Maui County News

01/15/2024

Health care, homelessness and workforce development are among the many competing goals. Will there be enough money to pay for it all?

01/10/2024

The strong cold front that brought heavy rain and high winds to Kauai and Oahu is impacting Maui and Hawaii Counties on Tuesday, Jan. 9.

01/09/2024

MAUI, Hawai'i (Island news) -- Several Maui schools are forced to close down Tuesday as heavy rains continue to cause flash flooding across the island.

01/08/2024

It's been 5 months since the Maui wildfires, and significant progress has been made towards recovery. This afternoon, the Maui County Council's Committee on Water, Social Services, and Parks invites

12/06/2023

12/06/2023

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen's proposal to give tax incentives to short-term rental owners who house fire evacuees is advancing.

12/04/2023

A Hāna Metals and Electronics Collection Event will take place December 8 and 9 to help East Maui residents dispose of special waste items.
The County of Maui Department of Environmental Management event will be held at the Hāna Recycling Center located across from the Hāna Landfill on Waikoloa Road from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on each day. Capacity for hauling out of Hāna will be limited. An equal amount of bin space will be available on the first and second day of the event. If the daily limit is reached on Friday, the event will close and reopen on Saturday. The event ends at 2:30 p.m. Saturday or when the bins are full. Event staff will help residents remove items from their vehicles.
Items that will be accepted for drop-off are large appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, air conditioning units, water coolers, washers, dryers, ranges and stoves, dishwashers and water heaters; electronics, including televisions, printers, computers and monitors; auto batteries; tires; propane tanks (with or without valves); and scrap metals. Small machines must be fully drained of all liquids. Commercial drop-offs will not be accepted, only residential drop-offs.
For more information about metals recycling, call Hammerhead Metals at (808) 280-8844. For information regarding electronics recycling, call the E-Cycling Maui Hotline at (808) 280-6460. For any other information about this event, call the Abandoned Vehicles and Metals Office at (808) 270-6102. A future Hāna Metals Recycling Event is set for March 8 and 9, 2024.

12/04/2023

NPR's Miles Parks talks with the host of Hawai'i Public Radio's podcast, This is Our Hawaii, about Lahaina's recovery since the wildfires and the community's concerns around land rights.

12/04/2023

The $1.9 billion deal will combine two West Coast based rivals.

12/04/2023

The three individuals whose names were sent to the governor for consideration are: Timothy Scott Lara (left), Local entrepreneur, and community leader; Leslee D. Matthews (middle), Social worker and Local Attorney; and Tyson K. Miyake (right), former Chief of Staff to Mayor Victorino.

12/02/2023

12/02/2023

Starting this month, the County of Maui is using interactive video conferencing tools Webex or Teams for public meetings and county business.

The change is being made because BlueJeans, which had been used by the county, is being retired by its provider, Verizon.

Webex (by Cisco) or Teams (by Microsoft) will be used depending on the meeting type and requirements.

Details for public meetings will continue to be published and will contain the information and instructions needed to participate via video conference. As the transition is being conducted in phases, the public may see meetings scheduled with BlueJeans or the new solutions through the first quarter of 2024.

12/02/2023

An old Kihei hotel that the state eventually wants to turn into teacher and affordable workforce housing could temporarily serve as housing for wildfire survivors in the near term. Earlier this month, the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation board voted unanimously to approve the $34.5...

11/29/2023

As we see in Hawaii, uncompetitive elections lead directly to a declining quality of government.

11/25/2023

11/25/2023

When Daniel Skousen scrubs at the ash and soot covering his home in Lahaina, he worries about the smell. What chemicals created the burning-trash-barrel scent that has lingered since a deadly wildfire tore through Lahaina in August? Should he believe government agencies’ assessment of when the air...