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Community members are invited to celebrate the restoration of an ʻĪao Valley cultural facility with the blessing and grand reopening of Hale Hawaiʻi at Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens (below the state park) on Tuesday, Dec. 2, at 10 a.m., the County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announced.

Update: (1:01 p.m., May 30, 2024) ʻĪao Valley Road is now open in both directions. It was closed earlier due to a motor vehicle accident at Aliʻi Drive near Kepaniwai Park in Wailuku.

Independent Hawaiian culture and language immersion school Ke Kula ʻO Piʻilani today announced a grant award totaling $77,700 that will support the Native Hawaiian community through the Office of Hawaiian Affairs’ ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi Community Research Grant.

Reservations are now required for out-of-state visitors and commercial operators at ‘Īao Valley State Monument when the park reopens May 1, 2023.

The state Department of Land and Natural Resources issued an update saying the reopening of ʻĪao Valley State Monument is postponed until further notice.

The closure of the ʻĪao Valley State Monument has been extended to April 15, 2023.

Beginning on Monday, Oct. 28, 2019, the Commission on Water Resource Management will be constructing a fish ladder on the 22-foot vertical concrete wall in the Wailuku River below the Market Street Bridge in Wailuku.

The second phase of an improvement project at Kepaniwai begins next week Monday, and includes the rebuilding of pathways with accessible concrete paths/ramps.

The Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens in ʻĪao Valley will be closed today, Tuesday, April 30, 2019, for bee hive removal within the park.

Kepaniwai Heritage Gardens, Pavilions and Parking Lot will close on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, for bee hive removal within the park.

As of 7 a.m. today, ʻĪao Valley State Monument was reopened by the DLNR Division of State Parks. All debris on the road that led to its closure has been cleared

ʻĪao Valley State Park remains closed this morning as crews continue cleanup of downed trees blocking both lanes above Kepaniwai Park.

Today marks the one year anniversary of the historic flood at the Wailuku River in ʻĪao Valley.

Maui’s Kepaniwai Park at ʻĪao reopened today to increased visitor and residential traffic, after seven month closure.

The County of Maui Department of Parks and Recreation announced it will reopen Kepaniwai Park on Monday, April 10, 2017.

Despite ongoing closures of state and county parks in ʻĪao Valley, officials report continued problems with trespassing by individuals and groups who ignore the multiple closure signs.

Maui County Mayor Alan Arakawa discussed the proposed purchase of property and infrastructure from Wailuku Water Company, LLC during a press conference this afternoon.

This week on Wednesday, Nov. 9 and Thursday, Nov. 10, engineers and a GIS specialist will be assessing sites along the river bank to determine areas that qualify for their program.

The same inclement weather that brought flooding and landslides to East Maui, wreaked havoc in ʻĪao Valley, resulting in millions in dollars in damage.

Mayor Alan Arakawa signed an emergency proclamation today following torrential flooding through ʻĪao Valley that knocked out a waterline, flooded several homes with mud and debris and destroyed a significant portion of the County’s Kepaniwai Park parking lot area.