The Maui County Planning Department launched a public engagement workshop on its We Are Maui website which, will remain open through the end of the year.  To participate in the workshop, visit the We Are Maui website and click on the “Get Involved” tab.

The code says community plans are to be comprehensively updated every 10 years, but the county has fallen behind, Council Chair Lee said. Hāna's plan was last updated 26 years ago. It's among a list of six plans within the county that last underwent comprehensive updates in the 90s.

The Hawai'i Department of Health (DOH), in partnership with the Prevent Suicide Hawai'i Task Force, announced Thursday a series of online community events recognizing "Suicide Prevention Month" in Hawai'i. The virtual events will be held throughout September and October to raise public awareness about suicide prevention and the impact of suicide in Hawai'i.

The nonprofit Maui Tomorrow organization is urging the Maui County Council to defer a vote on adopting a plan by the Maui Island Water Use and Development Plan to drill wells in the Haʻikū aquifer. 

The Maui County Council has retained the Matrix to conduct the evaluation to provide and develop alternative approaches and recommendations for expediting the community plans process for Maui County. 

Council Chair Alice Lee disagrees with Mayor Michael Victorino’s suggestion, that the council return to in-person meetings in the Council Chamber. She said the Council and its standing committees will continue to meet exclusively via video conference, at least as long as the governor’s emergency proclamation on COVID-19 remains in effect and perhaps longer if state law is amended.

The bill aims to require that 201H affordable housing projects submitted to the county must consist of a minimum of 75 percent of the total units for individuals and families within very low, low, low-moderate, and moderate-income households.

Mayor Michael Victorino expressed his appreciation to members of the Maui County Council for final passage of bills to purchase land to expand the Central Maui Landfill and to acquire property to preserve open space on Maui’s north shore.

Council encourages email testimonies to avoid contact.

MEO’s Business Development Program graduated six students from its latest Core Four Business Planning course last week.

Councilmember Shane Sinenci said the proposal builds on the polystyrene food container and plastic bag bans that went into effect in 2018.

A new ordinance will allow South Maui Gardens in Kīhei to sell its plants and flowers onsite, Maui County Council member Kelly Takaya King announced on Friday. 

Since its launch in 2018, Hawai'i Materials Recycling says it has saved Maui County taxpayers millions of dollars. 

A new bill that would allow police to tow the vehicles of drunken drivers upon arrest passed its first reading before the Maui County Council on Thursday. 

The Kula Community Association is inviting all Maui residents to its community meeting this Wednesday.