Passive beach use is now allowed at all State Parks beaches, although some gates will remain locked for resource management, people’s safety and due to fiscal constraints. COVID-19 rules and social distancing guidelines remain applicable, following each county’s emergency orders. 

With today’s announcement of the reopening of select DLNR Division of State Parks units across the state, park managers and aquatic biologists are reminding people to be respectful of the places that are shared with Hawai‘i’s marine creatures.

On Maui, state parks that are reopened for exercise and hiking only during restricted hours are: Polipoli Springs State Recreation Area and Mākena State Park (except Puʻu o Laʻi aka “Little Beach”). Areas on Maui that remain completely closed include: Puʻu o Laʻi "Little Beach" section of Mākena State Park; Halekiʻi-Pihana and ʻĪao Valley State Monuments; and Kaumahina, Wailua and Puaʻakaʻa Wayside Parks. 

Over the past five years, oceanfront home sales have consistently seen a volume of around 20 per year, with a low of 13 sales in 2015, and a high of 25 sales in 2017.

A team from the DLNR Division of Aquatic Resources conducted a rapid assessment of coral health at Molokini and along Maui’s south shore from Mākena to Māʻalaea.

A beachfront custom "mega-mansion" overlooking the south shore of Maui sold today for $14 million, making it the island's highest residential sale year to date.

Wailea fire fighters responded to an adult male who possibly injured his neck while swimming at Poʻolenalena Beach Park in Mākena.

The hiker, identified as a 73-year-old woman visiting from Portland, Oregon, was rescued from a trail in the lava fields south of La Perouse Bay in Mākena.

A man visiting from California died after being pulled unresponsive from waters at Maluaka Beach in Mākena on Monday morning. 

Rescue crews on board the fire department’s Air-1 helicopter located the teenager, along with two females and a male on the Hoapili Trail, also known as, “The Kings Highway,” roughly two miles east of the parking area at La Perouse Bay.

A missing kayaker was found exhausted, but safe near LaPerouse Bay in South Maui on Monday evening.

Sempra Renewables’ Auwahi Wind will be transporting turbine equipment through central, south and upcountry areas on Jan. 29-30 for the replacement of turbine 4.

New video has been released of Friday's rescue of an entangled humpback in waters off of Maui. Trained responders freed the whale from 285 feet of braided line

Emergency crews on Maui responded to two separate incidents on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, where visitors were pulled unresponsive from the ocean while snorkeling.

The Maui County Emergency Management Agency will conduct testing of new sirens on Thursday and Friday, Sept. 7 and 8, 2017 in West and south Maui.