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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...
Local media coverage on one item in Council Committee meeting

Local media coverage on one item in Council Committee meeting

9/3/22 #kihei Media reports on the Thursday (9/1) County Council Planning and Sustainable Land Use (PSLU) committee meeting concerning the State Department of Education (DOE) not responding to their request to participate regarding the required annual compliance...

South Maui Community Plan (SMCP) update

South Maui Community Plan (SMCP) update

8/24/22 #kihei Were you around when the current Kihei Makena Community Plan became law in 1998?  While it is supposed to be updated every decade, obviously this does not happen, and now after 24 years, it is being rechristened the South Maui Community Plan (SMCP)...

See the South Maui Senate Candidates on PBS 7/28

See the South Maui Senate Candidates on PBS 7/28

  7/27/2022 #kihei #elections #senate #southmaui Did you miss the public forum KCA provided for South Maui representatives to Hawai?i's state legislature this month? Want to learn more about them before making your choice? Three Democrats, newcomers Shaina...