#Pukalani

Imagine an outdoor classroom on the green grassy slope of a volcano, where the teacher is on horseback, and the students are learning about the soil, water and plants around them. This imaginary classroom is real—it comes to life once a year during the “Agriculture in the Classroom” Field Trip, an annual educational event put on by Maui County Farm Bureau.

The Maui Police Department is seeking the public’s help with any information on the whereabouts of Leinaala Funk, 23, of Pukalani. Funk was last seen on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at the Maui Marketplace in Kahului. She has no vehicle or cellular phone.

Hawaiian Electric will be using unmanned aircraft, or drones, for aerial inspections of its infrastructure along Kula Hwy., between Haleakalā Hwy. and ʻAʻapueo Pkwy. in the Pukalani area on Thursday, March 27, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m., weather permitting.

Seabury Hall was 28-4 overall (28-1 against Hawai’i teams) and all of its wins were by at least 10 points, as the Spartans rolled to the Division II state championship.

Robert Francis Dumaran, age 47, of Kahului, Maui, made his initial appearance in United States District Court today. The complaint and affidavit allege that on July 23, 2024, Maui Police Department officers encountered an improvised explosive device (IED) near Lono Ave. in Kahului. The complaint alleges that Dumaran’s fingerprints were recovered from packing tape used to build the IED.

Pukalani Terrace Center, in partnership with Boys and Girls Club and Alaska Airlines, will host the third annual Back-to-School Drive on July 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The community is encouraged to help give every Upcountry keiki the tools they need to succeed during the ’24-’25 school year by donating school supplies. 

On Thursday, May 9, 2024, West Maui Construction, Inc. will be performing work on the County’s water system. A portion of homes in the Pukalani area will have their water shut off from approximately 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., according to a notice issued earlier this week.

On Wednesday night, members of the Upcountry community gathered to discuss a possible public-private partnership aimed at incrementally building one to four water wells in Kula, Maui.

The Parent Teacher Student ʻOhana of Kamehameha Schools Maui invites families and friends to celebrate Hoʻolauleʻa 2024 on March 2.

Maui’s Jacelyn Lau of Pukalani has been awarded a $5,000 scholarship from California Water Service Group.

The Hawaiʻi Department of Agriculture says a resident saw children playing with a snake at about 3 p.m. yesterday. The 3.5 foot female gopher snake was captured and euthanized.

A water service outage will affect an estimated 100 customers in Pukalani from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, Thursday, April 20 while work is done on the County of Maui water system.

The Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee will receive testimony from Upcountry Maui residents on the county’s fiscal year 2024 budget Wednesday, April 12, at 6 p.m. at Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center.

A water service outage will affect about 30 customers on ʻIolani Street in Pukalani from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 14.

A water service outage will affect about 300 customers in the area along Old Haleakalā Highway in Pukalani from 9 p.m. Thursday, March 16 to 5 a.m. Friday, March 17. The outage will occur while two fire hydrants are relocated on the sidewalk along Old Haleakalā Highway.

Proposed legislation to update regulations for bicycle tours operating in the Pāʻia-Haʻikū and Makawao-Pukalani-Kula community plan areas will be reviewed in the Government Relations, Ethics and Transparency Committee virtual meeting on Tuesday at 9 a.m.

Maui’s Troy Kahalekai was named the grand prize winner of Pukalani Superette’s “Customer Appreciation Month” drawing.  As part of his winnings, he was awarded a two night staycation at the Maui Coast Hotel in Kīhei.

Hawai‘i Life Real Estate Brokers and TY Property Development LLC recently celebrated the groundbreaking of Kuaʻāina Mauka, a 32-unit residential community in Pukalani.

The Department of Public Works Highways Division will do an in-house road preservation project on Kihapai Place in Pukalani from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, 2019.

Pukalani Satellite DMVL Office Closed Monday, August 12