Chief Justice Mark E. Recktenwald announced today that he is seeking public comment on judicial nominees for one vacancy in the District Court of the First Circuit (Island of Oʻahu) and two vacancies in the District Family Court of the First Circuit. The names submitted for these vacancies by the Judicial Selection Commission, in alphabetical […]

https://mauinow.com/2025/03/17/chief-justice-seeks-public-comment-on-judicial-nominees-for-the-first-circuit/

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Beck was reported missing on Wednesday, March 5, 2025, by a family member after he had not been heard from since mid-February.  He is bound to a wheelchair and reportedly may have been in the area of Mile 6 on Maui Veterans Highway in Kīhei. 

https://mauinow.com/2025/03/06/man-known-to-frequent-kihei-and-wailuku-reported-missing/

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Maui Public Art Corps recently announced a call for artist proposals to create visual, performance or experiential public art installations inspired by a collection of audio-recorded stories of Lahaina.

https://mauinow.com/2025/03/10/call-for-public-art-proposals-celebrating-lahaina-stories/

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Breezy to windy trade winds will persist through the middle of the month. Bands of higher moisture passing across the state within established trade flow will...

https://mauinow.com/2025/03/08/maui-weather-forecast-for-march-08-2025/

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Firefighters extinguished a 2 acre brush fire in ʻUlupalakua on Thursday afternoon. The incident was reported at around 12:43 p.m., Feb. 6 on ranch lands.

https://mauinow.com/2025/02/09/crews-extinguish-2-acre-brush-fire-in-%ca%bbulupalakua/

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Maui Economic Development Board’s STEMworks program has announced that Brendan Brennan, author, AI and STEM education expert and former UH curriculum designer, will be one of the keynote speakers at the 16th Annual Hawaiʻi STEM Conference, taking place on March 24 and 25 at the Hawaiʻi Convention Center in Honolulu.

https://mauinow.com/2025/02/05/ai-and-education-expert-to-keynote-for-hawai%ca%bbi-stem-conference-in-march/

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Drier air filling in behind a weak front east of Big Island is creating a crisp, cooler morning with mainly clear to partially cloudy skies. Very pleasant...

https://mauinow.com/2025/02/02/maui-weather-forecast-for-february-02-2025/

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On Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025, at approximately 3:46 p.m., Central Dispatch received a report of an abuse case at a Noho Place residence in Pukalani. Officers arrived on the scene at approximately 3:54 p.m., where they encountered a female armed with an edged weapon, which was recovered. An officer-involved shooting occurred during the incident, resulting […]

https://mauinow.com/2025/02/01/officer-involved-shooting-in-pukalani/

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The County of Maui Department of Water Supply is asking residents and visitors to conserve water until the water treatment facilities can return to normal operating capacity. 

https://mauinow.com/2025/01/10/west-maui-residents-visitors-asked-to-conserve-water/

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A group of unsheltered residents living on Amala Place in Kahului sued the county in 2021, saying they weren't given enough notice and weren't granted a hearing to make their case before the sweep.

https://mauinow.com/2025/01/08/maui-court-confirms-residents-should-have-received-hearing-before-sweep-of-homeless-encampment/

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Lights at both the Waiʻale Park and Waiehu Terrace Park basketball courts are temporarily out of service. The outage is due to vandals severing light control box wiring.

https://mauinow.com/2025/01/08/vandals-cut-wires-for-basketball-court-lights-at-wai%ca%bbale-waiehu-terrace-parks/

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The eruption at Kīlauea volcano that began on Monday, Dec. 23, continues this morning. Over the past day, vents in the southwest portion of the caldera have continued producing a fan of lava flows covering the western portion of the crater floor during sustained lava fountaining.

https://mauinow.com/2025/01/02/kilauea-eruption-continues-with-spectacular-lava-fountains-reaching-100-feet/

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The HVO issued as status update saying there have been over 70 earthquakes so far in this swarm, with 32 events greater than magnitude 2 and two events greater than magnitude 4. The largest earthquake has been a magnitude-4.3 event that occurred today at 12:05 p.m. HST, at a depth of 5.8 km (3.6 mi) below sea level and 4.8 km (3.0 mi) below the volcano’s summit.

https://mauinow.com/2024/11/02/more-than-70-earthquakes-in-seismic-swarm-around-kama%ca%bbehuakanaloa-formerly-lo%ca%bbihi-seamount/

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Baldwin plays Lahainaluna Friday, Kamehameha Maui takes on King Kekaulike Saturday with state berths to each winner

https://mauinow.com/2024/11/01/two-playoff-games-to-decide-mils-state-football-berths-d-i-friday-d-ii-saturday/

