Maui County

The shortage is in effect for Makawao, Upper and Lower Kula, Haiʻkū, Hāliʻimaile, Pukalani, Kokomo, Kaupakalua, Ulumalu, Kēōkea, ʻUlupalakua and Kanaio.

Construction will begin this month on the 47,000-square-foot facility in Wailuku, representing a permanent place to honor and practice ʻōiwi art traditions.

The Maui Emergency Management Agency announced at a press conference on Tuesday that Genasys Protect will be available to the public starting May 1.

Lānaʻi was once the only populated Hawaiian island without a skatepark. Since the '90s, skateboard enthusiasts have petitioned for a facility to be built.

Maui County is weighing a proposal to phase out transient vacation rentals in Maui County’s apartment zones to increase long-term housing stock on Maui. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol shares new information from a University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization report examining the economic impacts of that proposal.

Maui County's $1.5 billion proposed budget for fiscal year 2026 focuses on recovery, resilience and investments across the county. For the first time in 100 years, the budget will be delivered in both English and ‘Olelo Hawai’i.

Maui County Mayor Richard Bissen will give his state of the county address Friday, hoping to make clear his vision for this next stage in recovery following the deadly wildfires a year and a half ago. Bissen spoke with The Conversation about the latest progress being made by federal and local agencies.

Maui Mayor Rick Bissen gives a snapshot of Maui County; UHERO Professor of Health Economics Ruben Juarez lays out the link between food insecurity and symptoms of depression

Maui County is taking another step to speed up rebuilding in Lahaina. HPR’s Catherine Cluett Pactol explains.

A federal scientific publication has returned from a forced two-week hiatus with two papers examining the health effects of wildfires in Hawaiʻi and California. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention resumed publication of the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on Thursday.