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New Cycling Safety Signage Erected on So Kihei Road

2/19/26  #kihei   Mahalo to the Maui Bicycle League (MBL), the guys having the S Maui group ride this Saturday  https://gokihei.org/volunteer/south-maui-group-bicycle-ride-this-saturday-feb-21    for advocating for this signage. Mahalo to the County Department of Public Works (DPW) for acting on this recommendation and erecting the sign on the makai side of So Kihei Rd (SKR)  near 940.     We had addressed this topic last month when we noted the...

South Maui Group Bicycle Ride This Saturday, FEB 21

2/17/26 #kihei This is not a KCA event, but we offer information on the Maui Bicycle League event as long term supporters of cycling in our district Ride with us this weekend! 13 miles, gorgeous views and fun company!  Ride with us this weekend! 13 miles, gorgeous views and fun company!  Saturday, February 21: The group will begin at Kalama Park in Kihei and head south for approximately 9 miles until we reach our turnaround point at Makena State Park. We'll ride back towards...

Space Force Telescopes on Haleakalā?

2/8/2026 #kihei #haleakala #telescope #spaceforce Last year the Maui County Council voted unanimously to oppose the addition of seven military telescopes on Haleakalā after overwhelming public opposition: https://mauinow.com/2024/06/06/county-council-opposes-air-force-telescope-project-atop-haleakala/ It is back anyway with a draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for public hearings, with one scheduled in Kīhei for February 17, 6:30-9:00pm at the Kihei Community Center.

UPDATE Testify at State Leg by Monday 2/9 Morning to keep our reef fish on the reef SB2996

UPDATE 2/11/26  DECINSION POSTPONED UNTIL FRIDAY THE 13  This allows more time to comment   2/7/26  #kihei It seems like forever that Hawaii has been trying to prevent exporting our natural resources to much of the world for somebody's profit. The classic example is our reef fish. For well over a decade we observe government hearings which seem to conclude to keep the fish here on the reef and not harvested by for profit business for export. Then we see it has not been...

Administration reverts from one way back to two ways on SKR

According to the article in  this morning's (7/27/13) Maui News, after announcing on 7/23/13 that a short segment of South Kihei Road (SKR) would run only northbound, due to the weakened  century old box culvert crossing near the Whale Sanctuary and Ka'ono'ulu until...

LUC begins hearings of R & T Park request for change

Site # 2 Base Yard used to store windturbine parts before trucking thur Wailea to Ukuhaname Site # 3 (back beyond the golf course) Carol Tor,,,, After a "site visit" to those sections of the Research and Technology Park by the State Land Use Commission (LUC) this...

County Planning Commission approves change for KHS

This morning (7/23/13) Maui County Planning Commission approved the zoning change and amending the Kihei Makena Community Plan for the site of the DOE Kihei High School mauka of the Pi'ilani Highway. near Kulanihakoi....

Segment of SKR will be one way (north) very soon! CANCELLED!!

UPDATE- 7/28/13   COUNTY ADMINISTRATION DECIDES THERE IS A BETTER WAY!- CHANGED PLAN ANNOUNCED.- Department of Public Works (DPW) Director David Goode announced today (7/23/13) that while the plans to replace the box culvert" bridge" on South Kihei Road (SKR) proceed,...

Tsunami Evacuation Zones in South Maui Expanded in 2013

UPDATE: 6/30/13. If you missed this when we originally announced it back on May 25, there are large maps of all areas in today's Maui News. Maps in telephone books out of date.  How close do you live to the ocean? Are you in an evacuation zone if the sirens sound?...

Oneloa Park (Makena) parking

Does this sound like a good thing to you?  The State Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) announced  a parking lot repair project beginning at Makena State Park on Monday, July 8, 2013.  The $63,977 project was awarded to Vares Contracting and is slated for...