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Maui Economic Opportunity’s Hāna Branch has been busy transporting East Maui residents to the Festivals of Aloha activities and joining in the parade over the weekend.

https://mauinow.com/2024/10/23/meo-hana-joins-festivals-of-aloha-parade-providing-transportation/

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Locally breezy trade winds will persist through tonight, bringing just a few showers, mainly to windward areas. Winds will diminish Monday, and...

https://mauinow.com/2024/10/20/maui-weather-forecast-for-october-20-2024/

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The County of Maui has approved with conditions building permits for Kahoma Village to reconstruct four multi-family buildings totaling 24 units that were destroyed in the August 2023 wildfires. 

https://mauinow.com/2024/10/15/building-permits-approved-for-reconstruction-of-kahoma-village-following-lahaina-wildfires/

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Young Brothers christened the Kalohi and Nāulu barges last week, marking a milestone in a more than $45 million investment to enhance the reliability and resilience of interisland shipping services.

https://mauinow.com/2024/10/12/young-brothers-christens-new-barges-kalohi-to-service-moloka%ca%bbi-and-lana%ca%bbi/

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Gentle to moderate trade winds will continue through today. A hybrid tradewind/seabreeze pattern will develop this afternoon with clouds and showers developing...

https://mauinow.com/2024/10/06/maui-weather-forecast-for-october-06-2024/

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Locally breezy trade winds will persist this week, delivering passing showers that will favor windward areas. Deeper moisture will move over the islands...

https://mauinow.com/2024/09/15/maui-weather-forecast-for-september-15-2024/

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A 64-year-old woman was killed in a hit-and-run collision reported in South Maui on Thursday night. A preliminary police investigation reveals that a pedestrian was on the sidewalk when an unknown vehicle executed a short radius right turn out of the parking lot located at 1881 South Kīhei Road; proceeded to drive over the curb and onto the sidewalk when it collided into and drove over the pedestrian.   The operator of the unknown vehicle did not stop or render aid to the pedestrian and fled the scene northbound on South Kīhei Road, police said.

https://mauinow.com/2024/09/06/hit-and-run-crash-in-kihei-claims-life-of-64-year-old-woman/

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https://mauinow.com/2024/08/31/maui-weather-forecast-for-august-31-2024/

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The Keiki Hula Festival is returning to the Lahaina Cannery from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature keiki hula performances and lessons, live music by Kamalei Kawa’a, cultural crafts, shopping and more.

https://mauinow.com/2024/08/21/keiki-hula-festival-set-for-saturday-at-the-lahaina-cannery/

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Moderate to locally breezy trade winds will prevail during the next 7 days, as high pressure meanders north of the island chain. Typical summertime trade...

https://mauinow.com/2024/08/11/maui-weather-forecast-for-august-11-2024/

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The nonprofit Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC) added eight housing units on Maui to its housing portfolio over the last six months. The rental units (located in Wailuku, Lahaina and Kīhei) are first dedicated to wildfire impacted families over the next three years; and then to permanently affordable rental units for Maui citizens.

https://mauinow.com/2024/08/02/homestead-nonprofit-expands-to-maui-with-addition-of-eight-affordable-housing-rental-units/

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After a disaster or catastrophic event, insurance loss data specific to such an event is collected periodically from insurance companies doing business in the affected state. State insurance departments use the data for multiple reasons, including determining the total number of claims and insured losses, monitoring the solvency of domestic insurers to ensure they are financially sound to make claim payments to their insureds, and improving the overall experience of policyholders directly affected by a disaster.

https://mauinow.com/2024/07/31/hawai%ca%bbi-insurance-division-releases-current-data-on-maui-wildfire-claims/

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Fifty-nine Maui County nonprofits will share $1,559,449 raised during the Maui Hotel & Lodging Association's annual Maui County Charity Walk that happened last May.

https://mauinow.com/2024/07/28/maui-hotel-lodging-association-charity-walk-yields-1-6-million-for-beneficiaries/

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The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management’s Wastewater Reclamation Division announced that it has amended the Sewer Service Status from “red,” which indicates a property does not currently have active sewer service, to “green,” meaning the sewer service is active for a property, in the following areas: Near Puʻunoa Place and Ala Moana Street near the Jodo Mission; and south of Lahainaluna Road near Paunau Street.

https://mauinow.com/2024/07/19/amended-sewer-service-status-announced-for-several-areas-of-lahaina-maui/

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A large area of high pressure generally north of the Hawaiian Islands will hold the next several days. This will maintain the ongoing typically dry summertime...

https://mauinow.com/2024/07/13/maui-weather-forecast-for-july-13-2024/

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