Maui News

The Department of Water Supply is requesting that Upcountry Maui consumers voluntarily conserve water to reduce consumption. This request comes after recent high water use Upcountry, in addition to a reduction of water supply at the Wailoa Ditch, which supplies water to the Kamole Water Treatment Facility.

The US Senate passed major bipartisan legislation today that included a provision co-sponsored by US Sen. Brian Schatz, D-Hawai‘i, which would ban the buying and selling of shark fins in the United States and protect sharks from finning.

Over the weeklong campaign, Maui police issued a total of 465 citations for various offenses including 211 seatbelt citations. Police also arrested two individuals for Operating a Vehicle While Under the Influence of an Intoxicant, as well as 19 other arrests for other offenses.

The confirmed cases included: 14 on O‘ahu (+1 probable); 11 Maui (+2 probable); two on Hawai‘i Island; one on Kaua‘i; and five in Hawai‘i residents diagnosed while out of state.

Residents who enjoy exercise at the Satoki Yamamoto Track at War Memorial Stadium will have more time to walk or jog there beginning Tuesday, June 15, 2021, the Department of Parks and Recreation announced.

In May 2021, with inventory low and buyer demand high, the median sales price for single family homes in Maui County increased to an historic high of $1,039,000 — a 30% increase from one year ago, according to data from the Realtors Association of Maui.

Maui farming company Mahi Pono will host its first Watermelon Harvest drive-thru event to benefit Imua Family Services on Saturday, June 26 from 9 am to 3 pm.

Beginning Thursday, July 1, some Maui Bus routes that were paused during the COVID-19 pandemic will resume and there will be a new $25 fixed-route, reduced monthly pass for eligible riders.

The Maui Ocean Center, Marine Institute’s coral restoration team coordinated an emergency response and restoration projects to save corals at seven different sites in Lahaina, recently damaged by commercial boat anchors.

In honor of World Ocean Day, the Maui Ocean Center Marine Institute announced a beach cleanup program that allows residents and visitors to Maui to take a hands-on approach to help protect marine environments and collect data.

The percentage of burglary cases decreased 20 percent from the week before when five incidents were reported. Vehicle thefts decreased 13 percent from the week before when eight incidents were reported. Vehicle break-ins increased 56 percent from the week before when nine incidents were reported.

The State of Hawai‘i and community partners are expanding efforts to get more people in Hawai‘i vaccinated. #HIGotVaccinated Month will run through June and is aimed at educating and motivating Hawai‘i residents who have not yet received COVID-19 vaccinations.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations. Lane closure schedules may change at any time without further notice. All projects are weather permitting.

A Florida man is the latest visitor to be arrested on Maui for alleged violation of rules and orders related to the state’s travel quarantine.

Maui County Councilmember Shane Sinenci of East Maui is soliciting public comments on budgetary and policy priorities for the new Maui County Department of Agriculture, which will begin operations on July 1, 2022.

Governor David Ige today set additional vaccination benchmarks for gatherings and restaurants. When Hawaiʻi reaches a 60% vaccination rate, social gatherings can increase to 25 indoors and 75 outdoors; and restaurant capacity will increase to 75% (with a maximum group size of 25 indoors and 75 outdoors).

The confirmed cases included: 18 on O‘ahu (-1 probable); three on Hawai‘i Island; 12 Maui; -1 on Kaua‘i; and one in a Hawai‘i resident diagnosed while out of state (-1 probable).

Police say that through investigation it was learned that an active Butane Honey Oil or BHO lab was in operation on the premises. BHO is described by police as a marijuana concentrate.

Astronomers on Haleakalā raced against a brief 60-minute window during the May 26, 2021 total lunar eclipse — when the sky was darkened during a full moon — to search for faint Near-Earth Objects. And, using the University of Hawaiʻi Pan-STARRS telescopes, they pinpointed three to the northwest of the eclipsed moon.

A former Head Start student is now a teacher aide for the program. After 18 years, she was reunited with her own teacher, who worked there when she was a kid.