second GRAMMY award tonight, this time for his sophomore album, No ʻAneʻi, which released in August.

Maui Electric is asking affected customers in the Olinda and Pi‘iholo area as well as parts of Haiku along Kokomo Road and Kauihikoa Road to prepare for an extended outage with the possibility of an overnight outage.

Polipoli State Park on Maui is blanketed with snow. It could also be the lowest elevation snow ever recorded in the state.

High surf of up to 60 feet was being forecast for the north shores of Maui, attracting spectators and “triggering a multitude of illegal parking on the Hāna Hwy

All beach parks and numerous roads throughout Maui County are closed due to today’s severe winter storm.

The center of a powerful low pressure system will continue passing by just north of the islands overnight