A 24-year-old Maui man was airlifted to safety on Sunday after becoming lost and spending the night in the mountains above the Kaheawa Wind Farm in Māʻalaea.

The fire was reported at around 4:30 p.m. on the makai shoulder of the Honoapiʻilani Highway in Māʻalaea.

We have a report of a single vehicle crash near the entrance to the Kaheawa Wind Farm road on the Pali section of the Honoapiʻilani Highway (30).

Large semi-trucks carrying the “super loads” will travel from a staging site near Kahului Harbor through South Maui to the Auwahi Wind site starting on Tuesday, September 18.

Highway improvements are being made to accommodate the large trucks that will be transporting super loads of wind turbine components to the wind farm site in August.

Highway improvements are being made to better accommodate the large semi-trucks that are scheduled to transport “superloads” of wind turbine components to the project site in August.

Beginning July 2, Sempra US Gas & Power will implement temporary lane closures along the Pi`ilani Highway in Upcountry Maui near Papaka Road to the Auwahi Wind farm project.

Once complete, the eight wind turbines will generate enough electricity to power 10,000 Maui homes.

One project seeks approval of an amendment to the incidental take of species at the Kaheawa Wind site; another project requests the realignment of a ranch road at the Auwahi Wind Farm project site in Ulupalakua.

The state is seeking bids from companies interested in linking Maui County to Oahu using a system of undersea cables. The proposed project was unveiled a year ago when the state entered into an agreement with Hawaiian Electric companies to connect the islands into one electrical grid, allowing renewable wind power generated in Maui County... Read more »

NIGHTTIME KAAHUMANU AVENUE, PUUNENE AVENUE LANE CLOSURES Maui motorists are advised of night time lane closures this week on Kaahumanu and Puunene Avenues.  The two rightmost lanes will be closed on Kaahumanu Avenue between Wharf Street and Puunene Avenue in the westbound direction tonight through Friday, between 9:30 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.  The nightly work... Read more »