The Security and Disaster Recovery vessels will be ported at Hilo, Kawaihae, Nāwiliwili, and Kahului Harbors and can support emergency operations at Port Allen, Kaunakakai, and Kaumalapau Harbors.

“This new funding will help maintain our harbors on Maui and Moloka‘i so that the cargo carriers and boat and ship operators that rely on them can continue to safely do their jobs and provide residents with the food and goods they need.”

Today, the US Army Corps of Engineers in Hawaiʻi received more than $8 million in federal funding to maintain the Kahului Deep Draft Harbor and the kaunakakai Deep Draft Harbor. 

The expansion is proposed due to a forecasted increased in storage demand at Kahului Commercial Harbor as the department seeks to reduce congestion, operational delays, and address safety concerns.

In honor of International Coastal Cleanup Day, the Pacific Whale Foundation will be hosting several beach cleanups throughout the island on Sept. 21.

The event marks the beginning of the month-long "Get the Drift and Bag It!" initiative, which aims to promote ocean conservation. 

The new fleet represents the latest in "green" fuel-reduction tug technology that will generate less pollution than the companyʻs other tug boats. 

Beach cleanups will be held throughout on Maui and across the globe on Sept. 21 in recognition of International Coastal Cleanup Day. 

Three vehicles sustained heavy damage in a fire along the roadside in Waiehu near the Waiehu Beach Center early this morning.

The Harbors Maui District Office was relocated to the Old Kahului Railroad Building A on Kaʻahumanu Avenue.

The state Division of Aquatic Resources hosts a meeting on Feb. 20, 2019 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Lihikai Elementary School on 335 South Papa Avenue in Kahului.

International Coastal Cleanup Day, the world's largest volunteer effort for our ocean and waterways, takes place on Maui on Saturday, Sept. 15.

Saturday's Maui Interscholastic League's season-opener canoe regatta to be relocated from Kahului Harbor to Ka Lae Pōhaku in Kīhei.

The kayak has two black paddles with the word Nash labeled on one of them. The paddles were stowed in the scuppers, which were opened.

Mālama Maui Nui is hosting a cleanup at the Kahului Harbor small boats ramp from 9 a.m. until noon on Sept. 16