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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...

Kihei residents take to the street to “save the trees”

A vibrant assembly ranging from keiki to kupuna, lined S Kihei Road (SKR) Saturday (3/3/12) morning, under the watchful guidance of community officer Brad Hickle, exercising their constitutional rights, while not violating MCC 12.42 for "sign waving,"  to express...

Legislators Address Resident Concerns

Legislators Address Resident Concerns

On Saturday Feb. 26, Senator Baker and Rep. Fontaine held a "town hall" meeting at the Kihei Charter School campus on Lipoa. A sizable crowd filled the room to hear updates on current legislation moving through the congressional halls of Oahu. A large group of...

“Legal Rights” Meeting on Maui Monday Evening (2/27/12)

The Hawaii Access to Justice Commission meeting at the Maui Waena School in Kahului drew a modest audience for the important topic of equal justice for all, in spite of an impressive gathering of very knowledgeable participants, including two Oahu state legislators....

KCA Board discusses future of the Association

Several members of the board of directors recently attendeded an informal gathering for an evening dinner discussion, to examine ways to improve the Association to  better serve the needs of the South Maui Community. The event was generously hosted by Vicki and Mark...

KCA meets together with Dan Burden, Planning Dept and NPAC

Thursday (2/16/12) morning, members of the KCA board and planning committee had the opportunity to discuss Kihei's  "walkable/bikable" needs, & how to achieve them with renowned street planner Dan Burden and his Walkable and Livable Communities Institute with...

KCA Volunteer Ruby Truly Featured in Maui News

Ruby Truly - The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo That's KCA volunteer Ruby, featured on the front page of Saturday's (2/18/12) Maui News, hard at other volunteer work at Hale Kau Kau feeding some guys in Kihei.  You can meet and greet her at the welcome table at...