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Gina Young was sworn in Wednesday as the first director of the East Maui Regional Water Authority. The Maui County Council voted Oct. 25 to approve her appointment to the position, following her unanimous selection by the East Maui Regional Community Board or ʻAha Wai o Maui Hikina Regional Community Board.

East Maui Council member Sinenci said the passage of this charter amendment returns the stewardship of the East Maui watersheds toward local residents of East Maui, “residents who have often sacrificed their lives maintaining this system, and who had to idly watch as their life suffered from a lack of water.”

The resolution comes as the Board of Land and Natural Resources moves forward in the process of issuing long term water leases.  Currently, the only applicant for the East Maui water leases is Alexander & Baldwin/East Maui Irrigation.  The Sierra Club reports that the establishment of an East Maui Community Water Authority, saying it provides an alternative choice.

The state Department of Transportation is working on several road projects that will result in lane closures through Jan. 7, 2022.

Maui motorists are advised of nightly closures on the Hāna Highway (Route 360) between Huelo and Hāna Town beginning Monday, March 9, 2020 for slope stabilization work.

The nightly closure takes place over the course of three days between 9 p.m. and 4 a.m. through Friday morning, Jan. 31.   No closure is scheduled for Friday night, Jan. 31.

All lanes and all directions of Hāna Highway will be closed from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. between Tuesday evening, Jan. 28 and Friday morning, Jan. 31.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Transportation will hold a community meeting tonight at 5 p.m at the Keʻanae Congregational Church to discuss their project to improve six of the historic bridges along the Hāna Highway. The bridges, located between Huelo and Hāna town, include Kailua Stream Bridge (Mile Post 5.9), Makanali Stream Bridge (MP 8.2), Puohokamoa […]

The meetings will feature discussion on a project to improve six of the historic bridges along the Hāna Highway between Huelo and Hāna town in East Maui.

Broadband is now available in parts of Huelo on Maui as part of an expansion conducted by Hawaiian Telcom in thousands of rural communities throughout Hawaiʻi.

With the warrant, pest control personnel were able to survey the 1.75-acre Huelo property on Sept. 12 and found LFA infestations in potted plants and kalo patches.

Interruption of electrical service will affect 240 customers in E Maui from Twin Falls to Nāhiku. Lines need to be de-energized for the crews to work safely.

An area of heavier showers with rain rates in excess of 1 inch per hour will be moving onto windward areas through the morning.

Two Maui men were transported to the Hospital in critical condition following a two vehicle collision that forced the three-hour closure of the Hana Highway Monday afternoon. During an initial assessment, injuries to both motorists were considered life-threatening, but both were later upgraded after being transported to the Maui Memorial Medical Center.  Maui police say […]

The National Weather Service has issued a Flood Advisory for the Island of Maui in Maui County until 5:45 p.m. At 2:43 p.m., radar showed persistent moderate to heavy rain over the windward slopes of the West Maui Mountains and Haleakala.  Stream Gages also show rises in water levels as the rain has been falling […]

HONOLULU — The Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announces the availability of its 2009 Historic Sites calendar, “Plants & Places – The Flora of Hawai`i.” Although there are literally thousands of native plants in Hawai`i that could have been selected to produce a visually stunning calendar, the plants that were selected for this […]