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Maui Walking Tours celebrates 150th free walking tour with special Kīhei cleanup event

7/2/2015 #kihei #volunteer #mauiwalkingtours From Maui Now 5/28/2025: To celebrate its 150th free walking tour, Maui Walking Tours LLC will host a special community cleanup event in Kīhei on Saturday, July 12, 2025. Residents and visitors are invited to participate in the one-hour event, which will focus on removing trash from sidewalks, beaches and parks in central Kīhei. Since its launch in early 2024, Maui Walking Tours has provided complimentary, research-driven walking tours through the...

Different reason for flooding closing So Kihei Rd (SKR) in No Kihei this week

6/26/25 #kihei Earlier this week SKR was closed for several hours between Uwapo and No Kihei Rd (NKR). While the increasingly  frequent mudfloods of stormwater raging down the mountain are the usual reason, this time the water came up onto the roadway from the Kai's king tides. For some history on the months long road closure to install this stream gulch crossing, SEE  https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/south-kihei-road-to-be-closed-again   Much of the community...

Completed Skilled Health Facility in Lipoa ( R & T Park) has not opened for years due to no one available to staff it?

6/24/25 #kihei At the Maui Planning Commission meeting this morning, Mr.  Andre Hurst of Regency Namakua  offered that in his communication with the current owner, Ohana Pacific Health, due to a severe shortage of qualified potential employees, they remain unable to open this facility.  There seems to be no estimation on when this matter would be rectified . The facility has been complete for years, but remains vacant.                ...

Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

6/20/25   #kihei For most of the past decade we have watched a "mystery" unfold at the Maui Research & Technology Park (renamed Līpoa). Before there was a brewery and a high school, right in that same area, a sign announced: "Regency Maui Nursing and Rehabilitation Center". It remained there for years, but then construction began at 1347 Ninau St, and a series of interconnected structures were built. Landscaping was completed, a roadway encircled the buildings. parking...

County Council HHT Committee discussed animal related issues

11/1/13 UPDATE Now identified as bill 13-142, the full Council unamimously passed the Animal Control Bill for first reading, and is expect to become law before end of the year. 10/17/13: This morning council-member Stacy Crivello's Housing, Human Services and...

Community Meeting Oct 15, 2013

Tuesday's (10/15/13 )evening's final 2013 public community meeting followed a format KCA has not offered in at least two years. Guided by a overall general theme of South Maui volunteered groups, a diverse assembly of organizations each offered a short presentation on...

Concerned guys discuss clean air issues this afternoon

This afternoon (10/4/13) Maui Tomorrow Executive Director Irene Bowie hosted a conversation about air quality on Maui with Dr Lorrin Pang, the Maui County Health Officer; attorney and clean air advocate Christine Andrews ; South Maui State Representative Kaniela Ing...

KPATKHATWDNASMCPNWUBRAMADC!! on October 15, 2013

Starting about 6:00 PM with pupu and talk story, this month's general membership meeting at Kihei Charter Middle School 41 E Lipoa, commences at 6:30 PM sharp, this Tuesday, October 15. The meeting concerns KPATKHATWDNASMCPNWUBRAMADC!! Did not get that? I'll bet some...

Ho’okele between Mokulele and Hana Highways to open tomorrow

UPDATE  9/26/13  We checked on the veracity of this report this afternoon, and found Ho'okele Street was only open as far as Puluehu Rd., not Hana Hwy as advised, although indicators are it will not be long. But it is a smooth modern four lane road. To get to Hana Hwy...

What MECO did NOT reveal at public meeting

UPDATE  9/24/13  Maui News article on this issue this morning;http://mauinews.com/page/content.detail/id/576958/MECO-exploring-alternatives-to-line.html?nav=10 9/4/13  After reading the multiple published announcements from Maui Electric (MECO) , we expected to hear...

“Tree” legislation has first hearing on Tuesday.

County Council-member Robert Carroll has proposed three bills in support on our county's environment by planting and preserving many more trees throughout our islands. While a similar effort a decade ago failed, Carroll believes that crafting the bills to address some...