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The fire near Waikō Road and Kūihelani Highway was extinguished as of 8:54 p.m., according to Maui Fire Command. All roads have since reopened in the area.

La Casita, a retail boutique offering one-of-a-kind items has officially opened in Waikapū at the Maui Tropical Plantation.

The Department of Hawaiian Homes Lands awarded a total of 91 turnkey homes as part of Puʻuhona Phase II on Saturday during a ceremony at the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College.

To safely make urgent repairs to a pole impacted by the storm, Hawaiian Electric crews will require a road closure on Honoapi‘ilani Highway between mile markers 2 and 3 between Waikō Road and Kamehameha Golf Course Road in Waikapū today, Jan. 31, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Motorists will be detoured to Kūihelani Hwy. and Waikō Road. No service interruptions are expected.

Maui police have launched a shooting investigation after the death of a motorist in Waikapū early Monday morning. Police have since identified the victim as Shawn Lewis, 42, of Lahaina. Lewis was reportedly driving along the Honoapiʻilani Highway in Waikapū early Monday morning when he crashed shortly after midnight on Sept. 16, 2024, near Waiolu Place, forcing the closure of the highway for five hours while police conducted an investigation. The cause of death is pending autopsy.

Highway users are advised that crews will be striping the five new speed tables on Honoapi‘ilani Highway (Route 30) in the vicinity of Maui Tropical Plantation and Kolo Place.

The County of Maui Department of Public Works will hold a virtual community meeting via Zoom on Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 6 to 7 p.m. to discuss the proposed extension of Waiʻale Road from East Waikō Road southward to Honoapiʻilani Highway.

A bill has been submitted to the Maui County Council that would pave the way for loan of up to $14 million from Maui County for the 212-unit Aikanaha low-income rental housing project in Waikapū.

Governor Josh Green, M.D. today announced Troy Hashimoto as the Senate successor to Gil Keith-Agaran, who resigned from the post effective Oct. 31. Hashimoto said he would continue to work on key areas of affordable housing, education and health care in his new capacity.

The Maui Fire Department will be conducting wildland live fire training on Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023 from around 8:30 a.m. to noon in the fields below the Maui Tropical Plantation.

An Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice has been filed for the proposed development of a new Central Maui Wastewater Reclamation Facility and onsite Soil Aquifer Treatment basin in Waikapū.

(Update: 12:51 p.m., Tuesday, May 16, 2023). The Honoapiʻilani Highway is now OPEN in both directions. It was closed earlier today near Waikō Road due to a traffic accident investigation.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has published a final Environmental Assessment with a Finding of No Significant Impact for a 500,000-gallon concrete water storage tank and related improvements in Waikapū, Maui.

The state Department of Transportation will be conducting road work this week that will result in lane closures at various locations.

TRAFFIC ADVISORY (7:53 a.m. 8.24.21): Cleanup underway on Honoapiʻilani Highway in Waikapū near the Maui Tropical Plantation following a motor vehicle accident reported at around 7:30 a.m. Traffic was backed up in the Wailuku-bound direction past the golf course.

The most comprehensive application of the Hawai‘i Water Code to water use and protection in history has been reached after more than two decades of conflict at Nā Wai ʻEhā on Maui, according to state officials. The term Nā Wai ʻEhā refers to the “four great waters of West Maui: Waihe’e, Waiehu, Wailuku, and Waikapū.

Improvements and expansion of the Waikapū Community Center are planned, along with the replacement of ball field irrigation and other park upgrades. The construction work will require closure of the Waikapū Park Complex from Nov. 16, 2020, through Sept. 12, 2021.

The Department of Hawaiian Home Lands has published its final Environmental Assessment with a Finding of No Significant Impact for the Puʻunani Subdivision in Waikapū, Maui.

The project is expected to last four years and replace an estimated 26,000 meters that are 2 inches or less in size. The first year of the project is scheduled to begin this month in Waikapū and continue throughout Wailuku, Waiheʻe and Pāʻia.

Police have closed the Honoapiʻilani Highway between Kuikahi Drive in Wailuku and Pilikana Street in Waikapū while repairs are underway. A road closure notice was issued at 3:25 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020.