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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...
How do we prevent wildfires from destroying Kīhei?

How do we prevent wildfires from destroying Kīhei?

  8/24/2023 #kihei #wildfire #prevention Some may say we need a study of how to prevent wildfires and how to keep them from causing the extreme damage of the Lāhainā wildfire this month. Kīhei is exposed to many of the same conditions and threats as Lāhainā....

Busy Afternoon at Maui Humane Society

Busy Afternoon at Maui Humane Society

8/22/23   #kihei   Did you know that Maui Humane Society (MHS), the county animal shelter,  is in our district of South Maui?  This afternoon was a busy time as a swarm of volunteers descended on a large donation of animal products just...

Make your voice heard!

  8/22/2023 #kihei #maui #countycouncil Civil Beat has published a complete guide to how to figure out what is happening in the Maui County Council and how to make your concerns heard through public testimony: https://www.civilbeat.org/?p=1579832  

North Kihei dodged a bullet or a flamethrower

North Kihei dodged a bullet or a flamethrower

  8/10/23 #kihei While the Pulehu fire just mauka of Kihei is still burning this afternoon, with the winds decreasing and the united effort of a multi-faceted public private partnership led by our county firefighters, we seemed to be safe for now. Several areas...

Day 1, Aug 7 for the new High School in North Kihei

Day 1, Aug 7 for the new High School in North Kihei

8/7/23 #kihei What a long strange trip it's been, but finally after countless delays, postponements, missteps, misrepresentations and deception, today two class levels, freshmen and sophomores had their first day in this brand new, if unfinished, modern high school....