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The County of Maui has closed Hana Highway from Alelele Bridge to Lelekea Bridge near Kipahulu in East Maui due to recent rockfall and safety concerns. The closure may last up to a month while crews work to stabilize the cliffside and remove loose rocks.

Kihei Charter School incoming fifth grader Siena Stromberg, 9, does an aerial at Kahului Harbor Saturday during the Maui County Hawaiian Canoe Association’s season opening John Wilmington III Memorial Regatta. Stromberg was at the beach with her parents to watch her sister Sophia compete for Kihei Canoe Club. Siena is an XL Gold Level competitor for 808 Gymnastics.

A group of West Maui condo owners is asking the county for permission to raise their property taxes as a way to funnel up to $40 million into rebuilding the beach in front of their buildings. Despite the threat that sea level rise poses to Hawaii’s coastal communities, there isn’t...

Kahele Dukelow, the dean of arts and sciences at UH-Maui College, and Warren Haruki, former CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Co., have been appointed by Gov. Josh Green to serve on the state Board of Education. Haruki will succeed At-Large BOE Member Lynn Fallin and has been tapped to...

Applications for annual federally funded energy credit assistance for low-income residents, who are not in crisis but require help to pay their heating and cooling bills, are now being accepted via mail or in-person through the end of June. Maui Economic Opportunity helps administer the popular once-a-year Hawaiʻi Low-Income Home...

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PUUNENE, Hawaii (KITV4)- Maui Humane Society is looking for pics of your pets for a calendar photo contest. Pets who get the most votes will win a featured spot in the 2024 MHS Pet Calendar. Each vote is $1 (required minimum of 5 votes) and 100% of proceeds will be used to help shelter animals at the facility.

The County of Maui is providing free meals at its Summer PALS sites on Maui and Molokaʻi, in an effort to ensure that no children go hungry while school is out of session this summer. The Summer Food Service Program is a federal program made available in eligible areas...

Maui County commemorated the 15th anniversary of its Sister City relationship with the people of Fukuyama City, Hiroshima, Japan during a visit by Mayor Richard Bissen Jr. last month to meet with city dignitaries. Bissen also joined in the Rose Parade at the 56th annual Fukuyama Rose Festival, which was...

AARP Hawaiʻi welcomes former Maui County managing director Grant Chun to its Executive Council, a team of volunteers who provide strategic direction and leadership of AARP priorities in Hawaiʻi. Chun is executive director of Hale Mahaolu, a nonprofit developer and owner of housing for low-income seniors, families and...

Governor Josh Green, M.D. has named three interim appointees to serve on the State Board of Education, including University of Hawaiʻi Maui College dean of arts and sciences, Kahele Dukelow. Warren Haruki, former CEO of Maui Land & Pineapple Company from 2009 to 2023, has been appointed to serve...

Shutting off power during an evacuation and making backup plans for electrically powered medical equipment are some of the tips Hawaiian Electric is offering as hurricane season begins this month and runs through Nov. 30. The company advised customers to be prepared and have emergency plans in place with weather...

Police, fire, construction and other vehicles will be on display for keiki and other members of the public to explore during Keiki Community Career Day from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Saturday at the Maui Marketplace parking lot. Vehicles will be provided by the Maui Fire and Police departments, AMR...

The County of Maui is offering free meals through the Summer Food Service Program at Summer PALS sites on Maui and Molokaʻi, ensuring that children receive nutritious meals during the summer months.

Maui County is revisiting what some leaders describe as a lost opportunity to join the rest of the state in taxing retail transactions to fund public transportation and housing infrastructure. For more than a decade Honolulu was the only county with its own surcharge tacked onto the state’s 4% general...

A blessing and groundbreaking ceremony was held Friday for a new county water source project on 10.5 acres of former pineapple land below the West Maui Mountains in Honokowai. The Maui County Department of Water Supply project will develop the Kahana Well, which is currently an exploratory well, and other improvements, such as constructing a well pump, control tank, chlorination system housing, electrical upgrades, access road and other work.

Maui Health has hired a top executive search firm to help find its new CEO, whom hospital officials hope could be in place by the beginning of next year. While it is a “high priority” to find a leader from Hawaii or with Hawaii ties, the chairwoman of Maui Health’s search committee said “our main focus is on finding someone who meets or exceeds the qualifications and key attributes we feel are necessary for a highly successful Maui Health CEO.”

The Mamoru and Aiko Takitani Foundation Inc. has awarded 10 high school seniors from Maui County scholarship awards in its annual Legacy Scholarship Program. Baldwin High School senior Jairo Baguio-Larena received the Aiko Takitani Distinguished Student Award, winning a $8,000 scholarship. Nine other Maui seniors received $3,000 scholarship awards. The...

When tumbling rocks blocked off a portion of Hana Highway near Kipahulu in late April, residents in East Maui prepared for yet another long period of limited access. The rockfall made the cliffside unstable, obstructed the road and damaged a car, forcing the county to close about one mile of the roadway between Alelele and Lelekea bridges on May 10 and leaving East Maui residents with only one entry/exit point to the small towns of Hana, Kaupo and Kipahulu.

The County of Maui has closed Hana Highway from Alelele Bridge to Lelekea Bridge near Kipahulu in East Maui, beginning May 10. Motorists will not be able to travel between Hana and Kaupo areas during the closure, which may extend up to a month. Due to safety issues in the...